Titanium by David Guetta (ft. Sia)

 Narrative: 

The music video starts with a close-up on a young boy surrounded by a wreckage. He appears to be in a school. As he begins walking, he passes a door with a teacher stood just inside the room, on the phone. She looks terrified and slowly shuts the door on him. He continues walking, eventually leaving the school, and passes a police car. He grabs a bike and leaves.

When he gets home, he stares at the TV, which is showing a news report on a supernatural occurrence at a school. He begins to pack his bag and tries to leave, but the door wouldn't open. The police storm in but he has managed to get the keys and has escaped. The next scene is him in the woods, but the police find him again. They surround him, he gives off a force field and the music video ends. 

Shot type: wide shot
This is effective as it allows the viewer to see the devastation caused.

Shot type: focus on the teacher on the phone

This is effective as it shows the terror on the teacher's face.

Shot type: wide shot of TV

This is effective as it allows the viewer to see what the boy is seeing and also develops social representations.

Shot type: extreme wide shot

This is effective as it shows how small the boy is in comparison to the trees around him.

Shot type: full shot

This is effective as it allows the viewer to feel panicked for the boy

Shot type: full shot
This is effective as it shows the boy surrounded by all the police officers.

Background:

Titanium was originally written by Sia for Alecia Keys but when Keys turned it down, it was sent to Guetta. Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Nick van de Wall produced the soundtrack. Despite the Guetta version originally being meant for Mary J. Blige (who's demo version was leaked on the internet), Guetta preferred Sia's version and subsequently released that. Sia recalled "I never even knew it was gonna happen, and I was really upset. Because I had just retired, I was trying to be a pop songwriter, not an artist."

The song itself is a house and urban-dance song with a tempo of 126bpm.