This music video is a constant crosscut between real life war clips and politicians speaking; to the band themselves acting in war-like scenarios. It's presented with a dirt yellow tint, emphasizing the lack of life and humanity of the world taken over by war. It begins with a satellite image, zooming in more and more down to a single car, the shot is presented as if the viewer is watching through the lense of a rifle, or a drone, watching as the target is being targeted. In one cut-in cut away shot, the lead singer can be seen dressed in full combat gear and points his weapon directly at the camera in full frontilty, showing the viewer what it feels like to be on the other side of the gun. It then cuts to a medium shot showing the same scene from his side, instantly the intense feeling of being at gun point is no longer over whelming the viewer, displaying the general attitude of apathy towards war in the American society today. Historical clips like Gandhi's fasting protest are Nazi's walking in uniform are cross cut and played to show contrast between the good and bad ways to push for change in society. As the video progresses, the band can be seen shooting at flying weapons, bombs, and even tanks in a whip pan. No real human opponent can be seen through out the entire video, suggesting the real enemy is war itself, as well as the pain and destruction it brings; again emphasizing the lack of humanity of war.
This music video begins with a cross cut between a man's side profile to a boxing ring, the sounds accompanying these cuts are short and cut-off, chaos can be heard during the boxing ring shots, while a loud, steady heart beat muffles the chaos when the shot is cut to the mans side profile. The diegesis here is that his heart is beating hard because he is preparing to fight in the ring. The video then goes back in time, flashback to 6 months ago of the same man washing dishes at a restaurant, the close up shot shows sweat beads dripping down his face, emphasizing his exhaustion, but more plates are brought to him by the owner, ignoring his body conditions completely. The scene then shows an old man, who is also the father of the man from the beginning of the video, sitting in a bar alone in a low key lighting shot, he is drinking but his facial expression is sad, suggesting a drinking problem. The scene then crosscuts constantly between the first man experiencing problems in his life; to running in the neighborhood and practicing boxing skills; to Eminem rapping in a dark room with bright backlighting, showing only his silhouette. One particular scene shows an close up of his father in frontality, screaming at yelling in to the camera, creating extreme discomfort to the viewer. The diegesis here is that he is drunk and yelling at his son for not being able to support the entire family, the scene takes the viewer in the eyes of the man and presents itself to make the viewer feel despair and frustration just as the man feels. In the scenes where he is running, the shots are filmed with a fish eye lense, creating a sense of entrapment and suffocation, symbolizing his struggle to break free from his current life to better provide for his family. The scenes of Eminem are very low key lighting, his face can't really be seen in that he wants his songs to be focused on the message he is trying to send than on himself. The flashback ends and he is ready to step in to the ring, then his father can be seen drinking at a bar in a cross cut watching his son fight on tv. At the end of the video Chantelle stands in for Sia's voices, standing a rubble of broken down buildings, where she was only presented in a tight, suffocating, low lighting frame before; emphasizing her new found freedom and confidence.
This is a close up shot from the film Shutter Island, the main character Teddy Daniels is being held by his wife, the diegesis here suggests his wife is comforting him, trying to calm him down. Eyes are the windows to one's soul, they convey and express emotions that words can't. Teddy's eyes are completely in shadow, unable to show emotion because the ones he feel are only false emotions. He is blind to the reality just as the audience is, not seeing the truth behind the story where Teddy himself is the one that murdered his family. He is unable to face this fact and therefore blinds himself from the truth, creating another reality for himself to deal with this burden. This shot is relatively well-lit, however, it is dull in color, suggesting a sense of decay and corrosion.
This is a medium long shot from the TV series Daredevil, it is off centered as well as off balanced, suggesting an imbalance in Wilson Fisk's life. He dominates the right portion of the shot, looking at a plain white painting named Rabbit in a Snowstorm, this painting is a reminder of the darkest times of his childhood. His costume in this shot is a plain black suit, a color of dominance and control, however the painting makes him feel lonely and powerless, a direct contrast between his suit and the white painting. The low key lighting presents the shot with even more contrast, emphasizing the constant battle good vs evil with in the show.
This is a medium close up shot from the TV series Dexter, it shows Dexter as a three year old sitting in a pool of blood. He is looking into the offscreen space at a police officer who then becomes his adopted father. The audiences eyes are drawn to the light on his face as first glance, white and pure although he is surrounded by a pool of dark red blood. Red is a color of violence and evil, while white is a color of innocence and purity. Young Dexter's costume is also white, however his hands are covered in blood, foreshadowing his fate in the future as a serial killer; his shirt is also blood stained, marking his loss of innocence forever.
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