In the beginning of the video, the camera shots are very interesting. It changes from forward facing shots, to shots looking towards the ground and shots looking at the back of him. They are very abstract and attract you to watch the remainder of the video. When the lead singer, Danny, starts singing, the camera shows his face. This is to act aas if he is saying the lyrics to us, the audience. Which breaks the forth wall, which is an element of the theatre practitioner, Bertolt Brecht. It engages the audience making them feel a part of the video therefore allowing them to empathise with the narrative of the video.
As the video plays, it carrys on showing him walking though the city, retracing his steps maybe, to find the person he is looking for. They show this by using a tracking shot of him croossing the street.
The engagment with the audience continues with the like "if you see this girl can you tell her where i am". in coonjunction with saying this, he looks towards the camera aas if he is saying it to the audience. Therefore keeeping us engaged.
The continued motif of close up shots of his face allows you to connct and empathise with him. It also enables the producer of the video to make us concentrate on Danny, rather than the member of public walking down the street.
The band shots are set in what looks like an underground car park. This isolated setting is to show both the difference with the character, that the lead singer is playing and the lead singer in the band shots and to separate the narrative and the band shots. In my personal opinion, some of the band shots are a little static and would be better with movment.
One of my favourite shots is one where Danny is singing in the street during one of the narrative sections, the camera pans up and rotates while panning. It adds movement and adds that something special to the video.
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