Bastille is a mainstream pop indie band from England. Their music video for "Pompeii" follows pop conventions with a narrative storyline and elements of performance. The video closely matches the song's lyrics about the eruption of Pompeii, though the story was changed to a plague spreading through the characters to emphasize the fate of Pompeii's destruction. The narrative depicts the lead singer running from people whose eyes are black, representing his last remaining sanity as he fights against being overtaken.

1. Bastille Pompeii

2. overview
Bastille is a pop indie band from England. They are a mainstream band
and follow the codes and conventions of pop with all their video's
having a narrative and elements of performance. They are a generic
band like what you typically get in that sort of scene.

3. Genre characteristics
It follows the genre characteristics closely, its cut to the beat and
follows he narrative to the end of the video. It mixes in elements of
performance throughout you see the singer singing to the camera on a
close up angel in the shadow of a light and cuts in constantly. The lead
singer taking center stage in the narrative is another convention of pop
the constant close up of him gives him the sole intention and doesn’t
take away from the narrative.

4. Mise-en-scene
There is nothing too special about the mise-e-scene. It seems quite
normal except the desolation and isolation of the area. Also you see
the black contacts in the eyes of everyone but the singer and this is
quite obviously to isolate the singer more and show how they
spreading this plague of sorts and he's running from it.

5. Videos and lyric links
The video lies closely with the story of the eruption of Pompeii. People
running from their inevitable fate. The lyrics tie closely in with this "
the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love" however they
didn’t want the video to directly link so they changed it to a plague to
emphasize the story of Pompeii which is sometime you fate is
inevitable.

6. Narrative
The narrative is the lead singer running from the "infected" people.
They constantly use close up to see the difference between his eyes
and the black eyes almost showing how he is the only one with sanity
left and no one else does. It shows the never ending battle to give into
something you don’t want to.

7. Rep of artist
He seen as a normal person and I suppose this was do so that anyone
can relate to the story, that can replace themselves and their demons
with the ones in the narrative and this is something pop music does a
lot it, it gives quite vague character to make it more relatable and
easier for you to see yourself in that person shoes.