Coldplay; Paradise, music video analysis

·         Tells a journey of an elephant.

·         A montage of sunsets, at the start of the music video.

·         Fast cuts.

·         Focus pull; on the other elephants.

·         Zooms into the airport sign.

·         Long shot, to show the landscape.

·         Time lap clip of the clouds.

·         Slow motion effect when all the elephants are dancing.

·         In the end fades back to the footage of them in paradise. Also the clip of them playing live on stage could be paradise.

·         The lyrics are connected with the visuals.

·         Intertextual reference to Bob Dillon.

·         Intertextual reference to a movie.

·         The dream could be reality, instead of paradise.

·         Light hearted, fun video, not taking music seriously.

·         There is no girl in the video- amplifying the song, then being illustrated.

·         Rock/Pop

·         Don’t need close up of the band, as they are well known.

·         Can’t see their faces.

·         The main vocalist, taking his elephant head off, could suggest that he wants to show off his riding skills, on the unicycle.

·         As a band they want to include live footage of them on stage, performing.