The location of this video appears to be in a Motel in an area of America. The storyline follows a criminal running from the law who is hiding out in the motel. We're lead to believe that the police arrive due to a heated argument between two motorists that have had an accident.
At first it seems there is no relation between the video and the lyrics. However, a repeated lyric within the song goes, "im never gonna let you go, im never gonna let you down. The heart has taken control, theres no one around". Looking more closely, this lyric relates to the young girl. Once the male criminal has been arrested, the young girl who we can assume may be his daughter, if not, then she may have some relation to him, she is lead outside by a female officer. At this moment, she grabs the gun and holds up the police, freeing the male. This may suggest that SHE will never let him go, never let him down and that her heart has taken over control of her mind.
However, the video then rejects this as we realise that the young girl is actually the girl from the missing person poster at the beginning of the video. Therefore leading us to believe that the male has in fact been holder her hostage.
Once again the lighting within the video is mostly natural but it camera appears to have been filtered to give a cleaner tint. The shots taken inside are darker with low key lighting. This shows us that something of a darker nature may be taking place inside, relating to the storyline of the girl being held captive.
This video uses one take. The camera is hand held however it is position on a gyroscope to keep it steady. It uses a tracking shot to show a journey throughout the hectic scene in which we find ourselves. The video uses panning shots to swing around corners keeping us on our toes and making us unaware of what is going on. This technique nicely link us "the audience" into the storyline. It presents us with a feeling that we are also looking for the criminal and missing girl, as well as the police, as the camera travels and searches around the scene.
There is a sense of sexism or voyeurism within this video. At the beginning we see that the male character is shouting at the female character about the car accident. The female character appears stunned and confused.
We then lead upstairs around the rooms of the motel. Once again we're leading into a room follow a female maid. Suggesting this lower sort for job is done by a female "housewife".
This is also suggested at the very start as the is another female maid serving guests at the tables. Shortly after, the male criminal enters the room and is arrested. We then learn that he was holding the female, missing person, captive. This again shows a dominance of the male character over the female character in this scene. Finally, were lead outside. Male offices appear strong, arresting and tackling the criminal.
Whilst the female officer plays the emotional role looking to comfort the missing girl.
This shortly enhance as we see it is then the female officer who is taken hostage, whilst the male officers still appear strong and in control of the situation with guns drawn. However, this subverts when it is the missing girl who took the female officer hostage and freed the male criminal.
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