Oh No Bring Me the Horizon Music Video Analysis

The video starts off with narrative. There are close ups of record buttons and the use of the word Hostage suggests some type of interrogation plot. Then Shot then crosscuts to a recording studio and the use of sliders on a circuit board and a record button symbolising the band recording the song that we are listening to now. There is then a close up on the main singers mouth near a microphone. This shot is then graphic matched with the producers in the recording studio adjusting the levels on the sliders.

At 0:21 we see a mid shot of the whole band this is the first shot that doesn't just have the main singer in it converging with the star theory as the main singer in the main star of the band. The mise en scene is plastic sheets draped around the room where the band are recording. This links with the narrative of the music video as plastic sheets have connotions of murder and spy's.

As soon as the lyrics start to be sung the visuals cut back to the narrative, this linking with the interrogation theme as the lyrics said are " You don't have to lie I know exactly where you've been".
The visuals of the music video are then followed up with a mid shot of a detective watching the witness in slow motion.

As soon as the guitars and drum kits kick in the narrative becomes darker as the interrogators pull out a knife.

At 1:30 the performance and narrative are following a guide on a piece of paper, the narratives being a map and the performance's being a plan of how the song is meant to sound. These small graphic matches make the performance and narrative feel in place and linked together.

At 1:56 the recording studio equipment dies this preparing the audience for the climax of the song and video. The music equipment then starts to spark which gives the shot more dimension and doesn't make it repetitive for the audience to watch.

"Be careful what you wish for" links back to the detectives in the narrative as they come back to where they left their witness and realise he has escaped the scene then escalates as the detectives pull an alien playing the trumpet out of the box in the interrogation room. this adds an element of stupidity in the music video. Although this emphasises the instrumental in the song it is still seen to be unbelievable by the audience.

At 3:30 The performance focuses on Oli Sykes which is the main singer on the band. The element of back lighting has been added to give the visuals a more atheistic and exiting appeal.

At 4:07 The added use of a wind machine and break dancers gives the song a 'happy ending' and emphasises the climax within the song. It also uses different forms of layering in order to make the boring visuals of the band members singing in a recording studio, more entertaining.