Goo Goo DollsIris

IntroductionThe establishing shot is of a telescope, this

immediately related to one of Andrew Goodwin’s key features. ‘There is frequently references to the notion on looking’.

Performance based It becomes apparent quickly that this is

primarily, a performance based video with elements of narrative as soon after the notion of looking it jump cuts to the band.

This will also meet the demands of the record company by showing images of the band.

LocationThe band are performing in a dark tunnel, lit

by only a few lights. This gives us the impression that the song may be emotional and have meaningful lyrics.

Meaning?One line in the song is ‘I don’t want the world

to see me, because I don’t think that they’d understand’. I think this means that he is looking at a girl through the Telescopes, but if anyone saw him they wouldn’t understand.

BinocularsAnother notion to looking.

NarrativeThe narrative side of the video shows a man in

a tower moving from telescope to telescope. It appears he is watching a girl or someone he loves. He then gets frustrated and moves to the edge of the tower, citizens look up but he does not jump.

Iris - Film In the music video the band is shown high up

in skyscrapers, watching the lives of people through telescopes. Nicolas Cage is seen throughout the video. This theme supposedly reflects on what the angels do in the film ‘City of Angels’.

There are also scenes from the film throughout the video depicting scenes where the character Seth Is falling in love and deciding whether or not to give up being an angel

EndingAt the end the lead singer walks away, this

could suggest that he is willing to give up everything to be with the girl.