Arctic Monkeys- Fluorescent Adolescent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9I9VBKPiw&feature=player_embedded)I am analyising the song Flourescent Adoloscent. Flourescent Adolescent is By the Arctic Monkeys who are an English Indie band from Sheffild and is directed by Richard Ayoade. The video is for a song belonging to the genre of indie. The video shows caracteristics of being an indie video as it is a lot different from other videos in that it seems that it is completely of the Arctic Monkey own volition and not influenced by a record label or any other external sources which can be said for a lot of other Arctic Monkeys videos.
Fluorescent Adoloscent was really the main inspiration for our own music video. This is because we really liked the idea of people being chased by people in clown costumes and also using a handheld camera style which gives it the effect of being in real life. In this video we see an ongoing battle between the clowns and a gang of men and in the end it is the clowns who win. We also really liked the idea of special effects being used to blow up the car and if possible we would like to use this in our own video.
The mis-en-scene in this video is interesting. Costumes feature very heavily in this video, the clown costumes are all of varying colours and styles. But the colour red does feature quite heavily, I think the reason for this is that as there is a lot of fighting and i think the reason for the heavy use of red is to emphasise the violence in this video as red is the colour of blood and so is associated heavily with violence and fighting. props, lighting, etc.
A lot of the camera work in this video is done using a handheld camerawhich I think is a good technique to use for this particular video. The reason for this is because this video has a lot of fast movement by the characters and is a very fast moving video in terms of the editing so using handheld camera technique makes it seem as if the cameraman is running which adds to the notion that movement plays a big part in this video.
Kasabian- Fire (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0Y1Sko7hA&feature=player_embedded)
This song is called 'Fire' and is by the band Kasabian. In this video we see a gang of robbers rob a bank using their guitars as weapons. At the start of the video a member of the band is singing and looking at himself in the mirror. This gives a visual representation of the song being performed by the band. Much of the filming is done by the use of c.c.t.v and filmed in black and white as we see the gang walk into the bank and take the money. I think this idea of filming using c.c.t.v is effective because it is different to how a music video is normally filmed and in this way it is an interesting approach and it is also appropriate for the video as the audience are witnessing a robbery take place. During the robbery we see the band using guitars as guns and i feel this brings a comedy feel to the video. The gun shots were hear in the video are a contradiction of using guitars as guns and these sounds are editted into the video and are not in the song alone. I think that the music and the visuals match the tempo of the track. At the beginning of the video we have the build up to the song and the story line which is very slow, in this slow tempo we see the lead singer of Kasabian singing along. However as the tempo speeds up so do the visuals as we see the band members moving frantically to finish the job.
Kasabian- Club Foot
This video is partly set in a recording studio as we see the band playing the song we are listening to. The only colours used are black and white which i think is simple but actually very effective. We see a number of war movie clips such as soldiers dressed in uniform and army vehicles. I think the idea of using the revolutionists helps potray the bands image of being rock stars/ rebels.
This video gives off feelings of sadness and depression as it is all about the Hungarian Revolution where thousands of people lost their lives. The props and set of the video add to the sad, depressing and anti war effect as the start of the video before any real music starts concentrates on the derelict buildings, the ragged clothes the people are wearing the empty streets that give off a cold, ghost town looking effect, the life less trees and the poverty people are facing by showing them eating food straight out of a can. They do this to show people how bad war can be. Also the climax of the video shows the death of a women and this also adds to the audience's feelings of sadness. In this video we are again left with the message that war is a negative thing and more peaceful methods should be used to overcome a clash of opinions and i feel this really helps to show off some of the bands political views.
