The overall video gives of a vibe of sadness and depression. The first thing I noticed was that the entire video was in black and white which creates a depressing atmosphere throughout the whole video. The story of the video adds increasing sadness as the video is based around the Hungarian revolution in 1956 where 2,500 Hungarians died. In the video the band are acting as the revolutionists and I know this because they are performing the song in the szabad europa radio station (written on the banner on the building in which their performing) which firstly was the name of the real radio station in which the revolutionists broadcasted their message and secondly translates to Free European Radio which also means the video is trying to promote the idea of peace and international freedom and that the video shows the song as the actual message of freedom. The props and set of the video add to the sad, depressing and pro-peace/anti war effect as the start of the video before any real music starts concentrates on the derelict buildings, the ragged clothes the people are wearing the empty streets that give off a cold, ghost town looking effect, the life less trees and the poverty people are facing by showing them eating food straight out of a can. They do this to show people how bad conflict/war can be. When the music does start it shows a man running and then a tank moving. This just shows the difference in the two 'sides' (revolutionists and soviet government) and makes you almost feel sorry for the revolutionists (Kasabian) and makes you support them and want them to win. The death of the woman at the end of the video is representing the death of the revolution as they were crushed and defeated and the single tear of the dying woman shows more sadness and depression on the video. The camera angles vary throughout the video and normally only do close ups on people's faces when strong emotion is being shown such as the dying woman towards the end of the video. The shots of the enemies tanks vary from long shots to provide an intimidating view of their numbers and speed and close up shots of their wheels or gun to show their power and strength and show how much better equipped and feared they should of been. Finally the band being portrayed as the revolutionists makes them keep up the image of a rock band being 'rebels'.
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