Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds –
Everybody's On The Run.
'Everybody's On the Run' is a narrative video,
reflecting the lyrics. 'Everybody's on the Run' features four main
characters. One is played by famous actress Mischa Barton, the shots
focusing on her face promote her star image. This is typical of music
videos, as they rely on the star image to intrigue the audience
enough to watch on. The close up shots on the shoes, could connote
the 'running' of the video, and promotes the image of the song.
The
long shots to show the female characters body is a very typical shot
of a music video, and the close up on her abdomen, is also typical
since it gives a shot of the cleavage which would interest the male
viewer. There is also a similar shot focusing on the male, which
would broaden the videos audience from just males to females.
The
video uses mirrors to show the reflections. This could be to create a
slighlty mystical and ethereal effect to the video. Since the shot is
of an reflection. It could also connote that there is a certain
fantasy to the video, since reflections and mirrors are often
connoted in literature and film as being the idealised version of
events. The video uses a lot of rhythmic editing, and reflects the
beat of the song. The use of fades and quick cuts helps to match with
the pace of the song.
The lyrics 'you gotta hold on' could be
connoted in the video when the characters do not give up the chase,
and it ends up well for them. The split screen is used to show two
different reactions, and to also show the two different stories at
the same time. The two story-lines that intertwine are both running
parallel to each other, are both very similar, but both end together.
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