2. The opening shot is an out-of-focus shot of the band, showing they are not the main subject behind this video and the video is more about the subject is it singing about than the band themselves. The white background also makes it seem rather heavenly, or can be seen as to show nothing in the back is relevant, so why put anything in the back? The close up of the butterfly fits the music as it slowly flaps it’s wings. Butterflies are seen as elegant and gentle insects so the slow and calm piano helps amplify this fact.
3. The high angle of all the children makes them seem small and weak, in need of protection. The song, which is about the therapy and steps after losing someone close in your family, can be combined with this shot to make it even seem like you are the loved one they have lost and you are watching them from heaven. This close up, with the red heart being held with the black t shirt, symbolises light within darkness. The heart (which is being held so feebly) can be seen as innocence, good or hope., with the black t shirt, which is dominating around the hands, can be seen as the tough, dark world, or hopelessness that can be seen within society. The hands holding the heart feebly meaning that it is getting hard to not become lost in this world as the loss of the family member is weakening the hope. And hold still, being the step that is needed to beat hopelessness, as moving too fast can make you not be able to cope with the loss.
4. This out of focus shot makes the subject nearly lost within the back ground, only his skin, hair and jeans fully visible. This could symbolise someone who has broken down, the txt around him not really visible so we could assume that those are the possible steps, breaking down/deteriorating around him as he cracks and can’t take it. This, once again, out of focus shot makes it that you can’t see the subject’s facial features, meaning that they can be ANYONE at all, symbolising that the grief can happen to anyone and the step can work for anyone to help them cope with the stress.
5. The low angle in this shot is used to show power and confidence in the character who is stretching out their hand to the screen. The way it is out to the screen can help the audience think that it can be help for anyone, even the person watching the video. It also can be symbolised as someone who has been through what the person who has lost their family member has been through, making a connection between them and the character. It can even go as far as to saying that the person could even be symbolising God and heaven, as the white background is usually associated with clouds and heaven.
