My Chemical Romance - The Ghost Of You

Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: Ghost Of You
Date Published: August 29 2005
Genre: Rock
Director: Marc Webb
Cost: Over $1 million

this video has 2 main settings that contrast each other well while still keeping with the same storyline and characters. the first setting is in a world war two dance/reunion hall which compliments the calm verses of the song and when it gets to the chorus of the song, it switches to a war scene where the band is shown getting off the boat and going straight into the quick fast paced action scene. the structure of the video goes hand in hand with how the song is structured and it goes back and forth from the calmer scene to the war scene.

this is a mix of a conceptual and performance video, switching well between them and giving the video a smooth flow. the video goes well with what the song is about. the song is about losing someone (either in a sense of them having died or just losing someone from your life i.e a breakup) and as one of the members is shown to be having a romantic relationship with another person in the video and then he dies we can assume that that's the motive behind it. (having it relate to the meaning of the song)

the video is well edited and produced, an example of this is at 1:28 when there is a birds eye view of the ballroom floor and as the song progresses into a chorus it merges with a birds eye view of the soldiers running out of the shore to the battlefield. (as seen in the screenshot on the left)






after the band member is shown to have been shot the performance scenes in the ballroom are blurry and not completely clear as they were before this can symbolise that things are never going to be how they were before because he's now dead.

mise en scene:
costumes/make up:
the band are shown wearing military/army style clothing that suits the time zone the video is trying to portray (ww2) all the characters are also dressed and made up to look how they would have at that time (for example hair styles and clothes such as dresses that were considered appropriate for that time)
in the war scenes they have a grimier look to them, dirt is on their clothes and face and they arent as well groomed as they are in the previous scene.
the instruments used in the performance scenes are also ones that look more old fashioned than the ones we are used to seeing in this genre of music now which emphasises the theme and era this video has.

Target Audience
i think this video is targeting fans of the band but also fans of people who like films similar to saving private ryan that also enjoy this type of music.

fromt his video i think i could implement the performance scenes from it and try and recreate something that is well shot and has more than 2 camera angles and shot types.