Eminem – Not afraid music video deconstruction

Mise en scene with Eminem on the roof of a skyscraper showing that he is feeling on top of the world with his new single and new album.

Zooming shot on to Marshall’s face – Shows emotion in his facial expression

Establishing shot of the city below captures the emotion

Fast paced editing represents the pace of his rapping

Also the action when he is rapping is fast, adds effect

Constant close ups on his Nike shoes throughout the video, this could show his journey.

In the basement – mise en scene showing where all his problems and faults could be buried. They are trying to break out. Later he tries to smash down the basement wall. Contrast between the locations –Basement/Rooftop

His journey to becoming a new person is shown as he walks in the street and people bumping into him are ignored. This shows that he is resisting the temptation on bad things.

Dark basement and dark clothes set the theme.

A hint of immortality is shown when he walks in the middle of the road.

In the basement he breaks down the wall. This could be showing that he is smashing his previous life so he never goes back to it.

The actions in the video link with the title of the song “Not afraid”

He falls from the rooftop, but fly’s showing that he feels like a hero.