The document discusses and analyzes scenes from several music videos based on different roles or types of storytelling they employ. It examines how Eminem's "Beautiful" uses imagery to portray Detroit's past versus its current state. It also analyzes Rudimental's "Waiting All Night" which tells the story of a BMX rider's injury and rehabilitation through scenes showing his struggles and recovery. Further, it discusses the hidden meaning in Nothing But Thieves' "Trip Switch" where the main character adopts different personas in various scenarios that he is actually imagining.

1. EMINEM - BEAUTIFUL

2.  In this shot we see some words that state ‘ Detroit is the greatest
manufacturing city in the world’, this is an anecdote which
Eminem uses, the reason he has choses to use this is to show the
good side of Detroit and what it was compared to the city today.

3.  In this scene in the music video we see the commercial
exhibitionist, he is literally selling everything in the spotlight. He is
also selling his voice and lifestyle in the music video by showing
what Detroit is like and what he grew up with.

4.  Eminem tells a story in the music video about his home town
Detroit changing and being over run. This is the inclusion of the
televised bard, where it includes many pictures that tell a story in
the video.

5. RUDIMENTAL – WAITING ALL NIGHT

6.  The televised bared is the most fitted to this music video. This is
because the whole reason for the video is to tell the story of actor
and BMX rider Kurt Yaeger. It is bout his injury and how he
overcame his incident through rehabilitation.

7.  The music video shows his struggles and his rehabilitation. In this
scene it shows him trying to learn how to walk on his prosthetic
leg. This is also more of an inclusion into the televised bard
following him through his road to recovery.

8.  In these scenes it shows his passion for BMX, he is trying to learn
from scratch hot to learn riding again. It shows his struggles from
falling over. To him actually riding his BMX. One of the last shots is
very scuttle and cleaver, it shows a shot of birds flying away, this
seems to suggest a sense of freedom. This links to the story
because it shows him finally riding with only one leg and doing
what he loves most.

9. NOTHING BUT THIEVES – TRIP SWITCH

10.  In this scene of the music video we see the commercial
exhibitionist. In the music video the band are not actually shown
much, they are only shown by a scene where they are
preforming at an event.

11.  The televised bard is the blond boy, the video follows him through
various scenarios such as nightclub and strip club. There is also a
scene where he is with a gang of people in an organised fight
between them. Lastly he is shown on a big screen with two
presenters talking about him.

12.  There is a hidden meaning in the music video whereby inn all the
scenes he is the main character and is in the spotlight. He has
adopted an alter ego by imagining himself in the scenarios,
when actually he is involved in them himself.

13. PURPLE YELLOW RED AND BLUE –
PORTUGAL THE MAN

14.  In many of the scenes in the music video we see the commercial
exhibitionist. He is selling his image in every of the scenes, he is in
the forefront of most of the music video. He evokes his stardom
by standing out and making sure that he is the main character in
the music video.

15.  He is the storyteller in the music video and as we can see he is
the one standing out in the spotlight. He is acting In the video
because he has to be in the centre of the video so the main
character image is evoked. He creates a story by employing
himself on the on screen images.

16.  In terms of the electronic shaman in the music video, he shifts
from many different scenes occupying a different persona. In the
many different scenes he tells the story of the song and guides us.
He occupies the different scenes by showing the hidden
meaning in the music video.