The Drums - Money

The Drums - Money

The video opens with 4 different shots with no audio. A long shot is used to show the lead singer sat on a chair which then cuts to a close up of him. This cuts to a view of the whole band in a wide shot, this is when the music starts. The Video uses parralell action here it seems. It swaps between shots of the band playing in what looks like a bedroom, and shots of the band walking around a city.


The Choruses are punctuated throughout the video, as whenever a chorus is used it switches between them in the studio and them walking around more frequently.



Narrative is used slightly here as the singer sings 'I want to buy you something, but I don't have any money' this is narrative to the video as they are a mid shot shows the lead singer gazing reluctantly at some women in a park, as he is behind the fence.


 This is where a story is opened up throughout.


 The lead singer is walking around gazing at things he wishes he had, however it seems the rest of the band also have no money, thus they cannot do it. This relates to the narrative well and shows how easily it can be done even in a fairly disjunctive style video.


The image of the lead singer is shown in a youthful way, seeing that he has no money like a student, this follows  with the narrative as he walks through singing. This representation is not common along young new bands as they tend to have a 'rock star' style.


The mise en scene in this video is of a busy city, and some parks, it seems like a standard and very simple way of filming, using their own clothes and possibly even their house. This links to the lead singers style and the narrative.


All together the video is quite amplifying as it follows a slight narrative but not ll the time as the choruses dip in and out of this theme.