1. 0:00-0:06
Birds eye view, pan up of the leads body on a
surgical table dressed in white.
0:06-0:16
Mid-shot of lead singing. Non-diegetic sound
of heartbeat used to build tension.
0:17-0:22
Bright artificial lighting. People with surgical
gloves come into shot which connotes death.
0:23-0:25
Surgical blue sheet is put over body.
Blue connotes sadness. Short fast hand
movements that are in time with music.
0:26-0:34
Routine examination of body. Ensuring the body
is dearth (post mortem).
0:35-0:36
Locating the heart, marked with a red cross.
Red symbolises danger/lust/love.
Hands form a heart shape - links with lyrics
‘This is the beat of my heart’.
0:36-0:39
Use of blade to locate heart indicates there is
going to be an incision.
0:39-0:41
Takes mask off so we can see him sing
‘If you love me let me go’-> meaningful.
0:42-0:44
Slow motion of lead trying to escape the grasps
Visual and lyrical relationship as it sings ‘let me
Go’.
0:45-0:48
Lead singer, fights to be free of the grasps of
the surgeons. Fast movement ‘let me go’.
0:51-0:54
Routine movements. Lead is being held against
will.
0:55-0:57
‘Words are knives that often leave scars’
Hands are taken out of shot from the mouth,
shows that his words deserve to be free.
Fast hand movements.
0:57-1:00
Close up lyric focus and angle changes.
1:00-1:14
Fast movement to show struggle filmed last
different angles.
1:15-1:17
Close up of injection-> shows character isn’t
about his witts. Lighting fades to black.
1:17-1:19
Dark lighting symbolises change. Mask is
removed.
1:19-1:24
Mid-shot and zoom in. Character is being dressed
up into a suit. Character doesn’t know what is
going on- shown by facial expressions.
1:25-1:28
Make up is put onto the lead and his arms are
crossed across his chest. Coffin ready.
2. 1:29-1:30
Arm swipes down over the lead singers body.
As the arm swipes down the lighting drops with
it, fading to black-> black connoting death.
1:31-1:32
White clothed arms put the lead singer into a
coffin. All arms are synchronised- pop
music style (dance routine like).
1:32-1:35
Close up of nails being hammered into a make
shift coffin. Camera is unstable to show how
hectic and fast paced the situation is.
1:36-1:41
Pan up of the lead singers body who is lying in
the coffin- dark lighting. Water seeping through
shows the lead is at risk of drowning.
1:42-1:51
Extreme close up of the lead-focus on the lyrics
And show he is trapped/about to drown.
1:52-1:54
Side on angle so we see the lead sink further .
This alters the lighting to go to black and white
to mimic what he sees.
1:55-1:56
On the words ‘if you love me let me go’,there is a
lyrical visual relationship as we see the lead
burst out of his makeshift coffin.
1:56-2:00
Shows he is free- has been let go because he is
loved essentially despite all of these external
grasps. There are close ups of water splashes .
2:00-2:08
Water bursts out more on the down beat of the
music.
2:08-2:11
Short fasts shots of surgeons and lead breaking
through walls-> surgeons trying to capture the
lead singer.
2:12-2:13
Close up on the lyric ‘falling apart’ relates to the
fact that the body is falling apart as ropes have
replaced the organs we would expect. There is
also the function in editing which has sped this
up to highlight the frustration.
2:16-2:18
Mid -shot shaky clip focusing on the ropes.
Special fx make the ropes look like they have
a mind of their own attempting to wrap around
the leads legs and body to try and capture him.
2:29-2:37
Black and white clothing worn by the lead singer
trying to be held back by the ropes- he isn’t
being ‘let go’-> implies he isn’t loved?
2:37-2:38
Close ups of the ropes wrapping around
different parts of the leads body.
2:38-2:39
Flashback to the lead being put onto the
operating table.
3. 2:39-2:40
Blurred mid-shot of the lead trying to escape
the ropes. Short clip shows struggle.
2:40-2:42
Flashback to the lead on the operating
table being pulled back by the surgeons
Hands- stuck in an endless cycle.
2:43-2:45
Different shots and angles of the lead
trying to escape from the ropes and be free.
2:45-2:58
Different flashbacks are shown
Alternating between shots of the lead
and rope battle and lead and surgeon
fight for freedom (to be let go).
The on screen action of always being
pulled back shows he won’t be
‘let go’.
2:58-3:00
The music ends and the non-diegetic
sound of a heart about to flatline has
been reintroduced. This not only shows
the end of the song but end of the
characters life.
3:03-3:06
We see a blurred dark figure running
Toward the light, Whilst an overlay of
our leads face is shown over the top
showing him closing his eyes
(dying) and we as viewers understand
that the dark figure is his own life
fading away.
3:06-3:10
The sound of the final flatline supports
our assumption of the characters
death. Moreover, the bright light engulfs
the black figure and turns into a black
screen-symbolic of the end of his
life.
