Following the genre stereotypes of alternative rock/punk, and the research done on CD covers, we decided to go for a black and white scene, straight to the point and very alternative/art-housey. This also links in with the style of the music video, being the same colours and style.
The image of the sailor and sailor's wife was used instead of an image of a soldier is because it is a highly iconic image of love between people in the forces during the war and their other halves, it also shows a deep and meaningful embrace, and suggests to the audience that the video will follow a love / rock ballad narrative.
The image of the embrace is positioned in the centre of the album cover, this is to show that the love narrative will be the main theme throughout the video. In the background, images of soldiers marching are merged with images of the country side - this shows the audience that there are two separate lives merging together, the soldiers are the life of the husband going to war, and the country side is the house wife waiting for her husband to return.
The track listings we put on the back of the CD case are all Muse track from different albums, we decided to use original Muse songs as to add to the originality and to seem more realistic.
Following the theme of war, we used an image of a plane, still in black and white to link in with stereotypes and themes.
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