This video is a performance based video, this is because the whole of the video (with the exception of the riot police) the camera is focused on the band. The video appears to be shot in a big warehouse with a white floor and a big red screen behind the band. The red screen has connotations with anger which is what I believe the song is about as it sends a very strong political message.
The video starts off with the front man coming onto the stage with a very long shot as the light of the warehouse start to switch on in time with the guitar. The camera at the starts focuses on this ominous black line which doesn’t mean anything at this point of the video and the camera cuts back to where the other members of the band take the instruments and start playing.
From this point on the editing and camera use a lot of jump cuts, zooms, pans and close up to the front man. The camera also keeps showing the black line and a single member of the riot police stands just behind it and is eventually joined by over 40 members who charge at the band in slow motion when the songs goes quiet at the bridge.
When the song hits the final chorus the big red screen I was talking about at the start of the song erupts and throws the police off guard. The song slowly starts to sound angrier and angrier which could try to represent the fight between the police and the band. As the song ends you can tell the police where defeated and the lead singer falls to the floor
No comments:
Post a Comment