Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys - When the sun goes down


The music video tells an unconventional narrative about a boy and girl relationship in the 21st century. The video starts with a disequilibrium this is different to Todorov's theory that media texts start with an equilibrium. As the audience only hearing the actress shouting and using foul language. The video doesn't show the band at any point nor does it have the actors lip-synching this shows how it is a illustrative video (Goodwin). The use of famous actors like Lauren Socha and Stephen Graham allow of audience recognition and makes the video more poplar with young audiences as Lauren is widely considered to be a young persons actor starring in TV drama Misfits.


The lighting in the video is mostly dull, grey and low key in the video as it is representing a lower class relationship in a lower class location, however the lighting does turn to high key when Lauren is alone and has an opportunity by herself e.g performing in the circus. This gives the audience the idea that the man is holding her back in her life, this evokes sympathy for Lauren.


Lauren is constantly dressed in lower class clothing where as her male counterpart is seen in smarter dress than her this along with high angle eye lines and shots show how The man is incontrol