The video begins with a close-up shot of a man sprinting down a deserted road, showing his look of determination through heavy breathing and body movements. A high angle shot then depicts the man as small against the large city backdrop, making him seem weak and alone. The focus then shifts to two other people joining him, alleviating his solitude. A medium shot shows the man now accompanied by the two others from behind, signaling he has allies. Finally, a high shot displays their group has grown to ten people sprinting together, indicating their increased strength and dominance, before returning to a solo shot of the main character appearing small and lonely against the cityscape.

1. Music Video Textual Analysis Editors – Papillon

2. The first shot is a track backwards as the main subject sprinting down the road. This is quite powerful because of the fact h appears to be sprinting down a deserted road. This close up helps show the expression on the subjects face, which in this case, is of determination. Added with the shaking of his head and body as he runs creates the sense of how determined he is, which can also be translated as anger.

3. This high shot helps show how, compared to the city and his surroundings, he is just one person and is tiny compared to it, which the high angle makes him also seem weak and small compared to everything. This focus pull from the main subject to the two new subjects changes the mood of the lonely and weakness that the high angle had brought and focuses the attention of the audience on the two new subjects so the main subject isn’t so much alone anymore.

4. This medium tracking back shot of the main subject with the other 2 behind him, creates an effect of him now having allies behind him, that he is no longer lone in his sprint. This high angle shot showing the now 10 people sprinting through the streets shows how they have now grown from that one man sprinting to 10 people., showing the now dominance that is carried with them as they run along. The depth of focus is also focused on the group, making the object, like the traffic light it’s being filmed from obsolete.

5. The main subject, now left all alone again, compared to the city, one again seems small from this high angle shot. This once again creates a sense of weakness from the character and loneliness.