Eminem ft Rihanna - Love the way you lie

• Quick edits between the narrative
• Shares intimate camera work of facial expressions
• No temperal continuity
• A montage, a series of scenes building up their relationship
• Rihanna's costume codes for mysterious, sexual and enigmatic
• The fire theme codes for danger, death, destruction, love,passion and intensity
• Fire also represents the tension in the narrative between the relationship of the characters
• Mise-en-scene - field codes for Eminems freedom
• Shine on Eminem codes that he is holy, his importance, that he is godly
• Juxtaposition -contrast between Eminem (summer and field etc.) and Rhianna (suburban, claustrophobic, fire and darkness)
• Extreme close ups of the artist - typical conventions of the music video
• Editing is parallel with the music, in rhythm (rhythmic editing) - convention of a music video
• Long tilt shot showing Eminems freedom with the space around him as if he is invincible
• Panning side to side
• Realistic mise-en-scene making the video cinematic
• Cold colours (green and grey) codes for their relationship
• Mise-en-scene suggests the characters have a poor existence
• Fire in Megan Fox's hands, passion in her hands (she has a choice whether to stay or leave)
• Rythmic editing Megan Fox opens her eyes as the music starts to pick up
• We are shown that she looks at her partners hands which has a mobile number on which belongs to another girl, she starts an argument justas the music picks up
• When Eminem is rapping quicker edits are used because there is constant movement
• Both artists (Eminem and Rhianna) become part of the narrative, both worlds merge