The video starts with an upwards tilt of a speeding car going down a long dusty road, typical to one we would see in a western movie. The car is blue, showing that the passengers in the car are innocent, or the heroes of the story, therefore representing the title of the video straight from the opening. The visuals of blue skies and a long sandy road that we first see instantly give the audience the ideology of western film; brawls in pubs, and the general feeling that a fight will happen between two rivals. However, at the same time, the sound and surroundings contrast with this, as the blue skies and a long dusty road also make the audience feel calm and at ease at such a beautiful sight. The sound used to bring us into the video is very gentle and quiet, the introduction played on a guitar. The calming gentle feeling given to the audience is also shown by a close up of Enrique whispering tenderly over the shoulder of a female character shown, 'Let me be your hero', giving the impression to the audience of it being someone he is intimate with, and that the message is to her. However, the video contrasts again between calm and violence, as the next sequence of shots shows first a quick shot of the same blue car that we saw at the start, speeding down the long road, followed by the next shot of a large bag of money in the back of the car, suggesting they are running away, and that the money in the back is infact someone elses. Despite this message, however, Enrique, who is portrayed as the brave protagonist of the video, is trying to show the female he is close to in the video that he can be her hero, again relating to the title and making a theme throughout of good vs evil, also making the audience think about what they see as being good and what they see as being bad.
The next shot shows a high angle shot of a dusty motel that the car is driving up to, shown by a sign stating this which is closer to the camera, as it is placed higher up. Slightly more in the distance is a cafe, which is written in red text, signifying there may be danger approaching in the scene. There is also red in the motel sign giving the impression of this happening. The music continues gently, showing a left side low angle shot of the car passing into the cafe, making the cafe and the car look dominant in the scene, as though they are in control as they are running away.
The next few shots are in repetition and are shown back and forth, the first being a medium shot of enrique in a dusty background, and the next being an upwards tilt in multiple shots of his lover getting out of a car, followed by a series of slow motion shots of her smiling at the camera and looking out to him, giving the impression she is stepping into the action and the story and also looking into his eyes instead of the cameras. We know she is his love interest as he is shown inbetween these shots singing the lyrics, giving the impression to the audience he is singing to her. The next few shots show them alone in a desolate building kissing and holding each other, showing intimacy and that they are as one.
In the next sequence, the antagonist is introduced through repetitive shots of the couple speeding away in a car with lots of money shown in a low angle shot blowing out of the back of the car. We are then shown a medium close up of a man throwing and catching something in his hand, before being brought in slowly from a wide shot of the motel we previously saw with lots of men dressed in black, with one central man in the middle that we are brought to. We see this man turning around slowly between shots of the couple in the car and the money blowing away, showing their actions are affecting him and that he knows that they are coming. It also gives the impression the money may be stolen from him, and overall that some form of action is about to take place.
The next sequence of shots shows the men in the same desolated building as the couple were, giving the impression they are looking for them, before shots of the couple in a hotel room kissing passionately to show intimacey and love. There is also a wide shot of a sunset falling to show days have passed and that the men still have not found them. There is also a strong moral to the story from a long shot of the couple holding each other and burning one of the dollar bills that they have, to show that they do not see the money as important, and perhaps want it just to move away somewhere together, as love is the most important thing.
The next scene shows the couple approaching the men, before going to a medium shot of the antagonist putting up his hands to show he does not have any weapons. This is then proven to be wrong, as there is then a shot behind the antagonist's back of him throwing a gun to another one of his men, before cutting back again in a fast-paced style to enrique throwing the female to one side to protect her, before she is then held by the men as she tries to help enrique as the antagonist beats him with a large stick.
We are then brought back to the medium close up of the sun going down to show night time has come and that he has been beaten for a long time, before a medium shot of the female in the rain with police cars behind her looking out at enrique. We then see him in close up with blood on his face, before a close up of his hand holding the antagonists chain we saw previously, suggesting he killed him and won the battle even though he is dying. The couple are then shown holding each other in the rain before enrique falls out of the shot onto the floor. We then see the female over him as he sings to her from the floor, rehiterating the lines 'I will stand by you forever, you can take my breath away', giving a huge emotional impact on the audience as they realise even as he is dying he is proclaiming his love to her. The final line 'And i can be your hero' is finished with the couple from a wide shot holding each other as Enrique is dying, before going to blackout.
'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias Lyrics
(Let me be your hero) -This part of the lyrics is whispered as an introduction as the music plays. Enrique does this in this way, as though he is doing it in the ear of somebody he is intimate with, because it is whispered, to show he is saying something close and personal to them. If anything, this is the most important and recognizeable part of the song, as all of the rest of the lines are spoken.
Would you dance if I asked you to dance?
Would you run and never look back?
Would you cry if you saw me crying?
Would you save my soul tonight
This line is sung through shots of Enrique signing, followed by medium and close up shots of a female character getting out of a car, giving the impression he is singing about her. The end of the last line also shows them together in a desolate building for privacy and to show intimacy, again rehiterating the romantic nature of the song.
Would you tremble if I touched your lips
Would you laugh oh please tell me this
Now would you die for the one you love
Hold me in your arms tonight
These lines again show many different shots of enrique and his female love interest together, caressing each other and then going back to the previous shots of her in close up as he is heard singing the lyrics.
I can be your hero baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away
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