Music video Deconstruction

Alesso Heroes (we could be) ft. Tove Lo

Camera work
Close up shots
are used to show
the emotions on
the characters
faces and detail
in the actions.
Medium shots
show who the
characters are.

POV shots shows

a man looking at
the other
characters.

Editing
Fast cuts are used to
suggest that the
characters are going
crazy being confined.
Cuts are used to show
the link between the
performance and the
narrative.

Sound
The lyrics to the song match the narrative of the
music video.
Mise-en-scene
The characters
clothes are dirty
which may
suggest that
they have all
been in
confinement for
a long time.
The guards suggest that they are in a prison.

The white
connote purity
which suggest
that the
characters
wearing black
are dangerous.