Class Task- Brief Analysis of My Favourite Music Video (Eminem- Stan)

Stan is one of those songs that aims to tell a story, it was the third single from Eminem's third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP. The reason it stands out to me is that the song and the video link perfectly to convey a message and meaning, which is a nice change to more modern songs that lack thought and integrity, songs that fail to reflect any meaning at all in terms of the lyrics and the basic music videos that go along with them. The video acts almost as a mini movie to display the final months of the life of Stanley, the protagonist, who's obsession with Eminem causes him to grow distant from reality and his girlfriend. The point is the videos good because it has meaning and successfully tells a coherent story with a start, middle and end. Dim lighting and pathetic fallacy is used to display the bleak mental state that Stan's obsession with Eminem leads him to before a tragic climax, were Stan kills himself and his girlfriend because he feels no purpose in the world as Eminem, who he views as his idol, is neglecting him. How cheery.