Stan

“Stan” is a story of an obsessive fan that is constantly writing letters to Eminem and with each passing scene Stan gets more deranged. The video conveys this message from the beginning, the first scene shows a hallowed window with the sounds of rain and thunder in the background. This shows how dark the message of the song is. The video has many scenes in Stan's basement with walls covered up with pictures of Eminem's picture and this shows Stan's deep obsession for Eminem's attention. During the last scenes of the video Stan is in his car driving furiously on a rain-riddled road. The pouring rain shows a sense of tension in the scene. Stan is driving his car not being able to see anything because of the rain and this gives the watcher a sense of not knowing what will happen next. The video as a whole gives of fa sense of sadness and anger with its darkness and its multiple flashbacks that also consist of a sort of darkness gives them deep importance to the song. When attention is drawn to Stan, his actions and facial expressions gives off an obsessive feel that is essentially the whole thesis of the song.