Analysis of music videos: Sia - Elastic Heart

Throughout Sia's music videos the same young girl features she always wears the similar style of clothing. In this particular music video Sia uses the same girl and Shia Labeouf the well know American actor. There is not lyrics spoken are mouthed in this music video this is all performance based this is particularly different as this makes it stand out from others. 

At the beginning of the music video they show a wide shot of a room that has large cage in it. If you look closely you can see the girl and Shia stood at opposite ends of the cage from each other. As the music begins it changes to a shot zooming in a panning across Shia face this shows his body and this facial expression. His stance in this music video begins with a very firm and sturdy stance. This makes him seem strong. It then changes to a shot of the girl also of her face this shows her facial expression which seems to be angry. As the music and lyrics begin together it is clear that this is performance base. They begin to move around the cage in opposite directions from each other. It uses shots of them within the cage and then shots from outside this is to keep the idea of entrapment in the viewer’s minds. It then shows them moving towards each other in a confident way it then changes to the girls face showing her screaming it then jumps back to Shia’s face showing that he is scared. This is emphasis when he moves back away from her. The young girl could be seen as possessed this is because of their movements and facial expressions. It shows the girl changing him around the cage and it comes across like she believes it’s a game and he does not understand. At 2.55 seconds it shows her escaping from the cage and how he is unable to get out. As she returns into the cage it shows her hanging from his back this could represent them as one person and the cage could be their min and how she is able to escape but he isn’t. This is emphasised when she tries to lead him out of the cage but fails. It shows him within the cage trust get out and she is pulling him. This is shown for 50 seconds this is done with no music or lyrics to make the ending darker