Death in Vegas 'Dirge'

'Dirge', meaning a sombre song, is by a London, psychedelic rock band called Death in Vegas. 

This song is probably one of tha band's most recognisible songs as it has featured: on a Levi jeans commerical, the second Blair Witch Project, The Last House on the Left (2009), in an episode of British Horror 'Being Human' episode "The Longest Day", the second episode season two of Misfits and on the trailers for 'The Black Dahila' (2006) and 'Stoker' (2013).

The music video itself is very interesting, as normally you wouldn't expect this to be a music video for a psychdelic rock band.

The music video is shot in black and white and has a sort of 'Hollywood Glamour' theme as all the actors costumes are from that period of time and the music video is shot in a ballroom. Considering the theme of 'Hollywood Glamour' the audience would normally expect younger aged actors; however all the actors in the video are aged 50/60 and above.

The actors on the ballroom floor are ballroom dancing to the music, which a band is playing in the video, again contrasting the genre of the music.

The slower paced editing perhaps could be seen to contrast the bass beats of the song. However the jump cuts do fit in with the genre as they are unusual and they wouldn't work in any other video or music genre. The jump cuts also add interest towards the end of the video, it also matches the climax of the song.