I have chosen videos from Muse, Air Traffic, and Rise Against, as their music video appealed a lot to me.

1. Sunburn muse

5. the camera work creates lots of different effects and illusions. The video shows a girl walking from downstairs, to an upstairs bedroom. From the print screen, the camera has used a high angle shot, to depict the weakness of the character.

7. No More Running Away Air traffic

8. This part of the video, the lead singer is standing in the middle of a deserted corridor, by himself. He’s singing about being alone, and being scared, which connotates his body language and the particular setting

9. Throughout the duration of the video, there are quick shots to people playing drums, The song has a backing of continuous drums, which keeps the feel of pressure in the video, and on the main person in the video

10. At this point in the video, the lyrics are “no more running away..” there are quick shots showing groups of people running away which adds to the tension of the rushing people.

11. In this part of the video, the lead singer is running in the opposite direction to the crowd, which shows that he’s trying to escape from something.

12. At the end of the video as the music dies down, the man in the video completely escapes from the crowd, and finds a drum on the floor. I think that this connotates the emotionally involved side of the song, showing that it is hard to run away from things.

13. Swing Life Away Rise Against

14. The video starts with a train entering a station, with no music, so it gives a feel of reality and normality.

15. The video is very much realistic, in the fact that the lead singer, is creating this song, as the video goes on.

16. in the video, the band members go to a club, and you can see that everyone is in groups, while the lead singer is by himself, almost all the time. The song is depicting his loneliness.