0 -0.20 seconds: Instrumental opening
0.21 – 0.39 seconds: Verse One
0.40 – 0.60 seconds: Chorus
1.01 – 1.05 minutes: Instrumental
1.06 – 1.25 minutes: Verse Two
1.26 – 1.45 minutes: Chorus
1.46 – 2.06 minutes: Verse Three
2.07 – 2.16 minutes: Instrumental
2.17 – 2.37 minutes: Verse Four
2.38 - 3.00 minutes: Instrumental to end
Instrumental opening
Colour, split screen – clouds passing from eye line of couple lying down in field, they roll over to see each other lying. Zooms into eyes to show clock rewinding (both film the shot and merge together using layers). Boy will be on right side of screen as if it is from the point of view of the girl. And visa versa.
Black and white, super slow motion– glass falls onto floor spilling water. Shot from table and floor. Cuts to floor shot on impact.
Verse One
Colour, split screen – lying in separate beds; boy now on left and girl on right. Roll in to face each other, get out of bed to the outside of the screen and stand up. Roll up blinds and walk to bathroom. Shot seeing them walk into bathroom and coming out ready.
Chorus & Instrumental
Colour, full screen – Boy walking on his own through empty forest lip syncing. Fade to black to show the end of that day.
Verse Two
Colour, split screen – both walk into room, look at themselves in the mirror and turn on radio. Girl throws memories into a box while boy collects her things together. She then puts her coat and shoes on after giving up and walks out of the door while he is still looking through her things. First time they are doing something different.
Chorus
Colour, full screen – same as before with the boy lip syncing walking through the forest.
Verse Three
Colour, spilt screen – boy carries on walking through same forest as chorus and girl is seen walking through forest also. Seen walking towards each other but actually just go through the centre of the screen and swap places.
Instrumental
Colour, split screen – boy can see girl walking from point of view shot but girl is oblivious; she has a point of view shot of just walking along.
Verse Four
Colour, split screen – talk together for a bit using different shots and end up hugging and making up. Using point of view shots of the hug, covers up lenses to fade to black and show them together for the instrumental at the end in a full screen.
Instrumental at the end
Colour, full screen – fades from black to them hugging and walking off, ending laying in the field, fading into the clouds.
This video showcases the bands raw talent. The location is small with a low-key lighting and smoke effects to represent the atmosphere and mood of the song, which is angry and frustrating. The setting appears to be a school gym due to the quick shots of a basketball hoop and the crowd on the bleachers. The band is supported by a large group of teens, which link back to the song title about teen spirit. Also linking to spirit, the band has cheerleaders present in the video, which is a stereotypical American activity found in a high school gym.
Progressing through the video, the spectator’s spirits seem to have lifted as they begin merely sitting nodding their heads and end up jumping on their feet. The bridge acts as a build up to the climax of the chorus that sees all of the teens ‘moshing’ and reflecting the revolutionary attitude of the band. The ‘moshing’ is also in a slow motion to show the raw emotion created by the music.
All of the aggressive ‘moshing’ and jumping, along with the smoke effects and dim lighting, create an angry teenage tone to the video and compliments the bands music well.