This video by Paramore is very performance based, although there is a storyline is doesn’t necessary link to the song name or lyrics. The performance-based side to this video is very redundant for the pop rock genre, but a slightly entropic point to this video is that the singer (Hayley Williams) switches at the end of the video, to take part in the story-line.
Looking at the performance in the video there are many camera angles, including a lot of close ups of the lead singer, which is probably a demand of the record label. The variation of shots include, high and low angle, extreme close ups, establishing shots that show the whole band and close ups of other band members and instruments. The editing is done to the beat of the music, switching shot types fast and often, but throughout the video the same shot types are repeated. Editing effects are used, such as the video flashing to and from black and white, and a blurring effect to make the video seem fast paced.
The story that is edited in amongst the performance is about a girl at high school, who thinks she is really popular and as if she runs the school, a girl that everyone is afraid of. The story shows the popular girl walking through the corridors doing mean things to other students at the school, for example cutting a girls plait off and pushing a boy with a broken arm into the wall. The entropic part of the video takes place at the end, when Hayley Williams turns up in the school corridor and comes face to face with the popular girl, she then wipes off her makeup and ruins her clothes and leaves her looking a right mess. While all of this is happening the song is still being played in the background. The high school is a typically American school which makes it very redundant, as is the fact that there is a popular girl. 
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