Styles, Conventions and Techniques

For more on the mise-en-scene, I took this still from one of my music video examples (link). 
I think that the mise-en-scene from this music video is fantastic and is very original with its atmosphere. There are also high levels of contrast between all the different people in the video itself. For example, the first person we see is a 'woman' wearing all black with a gask mask which hides her face. This could suggest that she is a sad person, hiding her face because of her emotions. Black connotes being dark and in contrast, the man in the 'box' seems to be painted white which generally shows innocence. However he has a black line over his eye which could show that him and the girl have a connection still, and he isn't completely innocent- which could link to him being in the box. It generally seems that he is unhappy and trapped and perhaps holds hope at the beginning of the video that the woman will do something. His emotions while singing and the song itself show that the song is powerful, and the mise-en-scene in the video help make this more effective and much more dramatic for the audience. Making the video more dramatic and visually appealing like this shows strongly that they are trying to make the audience feel a connection between the song and the video and the atmosphere. 

There are possibly many different meanings between the different range of mise-en-scene, including the costumes and props and even special effects too. In contrast to these two characters, the rest of the people seem to be more dangerous. Dressed in dark clothing (black, red etc.) and surrounded by dangerous objects such as fire. Perhaps the man in the box has been captured, and he is not like them which is shown by him being painted white.
The mood of the video is completely changed by the way that these people are dressed and how the atmosphere is represented through different colours and hidden feelings. I believe that this video is very effective and also links well with the song and you could go very far in analysing the link between the video and the lyrics and why exactly they chose this setting for the video.