2. Frame 1: 0:00 (3 Seconds long)
This is the first shot of the video, and it is a
long shot of Tim sat on a swing playing an
acoustic guitar. This could be a use of a star
image as he is the vocalist in the band.
There is a slight tunnel effect used to black
out the surroundings of Tim and the light
to be focused on the singer, this is used to
put the focus on Tim to show that he is the
main thing on the screen. He is wearing
typical casual clothing which goes with the
genre, showing he does not care for fancy
designer clothes ad setting a tend like you
would expect to see in a pop music video.
The setting is that of an deserted
playground that seems to be built upon
some sort of desert area, this fits in with
the title of the song ‘Hero of war’ as this
sort of desert area is what you would
expect to see in Afghanistan
3. Frame 2: 0:14 (3 seconds long)
In this frame we see a close up
over the shoulder shot of two
soldiers carrying out their
duties of patrol. They are
wearing typical army combat
wear and they are in a building
that is set on fire suggesting
there is about to be some
conflict. The use of the camera
makes the audience feel asif
they are there with the soldiers
and are at the war. The soldiers
are apart of the narrative
which we are not certain of
what it is yet but left t guess
that it is the story of a role of a
soldier.
4. Frame 3: 0:17 (4 seconds long)
In this shot we see a slow zoom shot of
a little boy sat at a table with a plate
full of fruit, while poverty surrounds
him. The boy is at the center of the
screen and is the main focus of the
shot as it is zooming in on him, this
boy seems to have a nice plate of food
and a glass of orange juice while the
area surrounds him has next to
nothing apart from a donkey. This
could suggest that war punishes the
innocent by taking a life of food and
drink away from innocent people and
leaves them with donkey or nothing at
all.
5. Frame 4: 0:33 (3 seconds long)
In this frame we see a medium
shot of a boy sat in a chair
getting his hair shaved off. Once
again a slight tunnel effect is
used to center focus the boy in
the middle of the screen so the
viewer knows what they should
be looking at. While this is
going on the lyrics sang are
‘black leather boots, spit shined
so bright. They cut off my hair
but it looks alright.’ The video is
representative of the lyrics
which is one of Andrew
Goodwins theories, it fits in
with the lyrics as spit shining
boots and getting your head
shaved is things that are
required to be done when
entering the army
6. Frame 5: 0:57 (3 seconds long)
The mise en scene of a
soldier with some children
on his back and cuddling
one of them and lifting him
up is shown with the use of
a medium shot. This scene
also fits in with the lyrics,
the chorus is currently
playing with the words hero
of war being sung while
showing a soldier nicely
interacting with the people
of the country.
7. Frame 6: 1:52 (2 seconds long)
In this frame the good guy
soldier image has gone as we
see a long shot of two men
torturing this captive in a room
with prison like doors. The
prisoner has been given
conventional inmate clothing
that you would tend to see in a
prison, the soldiers are wearing
their typical casual army
clothes. This is so we know who
is who in this scene. The whole
verse is about how soldiers are
not always behaving
themselves with the lyrics
telling how they have taken a
man away from his family and
abused him and even though
the protagonist felt that what
his mates was doing was wrong
he gave in and ended up joining
in.
8. Frame 7: 2:15 (2 seconds long)
• In this frame we see a
medium shot of our
protagonist standing in a
bathroom staring at himself
as if he is angry or
disappointed at himself
after committing horrible
actions to the people of the
country. The darkness of
the room could suggest
that he is capable of dark
acts which was shown
earlier on in the video. The
tunnel effect which has
becoming a typical
frequent use in the video is
shown once again here
putting the emphasis on
our protagonist.
9. Frame 8: 3:35 (2 seconds long)
• In this scene we a close
up of three of the soldiers
shouting at an injured
child. We know they are
soldiers due to the dog
tags around their necks.
At this point of the song
the chorus is playing,
however it is an alternate
chorus that suggests that
he is no hero of war more
a criminal and a bad
human being, we get this
by the line ‘is that what
they see?’ after the line ‘a
hero of war’.
10. Frame 9: 4:08 (9 seconds long)
• In the final scene of the video
we see a long shot of the
protagonist as he walks
towards the camera. He has
some sort of white paint or
powder on his face and has a
huge nervous grin on his face,
suggesting that what he has
done and what he ahs
witnessed has scarred him so
much that he has become
slightly insane. Once again the
tunnel effect is used to
centralise the soldier but he is
standing slightly to the left
which could suggest obscurity
in his way of thinking and thus
him gone a little bit crazy.
There is no sound from either
the band or the video which
could suggest that he has no
thoughts in his head and that
there is just silence.
