The Killers - Read My Mind

This music video has no real significant narrative, only mini, sometimes comedic, scenarios in inner city Tokyo. For example, scenes of a large green costumed character with no connotations to the video whatsoever. The video begins with an establishing shot of the city, moving to a mid shot of Brandon Flowers himself, and a four shot of the Killers. The scene cuts in the video are short, and in time with the actual song, changing scenes frequently between the mini narratives, which total to around eight or nine. Music videos of this genre typically represent performances with narratives synchronized around them, and many close shots of the band members, with longer performance shots of the band. This video doesn’t really explore a lot of performance throughout, although it doesn’t lack performance enough to express itself as an exception to the general rule. The lighting is bright and technical, fairly in-keep with the connotations Tokyo and Japan. The protagonists of the video are the band members, and few other actors are shown. The mise en scene of the video consists of the band members wearing typical Western suits, and riding bicycles designed in America. This, possibly, is to represent the band as Americans in a foreign country. Written by Sam