Wednesday 13 June 2012

Music Video – Styles, Conventions and Techniques


Artist/Track/Type/Link
Notes (why does it conform to the given style?)
  
Daft Punk – Digital Love (Animated and Homage to Manga): http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjli3hj0ZkM&ob=av2e
This conforms the given style because manga is a type of Japanese animation. It also conforms with the given style because this music video also has a narrative storyline

Eminem Ft Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie (Narrative and Performance): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U&ob=av2e
This music video conforms the given style because the video has a storyline and also because you can see the artist’s performing the song in a field throughout the music video.

Oasis – Let There Be Love (in concert and as live):
This music video conforms the given style because the video shows the band playing live in concert; this will also come under a performance-based music video because they are playing for the camera and also for the people at the concert.

Foo Fighters – Walk (Pastiche of Falling Down):

Falling Down Opening Scene:
This music video conforms the given style because the video has a storyline and also because the video is a Mickey take of a film called ‘Pastiche of falling down’. This music video includes all of the band members from the Foo fighters who play different roles throughout the music video.

Weird Al Yankovic – Eat It (Parody of Beat it):

Michael Jackson – Beat it
This music video is also a Mickey take of the original Michael Jackson’s song beat it. This music video conforms the given style because of the video having a narrative storyline. This music video includes Weird Al Yankovic as Michael Jackson.  

Kanye West - Gold Digger (influence of commercials):
This music video conforms the given style because in the music video it shows certain magazines and food products, which are influencing commercials. This music video is also a performance based music video

Thirty Seconds To Mars - The Kill (Bury Me) (referencing – The Shining):

The Shining trailer
This music video conforms the given style because in the music video they use or try to make it similar to the film ‘The Shining’. This music video also conforms to the given style because it is a narrative music video.

Radiohead - Street Spirit (abstract):

This music video conforms the given style of a very abstract based, narrative music video, which includes the entire band in it with the lead singer being the main role-played.

The Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat (interpretive):

This music video conforms the given style of an interpretive based, narrative music video, which includes all of the Lonely island crew and also featuring T-Pain.

The Beastie Boys – Sabotage (impressionist):

This music video conforms the given styles of an impressionist based music video with a narrative storyline added to it. All of the people involved in the beastie boys play roles in this music video and have used an 80’s style themed music video.