Scientist

The song that I am deconstructing is Scientist by UK Band Coldplay. The video opens, looking down on Martin who is singing, as he lies on his back on a mattress. As the camera shot pulls back, the mattress is revealed to be outside. A cyclist cycles past in reverse and Martin leaps up from the mattress. He walks in reverse through a city, out into the suburbs and eventually into the woods, picking up various pieces of a suit as he goes. Upon arriving at his car, a black BMW, he gets in and briefly passes out as his girlfriend, at first shown lying dead on the ground in front of the car, is shown flying back in through the shattered windscreen of the car. The car backs rolls back up a hill in the woods and through a broken fence, which mends itself as the car passes back through it. As the video closes, the couple are shown driving back up the road. It is revealed that Martin's girlfriend had removed her seat belt just before the car accident, causing to her death.[39] Irish actress Elaine Cassidy is featured as Martin's girlfriend.

The mood of this music video with relationship to the lyrics, music and visuals suggest that the lead protagonist, who in this case is the lead singer has made a mistake in his life. The lyrics tell us as an audience that Chris Martin wants to fix his actions but is having trouble finding his girlfriend’s acceptance. The lyrics and visuals work together to achieve a story that is acted out throughout the piece, however the music does set the mood and tone of the visuals due to the nature, genre and tempo of the song.

I feel that the director of the music video would have found his inspiration to drive the story of the piece from the lyrics. The lyrics that I feel suggest this are:

 Oh, let's go back to the start

Running in circles, coming up tails

The aspects of the music video that believe the director would have decided from the interpretation of these lyrics are of the video being played in reverse.