Matthew Grainger Music Analysis 2

Hoobastank - The Reason
Research :
In "The Reason," the band members stage a diversion so they can carry out the elaborate theft of a ruby gem from a pawnshop, but those facts are only clear after enough of the action unfolds, because nothing is as it seems. In the beginning of the video, a girl gets hit by a car and then turns out to be an accessory to the crime. After the "accident", while everyone's attention is diverted, the band members execute the heist. The viewer then realizes that she was in on the operation, as she gets up and rides off with an accomplice on a motorcycle at the end. The presumed owner of the pawnshop displays a look of realization, and the song ends with the band admiring their new acquisition, holding it up to the light and projecting red light-rays onto the ceiling. The accident "victim" is also present. They then hear police sirens from above, and the video fades out.
Their video Same Direction is intended as both a sequel and a prequel to the video for The Reason and further details the band member's roles, as well as shows the trouble they bring down on themselves from law enforcement.

• The video starts before the song begins with diagetic sound - car hitting a person and birds flying away
• Close up shot of lead singer in car.
• high angle shot looking down on body.
• The video repeats the narrative of the girl being hit by a car but it shows it from the perspective of lots of witnesses
• Band performance is incorporated into storyline.
• Lead singer is a character in the narrative.
• Lots of point of view shots
• Close ups of all the bend members playing their instruments making a distinction between them and the narrative
• SHows police chasing the lead singer who ran over the girl and drove off.
• 2:46 shot from inside safe showing object and character looking into the safe
• High angle close ups of girl lying on the ground
• Pace of song fits into pace of video.
• No link between lyrics and visuals