Sunday, 30 September 2012

Disturbed - Another way to die


The main purpose of Disturbed music video 'Another way to die' is to promote to the audience about the ethical issues that are happening in today's society. The style of the music video is shown through narrative and with the use of lyrics interpretation. This allows the audience to interpret their own meaning about the song. Some people believe that the song is talking about the lead singers beliefs about Global warming and how not much is being done to help prevent it. This is shown by some of the lyrics such as 'The time bomb is ticking...And no one is Listening...' this has been shown by the fuel pumps price being raised extremely quickly almost as it is a 'timer'.

He also writes about what is happening at the moment such as the ice caps melting he references it to the audience by using the lyrics “Glaciers Melt as we Pollute the Skies..” With the use of the song and video, it switches between good and bad, the majority of it is based around bad events such as global warming. The whole video is almost like a montage of slowly showing the audience how the future may look if they don't change the way things are now. The pace of the music is matched by the pace of the video, the faster the music becomes the faster the pace of the video is, as if they are in sync together.


The lyrics are referencing to the fact that not many people actually believe global warming is going to happen, it is also shown by some of the close up shots within the video such as the shot of the oil sign. The fact that the person in the foreground is out of focus whereas the oil sign is in focus, may have been done to tell the audience that if we don't start making a change now, in time our future may only consist of us living in a wasteland as the video has interpreted.

Here are a few screen-shots from the Disturbed Music Video 'Another way to die': 

A screen shot of person in the foreground is out of focus whereas the oil sign is in focus. 
This is a screen shot referencing to the point about the melting ice caps mentioned in the song. -  “Glaciers Melt as we Pollute the Skies..” 
This is a screen shot referencing to my point about the fuel pumps price being raised extremely quickly almost as it is a 'timer'.





Here is the music video: Disturbed - Another way to die


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