My video I choose to analyze was Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd. Like I said in my last blog post, this song was about his want to escape the stresses of his life and go to a place where he could be at peace, but the rockstar life keeps pulling him back in.

This first image, he is completely out of his mind due to excessive use of drugs. His manager barges in with a medical crew trying to get him conscious again so he can perform right now. This scene is dark and hectic with the visual of the people not wanting him to be "happy" in his world, but back in reality. The room is also trashed in the background making it seem just overall gloomy. 

Now, in his reality world, the sun is out, he is free in an empty field and he is an innocent young boy again. This world gives off the feeling of peace and bliss. With the sunset in the background, it gives it a warming feeling to. It has exact opposites to the dark and gloomy room from the world he is trying to escape. 

He now finds a rat in this scene. The rat is the directors way of representing what the state of the two worlds truly is from his paradise. Here, he takes the rat home and cares for it. He looks concerned and has the true innocence and ignorance of a child. He does not realize what diseases he can get from handling a stray and sick rat. 

Now the director flashes back to the real world where he is desperately being worked on. Everyone has their hands on him and are slapping him awake. They put a air machine on him to get him oxygen and this is the beginning of the doctors waking him up and bringing him back. 

As the doctors save his life in the real world, his paradise begins to fall apart. His childhood persona gets sick and is scared. He is forced to lay in bed. The doctor is yelling at his mom. Most dramatically, the room is dark, instead of bright and feeling happy. His paradise is catching up to his reality as he is awakening. 

Once he is conscious, Everyone leaves in a dusty fog, like a war fighting ground. There, he sees his dad, who is dead and he is caring the rat. The rat is dead here, showing his paradise is over with the rats life. Everyone begins to file out and wave good bye, giving it a sad and longing feeling. You wish he stays there, but it's leaving him. 

Now in the real world, he is awake. He is thrown around and people are cleaning him up and dressing him. He is treated like a doll here, looking dead and lifeless, but forced to do what they want. That's what he wanted to escape, but you can see he is forced right back in by the people "in charge of him." It shows why he wanted to leave. 

This scene, he is out of his room and is dragged down the hall. The hall is very foggy and eerie looking with the dim lights and rotating camera angle. It is dizzying and sickening. It makes you feel like he does. 

At the same time as you see the hallway, constant flashes to the picture of maggots keep occurring. This quick flash just leaves your stomach turning. It reemphasizes the degree of his sickness. Its gross, but effective to make you feel uneasy about his state at the moment.

It ends with this very disturbing scene of him melting, being drug to his limo. He is a monster at this point in a dark hallway with very creepy noises ans creams going on. It feels like he is gone and dead, which is his point. It comes with a strong feeling of just  death and fear. You have to imagine he dies very painfully after this. The drugs just completely took him over and destroyed him. 

These many creepy scenes contrasting with his paradise make an effective view of his original point. He goes through a rollercoaster of life before his horrific death.