2. THE OPENING
The video establishing shot is of a quiet high street until a
man walk into shot and puts down his bag. He then look at the
reflective mirror. It introduces two more characters too the
video. It also has non-diagetic sound of a man talking. The
background voice stops and then the music video breaks in.
pages of music blow across the pavement as the man begins
to sing at the window. All of the characters are walking as
tracking shots follow them. They eventually end up at a bank
3. CHORUS
The video then switches to a CCT V camera af fect as the men begin
to rob the bank . The CCT V is in black and white. They make
ever yone move and force the cashier to put money into the bag. It
suddenly changes to colour as the cashier presses the alarm
discretely. The odd thing about this is that the guns that they are
using are guitar's and the money is pages of music. They continue
to rob the store until the chorus ends. It then goes back to the man
singing into the window. He continues to sing until the chorus star ts
for the second time.
4. CONTINUED
A bunch of black guitar s began to get picked up whilst they are still
robbing the bank . The people that are picking up the black guitars
are revealed to be the police. The police shots are in colour yet the
bands bank robber y is all in black and white. This is an example of
an parallel editing. A long shot of the bank shows the police arrive.
The robber s are aler ted and series of quick shots show the robber
jump the bank desk . Once the police are in the bank the robber are
forced out the back door. The colour suddenly changes back to
normal. As the robber run away from the bank through some
alleyways. One robber runs of f whilst the two of them push a
shopping trolley with there injured friend. They run for the getaway
car but then realise that the driver is dead. Another robber is shot
and the two remaining robber s hide behind the van.
5. ENDING
Police are covering the area. One robber runs for cover whilst the
other shoots the police with his guitar gun. The other robber make a
run for behind some crates. They begin to realise that they are not
going to get out if this situation and the through the bag full of
money into the air. The camera fades back to the star t when all four
robbers are walking into the bank .
6. ANDREW GOODWIN’S THEORY
A few theories that are in this video. The video has close up of
the bands members to help promote the band and image. The
second theory in this video is that there is some link between
the lyric and what is going on in shot. There is no elements of
performance in this video which is odd for a alternative rock
video.
