Friday 25 September 2009

Analysis of Similar Videos

Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2KC1P9s6-Q

This video has a similar effect that we want the audience to see. When watching the video you feel quite on edge as it has quite a creepy atmosphere, at some points you even get goose bumps. I like how this video mantains a kind of mystery as you dont really know whats going on but your really intrigued to find out. The storyline is quite distorted, its confusing but you still get the basic idea and although i feel that our video should have a more clear storyline, i like how it makes the viewer feel quite unsettled. In this video the characters are running away from something which is the same for a video. It has the same fast paced music which makes the storyline fit in as they have a lot of editing and camera techniques that fit in well with the timing. This video also has 2 main characters which I think goes well as it does conform to your usual 1 main character often seen in music videos.
video also has 2 main characters

Pete Doherty - Broken Love Song Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21pNlwLMvEg&feature=featured

This video is set in black and white and has the beginning a girl with a demon like appearance/or just really evil looking make-up. The video is quite dull in settings and the contrast is pretty bleak. The emphasies the sadness of the video and makes it appear quite effective. The shot of when he is on a bed too is similar to what we would like to achieve, especially with regards to the camera angle. There are a lot of close up shots and this hilights the 'emotion' given off by the artist, again emphazing the storyline. Although the video itself drags on a bit, I like how it doesn't use colour to set the scene, it can do it purely through black and white. The camera technigues and editing techniques are also quite simplistic but effective, again something i would like to incorperate into our video.

Paramore - Decode Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpvai3DQ0Co

This video looks at the forest type scenes we'd like to have in our video. The colour is quite dark and dingy and this makes the lyrics and meaning effective. This music video takes in Andrew Goodwins 6th point, where there is reference to film productions, with the video being based on the movie 'Twilight'. In this video (if you haven't seen the film) you are unaware what exactly is going on, and like video 1, maintains quite a mysterious outlook. This i think works for the video, and although it is a performance video, the focus is set on the frontwoman (Hayley Williams).

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