Research into student made films "Stuck" by 'Canopy climbers'

This music video is a brilliant piece of work, that could have quite easily been filmed by professionals. It uses a mixture of; lip-syncing, narratives and interestingly implements time-lapses as pictured below. The time-lapse is of the clouds passing the sun and the day changing to night, used to indicate the passing of time. The film's narrative seems to be about two boys who assault another boy, for reasons unclear to the viewer and then watching one of them deteriorate as the guilt seems to be eating away at him, before he apologises to the victim of the assault. The video follows a key narrative throughout the short film with many different shots cut in-between, for example, one of the boys is sat in his room lip syncing to the song between shots of the main narrative. The video contains three main characters, with no dialogue, all the sound is non-diegetic. The locations range from a field to a back alley of a town, the mise-en scene of the town creates a more sinister feel to the scene, whereas the open field creates an air of relaxation. The lighting is key in both of these scenes, the natural light of the sun shining through in the field creates a positive atmosphere about the situation. A lot of the scenes picture one of the main characters in environments which make him appear alone, for example the image of him being alone in a field or alone in his room with a pitch black background.