Inspirational Music Videos

Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?

The video is shot in black and white, which increases the documentary feel to the video. The video involves the band in a car, 'performing', not strictly though as they have no instruments, they are playing 'air drums' and 'air guitar', this adds to the humour of the video and represents the band well. The clothes that the band are wearing are dark and plain, giving them a stylised look, to represent them as 'cool' and individual. At the end of the video there is a performance with instruments but only two of the band are playing, this increases the odd atmosphere of the video, as they are playing in what looks like a car park. We also like the video being shot in black and white giving it a very 'cool' vibe about it. Also in the video it is shot as if they are just filming themselves using a handheld camera which is very inventive and clever.

Pendulum - Propane Nightmares

The video starts off in the woods, with a close up shot of a dirty plastic bag, straight away giving a sense of destruction by the way it is fluttering in the wind with its various tears in it. There are also mid shots out of focus, giving a sense of unease. There is a shot of the sun through the trees, the shot is low angled looking up at the sky. This shot was said to be created by Kurosawa in the 1960 film 'Rashomon'. There are also close up shots of objects such as leaves, with the figure of a person out of focus in the background, which is a good technique to use. The performance part of the video is intertwined with the narrative part as the band are playing in the bar in which the narrative is taking place which we feel we would like to incorporate into our video. There are many shots which use a change of focus, focusing on one thing and then another, in the same shot, this is a simple technique which allows to reveal things which aren't clear at first, this almost shocks the audience. There is a section in the video which uses handheld camera and fast cut editing, which creates a sense of urgency as the people in shot are running away from something.

Trivium - In Waves

The video has no performance whatsoever, which we may do too, instead just showing the . The video is shot in low key lighting and low saturation of colour. There are shots in the dark woods, with high lighting coming through the trees which is a technique we may use. There are sections in the video which use fast cut editing, generally close up shots, which are edited in time with the rhythm of the song. The costumes of the band are plain, dark, clothing which connotes the band to be individual and suits their style of music and appearance.

Blink-182 - I Miss You

We will take inspiration from this video. It involves both performance and a narrative. The mise en scene uses lots of 'old fashioned' clothing and objects such as spiders, these both create a 'creepy' atmosphere to the video. At the beginning, the video is shot in the woods with excessive lighting, revealing a woman dressed in white, we have intentions to use this technique in our music video. The video has lots of close up shots of people's faces, sometimes through leaves giving the audience the idea that there is something wrong with them. Also, in the performance parts of the video, the band are playing old fashioned instruments, e.g. a double bass rather than a bass guitar, this adds to the whole 'creepy' atmosphere of the video and dated vibe. The video uses special effects, making people seem to appear from nowhere, which is a simple but effective technique to use to create a sense of disbelief.