Bastille

POMPEII

-          Starts with sounds from the city such as wind and car noises which gives atmosphere to the video

-          Shows name at the beginning of the song which helps with the marketing of the music video

-          Dark lighting throughout the video

-          Abandoned buildings which gives a sense of lonliness, also as he is alone fighting the evil in the video

-          Lyrics match the content

-          Lighting is mostly used by the main city lights

-          Handheld camera which matches his panic such as when he runs away

-          The drums in the song matches the tension in the video

-          Sound matches action

The songs title is ‘Pompeii’ and the video content reflects the title as Pompeii is an ancient city in western Italy, which was buried by a volcanic eruption which explains why all the buildings are abandoned in the video. Also the lyrics shows that the video is about a historic event ‘Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above’ ‘ The dust settled around us’ which is discussing the events of the day of the eruption. There are major contents in the video which match the lyrics and the whole story behind 'Pompeii Eruption' When the women's eyes turn black which is reflected the ash and how it took over peoples lives, its quite emotional and will be to the audience. As you see Dan running away from the problem, you reflect on how it would have been and how actually when there is an eruption that will wipe out a whole town there really is no where for you to run, which is why at the ending you see him with his eyes turning black. Also, the location is completely empty and shows why there is the noises of loneliness at the beginning of the video and also the abandoned videos, he is fighting it alone, in a complete ghost town of Pompeii. So overall, the lyrics match the content of the video, but after further research of what Pompeii is you see that the video has a strong narrative to it, telling a historic story of the past

LAURA PALMER

-          Documentary style to show normality

-          When focusing on the main singer who sings it uses set lighting and shows that, which shows a contrast between the run down location shown at the beginning. Showing he has the better life as a rock star

-          On the chorus the action matches the music with the strobe lights which are used

-          The lyrics match the content ‘terrifying, final frights’ as the actors in the video’s are wearing masks.

-          Switches to documentary digital style camera often

-          Set in quite a run down area

            Dan the main singer from Bastille, Said he wrote 'Laura Palmer' based on an American tv serial drama

              called 'Twin Peaks' which was created by David Lynch. Laura Palmer is a fictional character played by 

Sheryl Lee. Dan states that it has a weird and eery atmosphere to it which he wanted to achieve 

in the video. Bastille's basic explanation to why they wanted to do this song is because Dan is just

really interested in the tv series. The documentary style gives a cinematic feel to it. The eery feel of the 
video comes with the locations and the props used, such as the masks that they wear and the run down town
that they are in, which may reflect the genre of the tv series 'Twin Peak' which is a Thriller.

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