Music Video Analysis- The Script- Together we cry.

The video supports the traditional layout of many 'Indie' style videos incorporating band performance with a threaded narative. Matching the pace of the song the images interchange between the performance and narrative to create an easy viewing, flowing peice of filming. Like most 'popular music', the lyrics and style are not likely to be extremely contriversal, and the pace is commonly fairly malodic and catchy, so the song is not intended to have an incrediably experimental style video. The editting keeps the pace of the song, cutting on the beat mostly throughout the video, and simply slowing down as the pace decreases towards the end. Most of the narrating footage is based in an urban town, a scene which again works well with the indie style, and is a scene that is related with teenage culture (the performers estimated target age group). Filmed in a muted sepia colour the streets and performance area appear more desterted and aged, almost like the style of an early war film. Interestingly, as more music videos are using techniques used in films, this video is presented with the tradition black slits either side of the footage. As the lead singer strolls through the series of urban streets he exchanges glances with a selection of different strangers which expressive the feeling of unity evoked by the lyrics "Together we cry". The connection with the lyrics is not always needed but here it works very effectively, especially as the lyrics are devised like a story. The mise en scene is very urban and rugged. The people on the street are typical charatcers you would find in any urban town e.g a man living on the streets or a woman with her child. The whole mise en scene reinforces the idea that we are all the same, no matter what our position in life. The street is litered with graffitti and boarded buildings to give the sense of struggle. The subtle contrast between the outside narrative and inside performance is effective as it provides a change of scenery and keeps the audiences attention active. Filming close ups of the performers hands and lips during the performance works extremely well with the style of the song, as it is mainly performance based. It purly brakes up the footage into more interesting images and creates an intimacy between the viewer and the musician.