It is obvious that in the music video, the use of two worlds are used which is the bands world and the world where the images are being portrayed as a narrative of the lyrics to the song. At the beginning of the video, there is the use of a dolly shot that surrounds the different members of the band. This is conventional of a music video as it allows the audience to see the bands musicality and keeps the pace of the video continuous as Vernallis says "most music videos make such extensive use of the dolly that a static shot seems anomalous".
The close up shot of the singer of the band is conventional of music videos as it allows intimacy between the band and the audience and that everything behind the singer is blurred out to allow focus. This also links to the idea of how the band do not want the audience to be too drawn into the narrative of the video but them instead.
There is an evident balance between the different elements in the music video where there is the evident narrative and artist world which is all balanced which is a typical convention of a music video as Vernallis says "No single element (the narrative, the setting, the performance, the star, the lyrics, the song) gains the upper hand".
There is a high angle shot of the band allows the shot to capture all of the members of the band. This links to the idea of how the video draws the audience away from the narrative of the video. This is also conventional of a music video as it gives the idea that the audience are watching the band as a performance and to show off their musicality.
There is a long shot of the mise en scene and the singer. The shot focuses on the vast scenery behind the singer which could be code for freedom and escapism that juxtaposes the negative lyrics of the song. However, the scenary behind is slightly blurred which allows the audience to focus on the band.
The use of a low angle shot of the other members of the band is code for a halo and that the audience to be looking up to the band as if they are once again in a performance, watching the band. The sun behind the member may also be code for them being portrayed as saviour's or that they are enlightened which links to negative portrayal given in the song lyrics of the bad things that have happened.
The cuts and editing are in sync with the beat of the music. As the pace of the music slows down in the bands world, it is also slowed down in the narrative world. This links to the idea of the two worlds being linked through the pace of music being cut at the precise time as Vernallis says "quick cutting on the beat" which is conventional of music videos.
The use of the focus on the stage of the band gives the idea of the band performing and showing their musicality. This is conventional of a music video as the audience are expected to feel like they are in a concert focusing on them. The mise en scene of the video is representing the genre of indie/rock through the dark clothing, tight jeans, leather jackets and dark glasses.
There are temporal loops within the video as the video starts with the same images. At the beginning of the video, the grass is seen going down which may be code for death and decay and at the end the grass comes back up which may represent the cycle of the video. This may also represent the life and death cycle that everyone and everything goes through, which is portrayed in the video.
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