This music video uses a combination of stop motion animation and live action footage to tell a simple, linear narrative.

The artist used muted colors and stuttering rhythm--those are the two elements that stuck out most anyway--to give the images a natural, innocent vibe.

All of the shots in the video are mid-range to closeup. So the space within which this narrative takes place is cramped. It gives me the sense that it all takes place within the pages of a children's book.

The most jarring change happens when it switches between stop motion felt cutouts to live action with few visual cues that the two scenes are even supposed to be one in the same. Yet, it does get that idea across, so I guess it was effective enough. They convey it by the wardrobe, if nothing else.

The narrative portrayed in the video could be said to loosely relate to the content of the song, at least thematically--the theme being love. At one part the two merge: Oberst sings, "Your eyes must do some raining..." as the character drains water from her eyes.

My instinct is to say that this video was shot with very little concern for the way it looks, but I know that that means much care was taken to achieve that effect.