The scene opens with an aerial view of a mountain scene in Washington state. It shows the green tips of evergreens high above a river with low hanging fog creeping in the top of the screen. The fogginess gives an air of mystery to the video, which helps set the tone for rest of the song. This first image is a clip from the movie "Twilight," but the rest of the video parallels this. It cuts to a similar shot of a dark green forest, but here a guitar can be seen with the hand of the guitarist producing the music. The video then takes quick shots from different angles of the band, showing them with mysterious looks on each of their faces. Suddenly embedded within the quick camera shots of the band, a clip from "Twilight" is thrown in. It has the two main characters, Edward and Bella, perched high up in one of the original evergreens in the first shot. The evergreens remain a constant symbol of being in a dark, moist, spooky forest in both the music video of Paramore and the film Twilight.
The way the band members are portrayed is very similar to the way the vampires in the movie. One clip shoes three vampires gliding quickly the forest. They are walking, but also appear to be on a moving sidewalk their movement is so fluid. The lead singer is also shown with this same type of technique. In some shots it appears as though she, along with the camera are gliding swiftly backward through the forest. There are even more movements and camera shots that parallel the movie. There are clips that show the vampires moving quickly, as though trying to catch some prey. The video will the suddenly cut to a camera angle where it appears that the camera is in the eye of the running vampire. It is shaky and moves quickly as it weaves through the trees, almost as if it is in fast forward. Members of Paramore are also often depicted running around trees, looking like the vampires themselves, which adds to the mysteriousness.
The final part of the video brings the climax. As they hit the bridge and go into the last chorus, the music begins to speed up. The band gets more excited and into their music. The clips from "Twilight," at this point, cut to the most violent, exciting scenes of fighting and running. The vampire James is on the hunt, adding anticipation. One scene shows Edward and Bella fleeing for Bella's life, driving at fast speeds down the road. Final act of danger is a fight scene in a ballet studio. People are thrown around, and it is very dark, giving this part of the movie the most drama.
2.) The video does a very good job of relation a very popular movie to a song. Not only does it give the movie some good background music, but it helps promote the band Paramore. In one way the band could be seen as trying to be like the "bad" vampires in the movie. Their actions, gestures, and different scenes related very much to the scenes in the movie with the vampires. The lead singer could be related to Victoria, the red-headed vampire with a huge attitude. The member that is shown creeping behind trees would be related to James the hunter. The way he moves gives off that aura. This technique of trying to be like the movie will hopefully help them sell records, since "Twilight" is a wildly popular book and movie, and the audiences who would read the book are likely the audiences who would be listening to music like Paramore.
Although they relate to the bad vampires, the music's actual lyrics relate more to the protagonists--Edward and Bella. The lyrics are fairly hopeless, and deal with he star-crossed lovers: "There is something I see in you. It might kill me. I want it to be true." Throughout the film, the two struggle with the fact that Edward wants to kill Bella, yet they are so in love that it doesn't matter.
The idea of taking Twilight and trying to relate a style to it not only was tried by Paramore, but amateurs took on trying to recreate this film. Some students made a spoof of the Twilight trailer, but they were basically doing the same things as Paramore--trying to recreate the popular film to heighten their popularity.
