Throughout this video is an overabundance of scantily clad women.
Through out the video is the use of cinematography and editing to make the video seem more amateur than professional, with the idea of the video going backwards mimicking a reel going backwards and stuttering in old home videos, used in the music video Mockingbird to create a sense of familiarity in the music video. Like an old V/H/S tape. I believe this was used to denounce the overly sexual vibes by adding a more family tone, however it can be seen as an uncomfortable mix of both to create a feeling of weirdness on the Directors part.
At about 11 seconds is a woman dis robing her leopard skin fur coat to reveal a tight corset that reveals quite a lot of herself. This carries on for 15 seconds as a man says something with a fuzzed out telephone effect. This could have been done to slowly show the audience what kind of video they are watching, it is however, a woman, I am presuming, of the night undressing with an odd old film, V/H/S type of effect which makes me as a watcher uncomfortable with the video.
At about 33 seconds is an odd scene of a woman seductively kissing a mans neck as he tries to resist, she grabs his face and continues the kiss. This can be seen as the woman being dominant and owning her sexuality, however, with my view on what occupation the women have in this video, I believe it is a man of power which has hired this woman to do this.
It also, through out the the video uses the gaze to represent the lead singer, Alex, in a sexually provocative way, zooming in on his face and body to demonstrate male sexuality, this is just as manipulative as with women as it makes him an object of the band, a sexual token of the band, as none of the band, except Alex, are seen in this way.
At 1:43 you can actually see a topless woman looking into the camera distressed, later on seeing her face as annoyed. This shows a male oriented view of a woman, but instead shows the repercussions of such a thing. None, in this fantasy world.
At 2:20 you can actually see a woman on her knees, looking up towards a man topless. This shows the sexual, carnal desires of the man and the mostly male perspective on what is attractive.
This sort of immagery is seen throughout the music video, as this is a sexual establishment for men.
It also, through out the the video uses the gaze to represent the lead singer, Alex, in a sexually provocative way, zooming in on his face and body to demonstrate male sexuality, this is just as manipulative as with women as it makes him an object of the band, a sexual token of the band, as none of the band, except Alex, are seen in this way.
At 1:43 you can actually see a topless woman looking into the camera distressed, later on seeing her face as annoyed. This shows a male oriented view of a woman, but instead shows the repercussions of such a thing. None, in this fantasy world.
At 2:20 you can actually see a woman on her knees, looking up towards a man topless. This shows the sexual, carnal desires of the man and the mostly male perspective on what is attractive.
This sort of immagery is seen throughout the music video, as this is a sexual establishment for men.
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