Music Video Styles, Conventions and Techniques

In Concert-Live footage-
In this video, it follows a down on his luck guy who just lost his job as he walks the streets until he stumbles across a gig, it shows the band playing live music that was recorded at one of their shows. being able to see the band performing is good because it sows off their talents in a way that they would not be able to if it was a polished artistic video




Narrative and Interpretive-
The video clearly shows the mood of the song, it is slow paced and has almost a dark twist to it. the meaning behind the song is quite deep, loss is the main tone in this video, the narrative shows two young boys almost facing their fears as they follow one another through woods encountering different people and objects. At the end there is a little memorial to another artist who lost his life on stage after being shot, the vocalist and him were best friends.




Surrealist/Absurdest-
 I have chosen this song as it bares very little resemblance to the song and lyrics, the video is made to look like an old game, maybe PlayStation 1 or Dream cast era. It shows animated versions of the band running around different levels collecting things and encountering different people, along with clips of the band playing their instruments and doing some weird dancing.



Impressionist-
This song is off of Frank Turners album 'Tape deck Heart' which is a self professed break up album, this song which explains the video, it shows Frank walking through fields wearing a sign saying 'The End Is Coming' which could be interpreted as he is sensing the end of a relationship is inevitable, he starts to dig for days which could show that he is searching for something more or even to find a purpose. The song itself is quite up beat but listening to the lyrics, you can sense a more emotional undertone which the video reflects.


Inter-textual: Synergy, Allusion, Pastiche, Parody and Homage-
I have chosen this music video because it references multiple films, such as Ghost-busters, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The karate kid (the music video actually features one of the films stars, Pat Morita, the man who played Mr. Miyagi) and Edward Scisorhands. It features the band in all of the different 'Worlds' of the films, even playing characters.


Animation-
This music video was released mid 2015, it is the music video for the song barbarian, the second song on the album 'Last Of Our Kind' it is an animated narrative about Vikings invading the eastern coast and killing off its inhabitants to take the land for their own, it is computer generated animation in the style of a storyboard, the camera follows it around the screen as it changes from slide to slide.




Lip-Synch- Miming and Playback-
this video is made up of different clips from the bands tours and gigs, including their 2011 appearance at Download Festival in Doddington park.  the different clips are edited together and synched to match the words and instruments that are playing in the song, created in almost live atmosphere, seeming that the band are actually playing the songs in different locations. Most music videos today use lip-Synching or playback in order to keep the music to the best sounding quality and even to keep in time with the song.



Editing/Post- Production Effects-
this music video was directed by Marc Klasfeld in the style of  Hunter Thompson's 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' using both green screen and after effects to create a surreal, engaging music video. the video features the band making their way to Las Vegas and showing the dark side of the city in a way that does not give it bad image.



Making of Bat Country two part episode-




Example of particular effect: Chroma Key
This video is shot against a green screen, like a lot of Linkin Parks video's, it has a very dark and grimy to reflect the style of the song. they use this technique along with normal footage to aid the development of the narrative for the music video, the video is about a boy who lost his father whon was in the military, the video starts with the singer standing in a room as it comes down around him which could be a symbol for the boy and his mothers world falling apart after the death of his father. as the song starts to get more lively and the rest of the band start to play, the  video starts to cut to more of a beat showing different shots of both the family and army fighting in what we assume to be Afghanistan.




Camera angles/Shot Types/ Mis-En-Scene-
this video has many different shot types, a lot of the video, especially the start was filmed using remote controlled drones, the band arranged to spend a few days in a quarry while there was mining going on around them, they places smoke flairs and their equipment while having the drones fly around them along with normal cameras, they also used hand held camera for the shaky effect during the solos and 'breakdowns'. Using the drones for the high angled shots allows us to see the whole band and their equipment and surroundings all in one. it shows how technology has enabled artists and directors to do more since the start of music videos, as there are now many different ways to film them.



Making of just a memory-