Music Video Analysis

Karma Police by Radiohead, probably one of my favorite songs of all time. The song itself represents insanity, which is depicted in the video (Thom Yorke hunting down another man). The video consists of a simple, linear, story line. The video is a combination of performative and narrative, since the story is narrating a situation of increased insanity, while depicting it without background knowledge of the song.
Line, movement, color, rhythm and space all stay constant throughout the entire video. The camera is consistently panning horizontally in a constant open/deep space. The color palette of the video is very dark and earthy, as well. The rhythm of the video is also very steady within the entire frame of the music video (moderate). The only time any of the visual elements change is near the very end of the video, as the man is finally hunted down. The space changes from flat to deep and the movement and rhythm goes from moderate to slightly faster.
The key moments in the video are when we are introduced to Thom Yorke in the car (we know who is hunting the man down), and another key moment is finally when the man in the video is "caught". Both key moments are filmed closer to there faces/bodies, and in a slower motion, to emphasize that these are the two main characters in the video. The very last key moment is when the man who was being hunted down sets the car on fire. This is filmed at a quicker pace and pans the entire car to show the intensity of the fire.
The music video has a lot of static camera movement. This is to emphasize the motion of the car, the speed of the man running, and the intensity between the fear of the man running and the relaxed composure Thom Yorke has as he is "driving" toward the man, without directly moving the camera all around. The camera pans and gives off the illusion of you being the one in the car driving, looking out into the world. The two characters are constantly in motion, so the camera is constantly in a static motion.