The music video for Muse's 'Sunburn' is a concept-based narrative music video which shows a girl attempting to steal from the family she is babysitting for. The band then appear in the mirror, performing the song, as a manifestation of her 'guilty conscience'. There is a clear relationship between the music and the visuals as the video starts off subdued (as does the music) but as it progresses , there are more close-ups, jerky-camera angles, and quicker transitions - mirroring the music of the song becoming more frantic.
There is less relation between the lyrics and the video, but the concept of the video's narrative is based upon 'guilty conscience' which is mentioned in the song.
There is clear reference to the notion of looking - the girl and the young boy she is supposed to be looking after appear to be watching television at the beginning. Much of the video also features a mirror, which is used to symbolise secrets.
This music video is from the band's early days, so they have not yet developed any clear image-motifs. However there are some genre characteristics, such as the dark clothing and hair of the band which helps represent their alternative/rock image.
It could be argued that the video includes some hegemonic values as the girl appears to suffer as a result of stealing.
[Embedding is disabled, but video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9SZaOJEWXU]
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