Imagine Dragons 'Demons' Music Video Analysis

Imagine Dragons 'Demons' is both a narrative and a performance, the performance side of the video shows the usual features of a performance video. The narrative side of the video shows shorts stories of some of the member of the audience and their backgrounds. 
This image shows the performance side of the video, it shows the band performing, the audience in their number,bright strobe lighting and the band instruments. A range of fast paced camera shots are used to show the performance. This is an establishing shot to show the entire performance, However there are close ups that are used to show the instruments and performers in more detail.


This image shows the narrative side, the camera singles out individuals, the camera then zooms into their eyes and a short narrative begins. the narrative shows stories of difficult times in these peoples live for example a loss of a family member or a war accident.