The Killers- When you were young

The video begins with an introduction that does not contain sound. The actual music for the video does not begin for around a minute and a half. This is not a common feature of music videos today but the video portrays this introduction very effectively. The video is set in Brazil and during the introduction we see a man looking for a woman who is seen as his wife. It also appears that she is very ill as he finds her and holds her in his arms.

When the music does begin we instantly see a closeup of the bands lead singer which is a very common feature in music videos particularly of this genre as it creates a star attraction. This then quickly changes to see some candles and then this is rapidly followed by a shot of a woman praying in a church with rosary beads in her hands.Whilst the we see the woman praying in the church the shots are quickly changed from this to shots of the band playing the guitar and tapping to the beat. The majority of these shots are closeups of the band.

Once the woman comes out of the church a long shot is used to show this and she seems relaxed now and relieved. This again changes to closeups of the band however this now involves seeing the drums played but the main focus s on the lead singer who is lip syncing which again creates a star attraction as well as seeing his emotion due to the closeup used. We then see the woman walking in her husband whilst he is kissing another woman as she runs out and a tracking shot is used as she runs down the road. A number of closeups are also used which show her emotion as she is distraught which is contrasting to previous shot when she came out of the church as she and her husband were laughing and joking together.

Then the shots go to the bar where the man works and this shows that the band is performing there and it shows the two contrasting scenes of the band playing as a number of closeups are used. This is compared with the shots of the man and women  as shot reverse shot is used to show them having a conversation as they appear to be resolving their issues.The end of the video shows the woman walking out of the bar with the man after she was watching the band perform as a point of view shot was used. the final shot goes back to the introduction with a long shot of the man holding the woman in his arms on the top of a cliff looking over the city.