There's a myriad of music videos out there, on YouTube, MTV or Scuzz. They're everywhere. Music remains constant in out lives, and it would be wrong not to make the best out of it.
Not only is it an important feature of our lives, but to business. The music industry is rapidly growing, spewing out new music and videos for us to enjoy and analyse.
Here's a collection of my favourite.
This is 'The Number of the Beast' by the timeless Iron Maiden. The voice over a the beginning always reminds be of Halloween and everything holding the conventions of horror. The video goes on the show a werewolf, dracula and what resembles Lucifer, the devil. I also feel it's important to show a band live in action in a music video (and hold a great appreciation for the 80's hair).
Unfortunately I don't plan on using the paranormal for my music video. However I don't plan on over-complicating it either. I like the straight forwardness of this video.
I like the simplicity of this video. We can see the band in action and an assemblage of crazy things. I like the neon lights despite the darkness of the room. During the end 'He's gonna teach me how to live' the beat and the editing pick up pace as if reaching to a climax. There's quite a lot of voyeurism in this video. There's a lot of focus on the female body, meaning there something for the typical man to look at. I won't be using voyeurism because I believe there must be a limit to exposure in the media.
On video sharing site YouTube, you can find many video makers. One of my favourite channels 'omfgitsjackanddean' is run by Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs. These guys make incredible videos, but one of their latest is a music video made for one of their self-written songs 'Consent'. As Jack and Dean aren't serious guys, there are no deep or emotional lyrics and it's all for fun. The song is about consensual sex and what is the appropriate way to approach people. In another video Jack Howard talks about how everything in this video is done of purpose, you can watch that here.
All the lighting and prepositions are done purposely, to create a comedic affect and to send a message to the audience. My music video wont be a comedic video, but I do think the lighting aspect is important and I have taken inspiration from this video.
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