The video uses a common technique in music videos of cross-cutting a linear narrative with clips of the band playing. The video begins by showing a mans eyes looking at photographs, which shows that he is having a flashback. Some long clips of the band are then shown, which includes a shot zooming out: , before we see an eye-line match between the man and a girl, who is talking to another man:

Title change

I have decided to alter the title of the film from 'The Confidence Men' to 'Brothers In Arms'. This fits more with the tense, sombre mood of the sequence, is a reference to a Dire Straits song which could recur during the movie, and fits in with the narrative of the piece - the three children who have grown up to be the three lads we see.

The Soloist

The Soloist is a film chronicling the life of a schizophrenic musician, who busks in Los Angeles. The film was budgeted at 60 million, and starred Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.

Box office sales totaled at 9,715,000, but went on to gross a total budget of $31 million. The film was released in theatres on 24 April 2009, and its low ranking of #4 was attributed to its postponed release date, as well as being released a week before the beginning of the hollywood movie season. It was distributed by Dreamworks and Universal studios, and was released on dvd soon after the release - on the 11th September.

The film received mixed reactions, but the general consensus was that the film was good but nothing special- it was criticised for choppy directing and lack of an engaging plot. Here is an exclusive interview with Jamie Foxx, regarding his portrayal of the role.

My target audience profile is for Dan, 18.

He is a working class lad who has left school to work at a butcher's shop. He visits the pub every thursday, friday and saturday, plays football for his village team and is dating a local girl, who he goes to see a film with every friday.
He likes action, crime and thriller films.

This is one of my favourite examples of a modern crime opening sequence.