Music Video 1 Analysis - Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

The first thing I notice that becomes prominent throughout is a red border. This sets up the genre and what connotations will be present. In this case, Danger. This is shown in the mise-en-scene as the singer is shown mentally distressed; not to mention he is singing about heavy and emotional events, such as fighting your own demons.
As the bass guitar plays the shots flicker on and off slightly out of time with the beat. So I thought that this could be an attempt to replicate the heartbeat instead. A studio performance, in the words of Andrew Goodwin, is shown of a fragmented band and the front man alone in a room where items have been thrown around and broken. The contrast of these two environments is quite apparent as the band is playing in an enclosed room with lots of red and black, including the drum sticks; whereas the front man is in light clothes in a light open room. I found this interesting as I thought the light room could be in his mind but if he's struggling with inner demons then it would be more appropriate to keep that area darker, like the room the band is in. However, this may be done on purpose so that an audience can differentiate between the two and this could also be signalling towards invisible mental illness. Although he looks normal on the outside, alongside the light clothes and how the connotations of lighter objects suggests better emotions; the darker clothes with the band allow him to let out his feelings and to not afraid of the animal that he has become.
Just before the chorus we see himself in demon form pinning down himself. Tipping a hat to the idea of night terrors. Overall, the chorus tries to help and show people that it's ok these things happen and there's always someone to help. "So what if you can see the darkest side of me". It's being able to be strong in a pressured situation and to be comfortable with who you are.
Another thing that I noticed, at 0:58 there's a shot where the camera is placed in a corner by the ceiling of the room. Similar imagery would be shown as a CCTV camera. This makes him look small and doesn't put him in a dominant position. This could also be shown to suggest that by making him look small, it shows society's views on mental illness being lesser than physical.
Throughout the video it's obvious that some of the footage is sped up and is very jumpy, again, notifying to the audience of mental health can be sporadic and unpredictable.  Some of the footage present show the front man standing on turntable. the camera is positioned below him and tilted up, showing his dominance. The sped up footage is applied every so often and I really like this affect. I may wish to use something similar to my own work.
As he walks down the street he looks in a shop window and sees his demon. Showing off the idea that these affect people everywhere rather than just at home. Unfortunately, the people that walks into don't understand therefore, look on confused. As he looks back to check to see if the demon is still there in his reflection this may be because, even he is unsure of what is going on. In my opinion, this video really encapsulates how someone may experience mental illness is a respectable manor and pays tribute to the idea that you're never alone. In this case, it's his band mates who let him speak out and forget about it.
With the lyric "Somebody help me through this nightmare, I can't control myself". It links well with the video shown at the same time of him bumping shoulders with a stranger walking past. It shows that he's not aware what he's doing thus proving how much it affects someones day to day lifestyle.