Camerawork:
The first shot we see is a man sitting down with a bullet in his hands we then see the camera cut to a close up of the bullet is his hands. This shot tells us a few things about the man and what he could be doing. He could be contemplating using the bullet for bad things like a murder or maybe he could be a soldier going into his next stint at war. This would be used as the opening shot by the director to make the audience ask these kinds of questions.
We also see a shot of the whole of the band standing playing the instruments. This is very conventional to the rock genre. This shot shows the unity of the rock band. This is probably the reason that we see this shot and maybe to follow the convention of a rock music video.
We see a close up of a lot of smashed glass on a side this could symbolize the feelings of the two artists who are being shot at as that is their home and they must be extremely scared as they could be shot just like the glass.
Mise En Scene:
The mise en scene in this music video is very strong and really gives you an idea of what the music is about. The costume in this video is very dark to really help echo the feelings that the artists must be feeling. I think that this is why the director chose this costume.
The lighting in this music video is very dark. I think that this is the same reason that the costume is so dark. We also see as the music video goes on the lighting gets darker and darker until at the end it more like a spotlight on the person singing just showing how the homeowner is feeling. We also see that the light is coming from the bullet holes just showing the damage.
The editing in this clip uses lots of cuts from the main singers face to the action of the gun shots.
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