Analysis Of Indie/Singer-Songwriter Music Videos #5 : I Will Wait by Mumfords and Sons

Song : I Will Wait

Artist : Mumfords and Sons

Director : Fred & Nick

Genre Characteristics:

You see the setting of the place where they are playing and you see the band and their audience.

What is the relationship between lyrics and visuals? :

The main lyrics ‘I Will Wait For You’ is when the visuals picks up and speeds up. In addition, you see the band more in the chorus rather than the verse where you see the audience.

What is the relationship between music and visuals? :

When the music becomes faster, the visuals cuts become faster. For Example, 1:42 – 1:51, the music speeds up so the visuals cuts become faster.

Are there close-ups of the artist and star image motifs :

You see Mumfords and Sons play with their instruments in close-up and their facial expressions when they sing and play music.

Is there reference to the notion of looking? :

None.

Are there intertextual references? :

No because the band is just performing a piece of music they did.

Is it performance-based, narrative-based, concept-based? How much for each?

It is performance-based because we only see throughout the whole music video the band playing their song and nothing else.