Camera:
-zooms from and extreme long shot to a mid shot of the back of the band member looking out onto the city, he looks vulnerable and small
-long shot to establish the setting, appears quite baron
-close ups of him in the dark singing
-a similar shot is used at the end of the video to the one at the beginning when he looks out onto the setting
-close up on his now black eyes, he couldn't escape
Mise en Scene:
-city
-main character in the narrative is wearing all black contrasting all other people he meets who are in ordinary clothes however they have black eyes, suggests they are linked somehow, he has the same fate
-takes place at night = ominous "darkness from above"
Editing:
-band name and song title written in bold white to establish the start of the song
-shakey and quite fast paced when he is running away
Sound:
-diegetic sound at the beginning of wind, setting the scene
Lyrics: Analysis:
Eh-eh-o eh-o
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show (has been doing nothing productive)
And the walls kept tumbling down (city could be a metaphor for their love)
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills (relationship is starting to fall apart)
Bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes, (They can remember how good things used
Does it almost feel like to be, maybe trying to persuade her they
Nothing changed at all? can work through the harder times)
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices (they were arguing)
In your pose as the dust settled around us
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Eh-eh-o eh-o
Oh where do we begin? (where do they begin to start to fix things?)
The rubble or our sins?
Oh oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
And the walls kept tumbling down (oh where do we begin?)
In the city that we love (the rubble or our sins?)
Great clouds roll over the hills (oh where do we begin?)
Bringing darkness from above (the rubble or our sins?)
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
Eh-eh-o eh-o
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