3rd music video; My Chemical Romance

This third Music video is by a more rock based band called My Chemical Romance, and the the song is The Ghost of You.

The video itself has a strong mix of both themed performance and a narrative plot to it. At first, the video is presented at the start as a performance, only the band are dressed as American soldiers in their off duty clothing. There are also more soldiers in the hall, and also an equal number of women to the soldiers, which later leads to a dance in the hall, as seen in one of the screen shots.

However, the video changes when it reaches the chorus to show scenes that re create the D-Day landings of World War 2. this is where the narrative comes in to play, and all the band members are present in these scenes also, which would explain the soldiers outfit before, and the dance was sort of the last time they see their wives etc, before the landings.

The song suits this theme perfectly, and its almost like the song was written with the video in mind, as the way the scenes transition from the performance scenes in the hall to the gritty D-Day scenes, and the video is in some ways telling a story.

There is some great camera work in this video, and one of the best examples of this is a 1:30, when the hall transitions into the beach, with the sea rushing into the hall, and the soldiers running in, and its all done from a birds eye view, and is an excellent shot, which works perfectly.

The change in colours is also effective, as in the hall, it is bright, vibrant colours, with a kind of orange light, to add to the vibrant feel of the scene, but then changes when its the beach scenes to a dark, dull, gritty colour, which looks washed out, and adds to the depressing, scary vibe to the scenes, and takes a lot from films like Saving Private Ryan.