Music video: Research and Planning

Video 1 – Creative Concept:   OK Go has made a career from creative music videos. This is another one of their brilliant and creative videos as only one of the band members played an instrument, which was stopped only 13 seconds after starting to play it… In this video the band is in a car, driven by the lead singer, which is on a track consisting of many instruments on the sides including; Pianos, guitars, and steel instruments. Furthermore, this video has been made from various shots; Long shot (showing the car), medium shot (showing the band in the car), close ups (showing each of the band members during the course of the video).

Applying Theories: Trailer

The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose (Radha Mitchell) flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers and ignoring the protests of her husband (Sean Bean). It's soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she's ever been. It's smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of strange beings and periodically overcome by a living Darkness that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realizes that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.

Director: Christophe Gans
Genre: Horror

Todorov:  Equilibrium - Family living together > Disequilibrium - Mother and child go to Silent Hill and strange things occur. Shannon is lost and now mother needs to find her but is fighting for her life on her quest.

Propp: Protagonist - Mother (Radha Mitchell)
           Antagonist - Creatures, Silent Hill itself
           Heroine -      Child

Barthes: Enigma and Action Codes:
             Will shannon be found?
             What are those creatures?
             Will she stay alive?
             Will they get home?