This is for A2 Media. This is the analysis of Disturbed's music video for Inside the fire. This is broken into different sections following a guide

2. LYRICS
Ooh, Devon, won't go to heaven
She's just another lost soul about to be mine again
Leave her, we will receive her
It is beyond your control, will you ever meet again
Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Sever, now and forever
You're just another lost soul about to be mine again
See her, you'll never free her
You must surrender it all and give life to me again
Fire, all you desire
As she begins to turn cold and run out of time
You will shiver till you deliver
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
(Chorus) X2
Ooh, Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Chorus:
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with
her

3. LYRICS INFORMING NARRATIVE
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The lyrics does support the
narrative of the music
The music video is entirely
about how Devon committed
suicide and why she did, it
also
talks
about
what
happened to her afterwards.
But the main theme in the
music video is the persuasion
for Devon to take her life.
“Devon, Won’t go to heaven” This is
supported in the narrative as she
committed suicide. In the Bible, it states
that people do not go to heaven if they kill
themselves. The narrative supports this
because instead of Devon to progress,
she is covered in blood and looks tortured,
likely to have occurred in her time in hell.

4. LYRICS INFORMING NARRATIVE
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The song has been written in such a way that is
persuading David’s character to kill himself to
be reunited with Devon. This can be taken to be
generalised, asking for more people to take
their own lives along with Devon.
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The entire chorus has been written in this way.
When David is singing, he is playing himself and
not his character, so this can mean that David is
instructing his character to take his life with Devon.
This is why David is seen covered in blood and his
character is not. David is saying that is his
character wants to see Devon again, he would have
to do what she did too. The video supports this
what he places a gun against his head.
“Give your soul to me for eternity, Release your life
to begin another time with her. End your grief with
me, there’s no other way. Release you life, take
your place inside the fire with her”

5. CONTROVERSY
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The song meaning it self if very controversial. Most people accept the
song but the topic of suicide is controversial on it’s own.
There have been numerous debates about whether suicide should be
accepted or not. One side of the argument states that a person has the
right to do what ever they please with their body and the other side says
that all life is precious and killing anything including yourself is wrong.
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The lyrics are also controversial
as it seems like the singer wants
to encourage suicide. Of course
this isn’t the case, it can be
interpreted that way. The line
“Take your life with me”
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The video also depicts two acts
of potential lethal behaviour.
One
is
the
female’s
hanging, and the other is
David’s character having a gun
in his mouth.

6. FRAGMENTED PRESENTATION OF THE BODY
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In the music video, the female is presented in sections rather than as a
whole. Maybe this means that she is worth less as a whole being. Or
perhaps this was done to highlight the features used to identify a corpse.
Blue skin, dead eyes and broken lips. These parts are focused on as
decomposition is more prominent at these parts after death. Makes the
audience focus on these feature. It helps the audience better understand
her condition

7. BEHAVIOUR
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The music video is very dramatic. It’s an exciting, emotional, or
unexpected event.
Usually white artist centre their videos around drama, they talk about the
true nature of what I’s like to be human. They centre around hardships
people face in specific scenarios or in general. The video is very
dramatic as the audience is shown how the character deals with the fact
that someone he knows has just committed suicide. We get to see his
actions and eventually him attempting to take his own life.
The music video is purely about suicide. So much so that the beginning
and end of the video are messages with contact information to the
suicide hotline.

8. CROSS CUTTING
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Cross cutting happens throughout the music video,
just like any other music video. The scenes will go
from shots of the band performing to the narrative and
vice versa.
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The different scenes when isolated makes no sense,
only when edited together in the video does it actually
make sense. The footage only works when as a whole
rather than in individual scenes. A common practice in
modern music videos