Music Video Analysis

I chose this song as 30 Seconds to Mars are an alternative rock band like Maine River who we are making the music video for.

The music video starts off with a strong, thought provoking quote by H.G. Wells followed by the band saying 'This is a song about Peace' showing from the start that they care about whats going on in the world and the influences it has on their music.

Then in keeping with the song title the video changes to what looks like military equipment honing in on the world, which could symbolise the world being at war, this carries on to focus in to one point, drawing the audience in.

This follows to the title of the song with what looks like a heart beat monitor bit through the middle which could symbolise the heart beat of people fighting in wars all over the world. As well as using the colour scheme of red and black, red symbolising danger and stop, black symbolising darkness and loneliness.

following this there are quick shots to more military themed shots at various angle, then at last landing on the band in military uniforms, looking like they are going in to battle.

using silioettes they create the mood, and the environment that the band is in.

This is a very political video, using key words to spark a reaction in the audience, they focus on the people and the reasons that effect the world and war.

The video is put together in a news like fashion, with actual pictures in the video from the news this gives the audience a feel of realness.

The video picks up pace when a battle commences leaving the band no choice but to fight, all you can see of the opponents is the tanks and other weaponry flying towards the band this could symbolise that we never truly know who and what we are fighting just that we need to.

The video takes on a technological route animating when the equipment starts to plummet to the ground like they have a magnetic pull piling up, on impact you see flashes of historic figures and scenes associated with war, to make a pyramid/triangle which is the bands symbols which could in turn mean the only people that we are truly fighting is ourselves.