A Day To Remember- Have Faith In Me: video analysis

Firstly, the band plays with a plain and simple black background behind them, behind each member there is some back lighting which puts the focus on the band. This contrast of a black background and the bright light out lining the performers emphasises the instruments and highlights the performance aspects of the band. This lighting coupled with the close ups of the instruments and the mid-shots of the members playing really shows how the director has tried to promote the band as a group of performers which is very typical of the rock genre.
The backlighting also raises the band to make them look good. This is a form of band promotion.
As the song builds up to the verse which is louder and more powerful, a bright light passes the frontman's head, this could be linked with the line "have faith" as light is a symbol of hope and faith. It is also used as a transitional device to move in to the powerful verse, and light is a powerful tool.
Secondly, the camera movements link with the pace and drive of the song. The hand-held camera makes the camera sway, this gives a moving feel to the song and links in with the aggressive mood and tone of the song as the movement gives an out of control and chaotic feel to the audience.
The video to this song also has a narrative which runs throughout. When the line "so cling to what you know" is sung it switches to a mid shot of the narrative where a boy is holding on to the girl, so in this song there are links with lyrics. The narrative shows a girl ,who is portrayed as insecure, with a boy who eventually leaves her at a train station. The narrative contrasts with the lyrics of the song which are "I said i'd never let you go" but in the narrative the man does let her go.
Nearer the end of the video there is a close of the girl and then the man, this quick shot reverse shot editing there shows that she is confronting him for making these promises but letting her down. The background lighting then changes to the bright white colour, this signifies the positive change of the narrative as the girl is becoming independent and therefore more secure with herself.
The mise en scene throughout the video is mainly black. All the people in the band and in the story are wearing black clothing, this could suggest the insecure feeling of girl and how she wanted to blend in with the background, as the band do with their background. However at the end they stand out and she becomes her own person.
The editing is quite quick and the cuts are on the beat which links again with the drive and pace of the song.