Of Monsters and men 'Little Talks' analysis

‘Little Talks’ by Of Monsters And Men is a quirky music video, and adventurous story line.The fantasy style animation and storyline add to the quirky appeal of the music video. As the main characters are walking through their alternative, animated world they are shot walking on time to the soundtrack's beat, whilst the cuts from one shot to another is not on the beat. this helps to show the video is linked to the music and it relates so its not disjointed.

A powerful, and interesting contrast is created with the use of a de-saturated background, band members alongside the use of a protagonist that is a fairy like creature helping them along the way.

The video is full of creative shots and clever story telling, throughout the music video the viewer is taken through many abnormal landscapes, and shown allot of strange creatures. these antagonists help to show the viewers that it is an adventure the band are going on. and overcoming obstacles like the big bird that destroys their balloon. this helps to capture the audiences attention and make them feel that they need to see the ending!.  

The onscreen pace is synchronised  to the soundtrack.the footage slows and quickens with the footage. For example, as the song enters the slower bridge, the characters enter an under water world, which is a clever twist. An alternative than just slowing down the footage to match the off screen soundtrack, because of the slow pace of them trying to move underwater. 

The mise-en-scene is unique within this music video, especially when comparing the saturated costume and make up style, the make up style helps to inspire creativity with the characters having tribal like patterns painted onto their faces. the exhausted colour scheme of the black and white is the reason why i analysed this video because i was looking at  using a black and white video with little parts of colour to make the video more meaningful and to show the genre of the song, that this video uses so well. i also wanted to tell a story throughout the video. with protagonist and antagonists