Previous Students Work

In order to be realistic about the type of music video we are able to recreate we have looked at previous students work and analysed them.

The Killers-Mr Brightside


This music video is particularly successful in captivating an audience throughout the whole of the text. The concept of the video has been clearly thought out to ensure there is a link between the lyrics and the actions on screen. Although it did take a while to conclude that she was in a wedding dress, I feel this is because there weren't that many long shots that we were able to see the whole concept of a wedding day. Also the talent did not look old enough to be getting married, but we recognise that this is something that is difficult to do because of the age of the students. Therefore to make the music video better we would suggest that the concept was changed from a wedding to a 'prom' as then the talent look the correct age and it would be maybe easier to recognise. Regardless of this the concept was good and it all made sense when the female arrived at the church.
The beginning of the task is very interesting and fits well with the music and the style of the song, the editing techniques seem to match the edgy and 'rock' style of the band.
The black and white effect on the video makes it feel more emotional as you focus on the people and the action as oppose to the mise en scene. The unusual locations make the video much more interesting and very conventional to the style of music for the video.
Overall I think that this is an extremely well planned and constructed music video, it successfully links with the songs lyrics and the genre of music. When creating our music video I believe that we should maintain the level of consistency that they have throughout theirs.