The video starts off with a tracking shot of a hooded girl carrying a covered cage, the video is a mini story of her travels to find the exclusive club and her victory. I really like the idea of having a mysterious person and have the video following them and their story.
The video is shot in avery run down shed, people place bets on competitors and they fight to the death much like gladiators. This gives the video a very dystopian tone. Instruments are in the underground holding place where the competitors are held, suggesting that the band may have once been held here.
The video does have a dystopian element to it but also introduces humour to it by making the competitors puppets, instead of actual people. This makes the video more of a parody than a pastiche to gladiator fighting and fight clubs.
Later in the video the under dog puppet (one that the girl at the start of the video was carrying in the covered cage) beats the champion and then attacks the bad guys when they try to catch him. The bear actually kills the guys and we see their skeletons when they are being attacked. This adds to the dystopian element that has been used throughout the whole video.
I really liked the idea of the video, I thought having the a video tell a short story and actually follow a character and her journey was a really good idea as the girl creates mystery at the beginning by being hooded. I think when I make my version of the video I will include the mysterious and dystopian themes but present them differently. I think I will have my video telling a story just like the original video does. The video doesn't have full performance shots of the band but it does have the singer singing in some parts. Im not sure if I will add the performance shots to my video as I feel it will distract the audience and take attention away from the story.
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