REM - 'Everybody Hurts'

The video uses interweaving narratives as it shows many different people that are thematically linked and share the same feelings and emotions. The lead singer in the video is the protagonist. He is the one who holds everybody and all the aspects together, and even the audience can relate to him. The antagonist in the video is probably the traffic jam, or could be the same negative emotion that is brought out through the characters. To show the people's thoughts, captions appear at the bottom of the screen to add to the impressionist narrative. The video could apply to the Todoravian narrative, because it does build up to a climax towards the end as all the different narratives become one when they escape the traffic jam, therefore this is the 'new equilibrium' part of the three part narrative. And the traffic jam itself would be the 'disequilibrium'.

Micah P Hinson - 'Beneath The Rose'      




Throughout this music video, an enigma code is being created by building up a mystery as to why there are snails and where they are going. The fact that it is sped up adds to the linear affect, and also helps to drive the audience towards the unanswered question. The video also follows the Todoravian narrative in some ways because, at the end when the characters appear it gives more of an impression of the narrative, and what messages are being given out. 

Arctic Monkeys - 'A view from the Afternoon'



In 'A view from the Afternoon' video, the visuals are very repetative as they include the same musician drumming throughout the whole video. It is also circular because the effect used at the beginning of water splashing over him, is repeated towards the end of the video. An enigma code is created because the audience are led to wonder why he is drumming through all the night and day, however isn't doesn't particularly follow the Todoravian narrative because there is not really a resolution at the end of the video.