Music Video's

The Only Exception by Paramore.


The video takes the audience through a story as the song plays and the scene's are really relevant to the lyrics. The video is made up of fairly simple idea's but is really effective. I like the fact that the locations used within the video are ones that people would regularly use and that are quite basic such as the lounge, a concert venue, the bedroom and a restaurant.
The video includes many different concepts of mise-en-scene. Each room is decorated differently and this helps to create a different mood in each room. For example in the lounge the colours are fairly neutral palette and this is fairly usual in a family home. There is then a room which has a deep, bold colour and this helps to create a different atmosphere. The video then shows more then one room at a time and the different colours really emphasise this split within the house. The costume that the Dad is wearing is very typical of a middle class man and the costume of the girl (Hayley) is that of a typical teenager of her genre. The middle part of the video is when a lot of tension is created. The camera zooms out of Haley's face to reveal her lying on a pile of spread out valentines cards. All of the cards are hand made which shows real meaning to them and that they are obviously special and important. There is then a flash to a live session of the band and this gives the audience an opportunity to see the whole band and gives a bit of variety to the video. There is a part were Hayley walks through a clothes closet and the clothes are very disorganised and each item is different. This may represent that she is going through a bit of a crazy time in her personal life and doesn't really know what direction she is headed in. There is a light on the table at the restaurant which really emphasises the two actors as their surroundings are dark so the light makes them stand out. In the wedding hall, Hayley is dressed in black and everyone else in white which shows a contrast between the actors. She then runs into a bright light which shows she doesn't really know what the future holds. In the club/concert scene the two main actors seem to not really realise the busyness which is going on around them. At the end of the video Hayley back tracks her steps where she was alone and the end scene finishes with the first scene but with a complete circle made and different emotions shown.