Warpaint - Stars

I think that this video illustrates the lyrics of the song, throughout the video it is dark, this links to the lyrics as they are talking about stars. The lyrics also say "glow in the darkness thats how we do it" which links to the sparklers, although more is added to the video to amplify it as the sparklers are going backwards and there is also smoke, the sparklers also can be seen as representing the stars. The beat of the music is also represented at the beginning, because as soon as it starts, we see the sparklers and then the person holding them begins to light up.

The video is done in a fantasy/dreamy/fairy-tale style, which gives the song more of a meaning, it also goes with the lyrics when they sing "put you to sleep after". They also sing "glow in the darkness thats how we do it" which links to the sparklers that they are holding, and it also links to the being illuminated whilst in the darkness. The song also talks about sleep, as it says "just like the stars up on your ceiling that put you to sleep after", because the video is so mystical it suggests that it is a dream or fantasy, and this illustrates to us the meaning of the song. The fireworks and the colours going backwards and blurring into one and also the fact that the sparklers are going backwards also illustrate the idea that somebody is sleeping and this is their dream. The pace of the video is slow which matches the pace of the song, which makes the video calm and relaxing to match the mood of the song, and when the beat changes and gets a little faster, the beat is represented by flashing lights on the wall behind the person dancing. Also during this part when the beat gets slightly faster, there is more stars/lights and they are moving faster, also the pace of the people in the video changes, as they are moving slowly at first and when it gets faster they begin to dance more and faster. Also, near to the beginning of the video the band members are all running through the woods, but this is put into slow motion, which matches the pace of the song and also adds to the idea of it being a dream. The mise-en-scene throughout the video also adds to the idea of it being a dream as they are all wearing white, and the location of it being in a woods also adds to it, as well as the part where they are underwater awake. At around 5:50 through the video the editing and lights begin to match the drum beat again, as it gets faster we see different flashing images of lights and band members. Finally the video ends with a reflection in the water of the moon going down, which suggests that it is no longer night time, also that people are waking up and therefore the dream is over, and the stars are no longer there.