This music video tells the narrative story of a nerdy main character who takes a pretty girl on a date but loses her. The opening scene introduces the main character driving up to a house, where he gives himself a goofy wink in the mirror to establish his nerdy personality. Several scenes show the main character having two distinct personalities - his nerdy one and a cooler one inspired by being in a rock band. The music video culminates in the main character fully embracing his rock star personality as he performs with his whole band at the end.

2. This music video is a narrative because it
shows the story of a ‘nerd’ taking out a pretty
girl on a date and then loosing her. The main
character ‘breaks out’ from his usual lifestyle
when he gets angry with himself. In this
opening scene of the music video, the main
character is introduced driving up to a house.
Before he gets out the car he looks at himself in
the wing mirror and gives a goofy wink. This
establishes the character as a ‘nerd’ or ‘un
cool’.

3. This scene
shows an
intertextual
reference to
the movie ‘M
Myself And
Irene’.

4. Here there is a close up on the
main characters two
personalities. The main character
is played by Dave Grohl, who is
the lead singer of the Foo
Fighters. These close up shots
may have been used to promote
the bands image

5. In this scene another ‘cool’ character is
introduced who is played by another band
member: Tayler Hawkins. The Genre of
music is reflected in what Tayler is wearing
because he looks very much like a rock
star with his blonde hair and band t-shirt

6. This scene shows the main character
finally ‘breaking out’ and embracing his
other personality that does not want to
be a ‘nerd’ but would rather be a rock
star

7. This final scene introduce
the whole band and turns
the music video into a
performance video right a
the end