Analysis of Music Video - Eminem Ft Rihanna - Love the way you lie

Background Information 
Eminem and his wife Kim had a violent relationship together when they were married, he violently abused her. Rihanna was also involved in a violent relationship with the singer Chris Brown, he violently abused Rihanna when they were in a relationship.

Throughout this music video there are constant relations to the violent acts that both the artists have experienced in their lives. These are shown by the lyrics in the song as well as the music video that was produced for this song.

Analysis
The chorus of the song is by Rihanna, in the chorus she says "just gona stand there and watch me burn by that alright because i like the way it hurts" this lyrics from the song could relate to the situation she had with her boyfriend in their relationship.

As soon as Rihanna finishes her chorus at the beginning  the video jumps straight into Megan Fox who plays the main character in the video, this could represent that Megan Fox is playing Rihanna in the music video. The male character in the video is Dominic Monaghan he is most like to be representing Eminem in this video.

In this music video Dominic is represented as the dominant male character seeing his muscular body full of tattoos; in this video the character has his top of this might represent that his ready to fight.

This music video has a basic structure of a love hate relation ship between a male and a female. The video shows how the characters have physical fights then jump straight into kissing and being happy. "right before i drown she resuscitates me, she fuc*ing hates me and i love it wait" this lyric is another example of the love and hate relationship that is present in this video. This is most likely to signify the personal lives of both the artists.

Eminem's tone of voice in this video is very loud and emotional its like he almost sings with anger; this could be a representation of the violence present in the video. On the other hand the singer Rihanna sings very quietly and peacefully. Another representation for this could be that the roles played in their personal lives; Eminem was the violent character in his relationship however Rihanna as the innocent little girl.

The locations where the artists perform might also significant meanings as Rihanna sings in front of burning house and Eminem sings on a peaceful field this could represent where the artists are standing now in terms of their personal lives; for example Eminem could be having a peaceful life with no more problems however Rihanna might still be angry at what has occurred.