Music video analysis-Robbers

The setting seems to be in a deserted area, possibly because it’s early morning which shows them to be uncaring of the outside world and only focusing on eachother.. This emphasizes them being a couple, so the isolation is romantic which introduces their love story. The mid-shotalso shows the couple holding hands which emphasizes their love also the fact that they are slightly angled towards each other, portrays that they are interested in each other. They are also walking into the distance together which suggests they could be on the run or don’t know where they are going.

The lighting lights the background focusing on their silhouettes, which is typically romantic as it’s as if they are the only people. The silhouettes could also suggest that the couple are hiding something more important which foreshadows what is to come. He is also standing above her which implies that he has power in the relationship.

The editing of the video puts scenes in a non-chronological order, which could cause confusion but also interest the audience to show things that they haven’t seen yet for example the wound on the lead character, this style of editing keeps the audience’s attention as they will question where he got the wound from.

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The mid shots emphasise the extent of the couple’s relationship, the picture above shows the female character staring lovingly at the male showing they are very much in love and that the song is focused around a relationship, possibly one that is more one sided as he isn’t returning her gaze.

The mise-en-scene is important in this video, for example the musky lighting and a colour scheme consisting of mostly red, black and white. which shows that the video isn’t just about a relationship but other more serious things such as crime and with the title of the song being ‘robbers’ the video fits very well. The alcohol and gun in the main characters hand entices the audience and gets them interested in what they are planning. Drugs are also heavily featured in the video showing that the couple’s relationship isn’t as simple as it first looks.

Overall, the music video is very well executed and fits perfectly for the indie genre of the band and song as it has a narrative. For our group could use aspects of this for example the editing in non-chronological order, although filming a full narrative would be difficult.