· Straight away in this music video we are introduced to visually amazing concepts. The first two long shots of the army airport have a dark colour correction about them; this is in a complete juxtaposition to the harsh highlighted spotlights we see. These factors along with the repetitive motions of mechanical objects like the radar help to create the image of a bleak war torn landscape within seconds of the beginning of the music video.
· After this we are introduced to the actual band in a separate line of narrative performing to us the audience, this is very much a typical convention of the majority of music videos we see today.
· Just before the music begins we see logos and military styled graphs and radar screens to continue implementing the idea that the story revolves around war.
· The narrative story revolves around two people and their roles in power, the use of contrasting colours for each of their governments (blacks and reds for one while the other uses blues and whites) helps to further demonstrates how they are from different beliefs.
· During the bands performance we notice the mise-en-scene is that if an old garage, I believe this is to show that the band doesn’t want people to think that they have lost their connection to their roots.
· The camera during the bands performance is continually moving to give a false sense of flow to the music; this gives the effect that the plot along with the song itself is continually moving along.
· During the music video we also see the conflict between two fleets of aeroplanes. Throughout these scenes multiple effects are used to make the fighting seem realistic with the ultimate aim to make you the audience feel like you’re in the dogfight. A great example of this is when the planes are taking off we see it from a low angle shot, when the planes take off next to the camera it shakes violently based on which side the planes are taking off as if there blowing the camera itself away.
· Throughout the music video Vignettes are used to enhance the stylised feel of the video and more specifically to draw the audience’s attention to the centre of the screen where the action is occurring.
· The camera is rarely in a standard shot, many times we see the action from odd jarred angles in order to show how these are unnatural events occurring to remind you that this is a music video, this is a very postmodern technique.
· During the section of the video where the narrative characters are contemplating to push a button we see the use of non linear time lines that go back in time, we know it’s in the past as the colours are in black and white which is a well known convention of old film.
· The use of jump cuts are also used in this segment of the video to show in a quick to time how they have spent a longer time contemplating this decision.
· The final few cuts we see are symbolic of the overall message the video seems to be communicating to its audience, as the leaders press the buttons we see the once destroyed aeroplanes burst from the sea and create the iconic peace symbol. We then see the leader; there evil and poorly chosen decisions have been there downfall and they they’ve lost everything. In summary I feel this is the artists making the point that those who stood for peace no matter what (the pilots) would ultimately benefit while those who think only for themselves will fall into chaos.
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