Narrative analysis

The narrative in our music video is mainly linear however contains some non-linear features including parallel editing between past and present. The beginning of the main narrative running through the video is of the main character in a room pacing up and down and planning his move on his next victim with inanimate dolls. This includes the main character at a table 'playing' with these dolls, sitting on a chair, walking back and forth. The middle of the narrative is of the main character finding his victim in a city, this includes the time-lapse scene of the main character standing on a street along with the alleyway scene. The narrative then ends with the main character and the victim back in the room.

In the beginning of the music video there are non-linear features mainly to amplify the sound and mood of the music. For example with the hurried part at the beginning of the song once the chiming intro ends, we skipped to the present for the time-lapse scene of standing on a street with people fluttering past as it fit the mood of the music. This was the same with the scene of the main character sitting on a chair, which was actually a rewind in time from the time-lapse scene. We chose this scene because it fit with the part of the song. However after the alleyway scene the narrative of the music video is linear until the end. We decided not to use any performance in the music video as we believed it wouldn't fit the abstract nature and tone of the music.