To get an idea of which codes and conventions a music video uses, I looked at a few different music video's.
The first music video I looked at was 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers.
The video is directed by Brett Simons. 'Somebody Told Me' is written by Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr, Mark Stoermer. It is taken off the band's debut album 'Hot Fuss'. The band's record label is Island Records/Lizard King. The genre of the song is indie and it was released twice in the UK, once on the 15th March 2004 and the second time on the 10th January 2005.
This video has a reference to New Order's Crystal music video which features a fictional band named The Killers miming a track in front a LCD screen showing random colours and logos. It was from this music video that the band got their name from.
I decided to look at this video because it's the type of video that I want to produce. The video doesn't really have a lot going on within it, it's a simple video. The band is just basically The Killers performing their track, this is giving the audience viristic pleasure. As the audience are able to see the band perform the track.
Music video's have five main aspects. This music video shows some of these aspects within the video. The video shows the band performing the track. The video doesn't really have a narrative, so the second aspect (the narrative) of music video's doesn't really apply to this video as there is no story to the video. Also the video doesn't respect the lyrics, so the third aspect of music video's (representing the lyrics) doesn't really apply to this video either. The video does interpret the lyrics though within the video. As every now and then in the video a girl is showing dancing and the song is about a girl. The video also represents the lyrics with visual imagery too, as once again as the band sing about a girl and a girl is shown dancing on the screen.
The video starts off with the band members shadows on the screen, a straight cut is then made to the band playing their instruments as the song begins to play. Straight cuts are made to a big t.v screen which shows the members on the screen as well as seeing them in the music video's. As the track begins to play, the audience can see the band performing on a set, but behind the band is the t.v screen which shows Brendan Flowers on the screen. Brendan Flowers is the front man for The Killers, the audience will know who he is. More so than who the other band members are. Bright lights are used throughout the video, mainly on the band members faces. It's as if their faces are being blurred out. Also throughout the video the band members shadows are shown performing the track. The set that the band are performing on has a desert feel to it, the band are performing on sand, but the audience can see that the track is being performed on a set. Medium shots are used throughout the track and close up shots to show the reactions on the band members faces as they perform the track. At one point during the video, on the screen the name 'Killers' is shown on the screen, the name is shown going back to front across the screen. As the video ends, the lights come on and the band are performing in a desert like set again. But the audience can see this.
The video has edits on the beat of the track. As the pace of the track changes, so does the video. As the band play their instruments, the edits change. There are no solo's within the track. The pace of editing usually changes as the drummer plays.
To sell this music video, the band's record company uses the band's front man Brendan Flowers on the screen more than any other band members. Brendan Flowers is also the band member who is shown more in the video than the other band members. Mainly because he is the front man of the band and he is also the main singer in the band. It makes sense that he is the member shown on screen more, as more people know who he is. He helps to sell this video as he is the most popular member. Also across the screen, the band's logo is shown scrolling across. This also helps to sell this music video. This is the one of the first music videos that the band did, The Killers' video from their third album, the first single taken off the album 'Human' also has the same desert feel that this video has.
A notion of looking is once referenced to during the video, this is when a girl is showing dancing near the screen. The girl isn't really dancing provocatively, but it does link into the video. As the song is about some body's boyfriend looking like a girl, so the dancing girl does fit into the video.
The video is more performance-based than anything, the video doesn't really have a narrative story to it. It's just the band performing the track.
The first music video I looked at was 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers.
The video is directed by Brett Simons. 'Somebody Told Me' is written by Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci Jr, Mark Stoermer. It is taken off the band's debut album 'Hot Fuss'. The band's record label is Island Records/Lizard King. The genre of the song is indie and it was released twice in the UK, once on the 15th March 2004 and the second time on the 10th January 2005.
This video has a reference to New Order's Crystal music video which features a fictional band named The Killers miming a track in front a LCD screen showing random colours and logos. It was from this music video that the band got their name from.
I decided to look at this video because it's the type of video that I want to produce. The video doesn't really have a lot going on within it, it's a simple video. The band is just basically The Killers performing their track, this is giving the audience viristic pleasure. As the audience are able to see the band perform the track.
Music video's have five main aspects. This music video shows some of these aspects within the video. The video shows the band performing the track. The video doesn't really have a narrative, so the second aspect (the narrative) of music video's doesn't really apply to this video as there is no story to the video. Also the video doesn't respect the lyrics, so the third aspect of music video's (representing the lyrics) doesn't really apply to this video either. The video does interpret the lyrics though within the video. As every now and then in the video a girl is showing dancing and the song is about a girl. The video also represents the lyrics with visual imagery too, as once again as the band sing about a girl and a girl is shown dancing on the screen.
The video starts off with the band members shadows on the screen, a straight cut is then made to the band playing their instruments as the song begins to play. Straight cuts are made to a big t.v screen which shows the members on the screen as well as seeing them in the music video's. As the track begins to play, the audience can see the band performing on a set, but behind the band is the t.v screen which shows Brendan Flowers on the screen. Brendan Flowers is the front man for The Killers, the audience will know who he is. More so than who the other band members are. Bright lights are used throughout the video, mainly on the band members faces. It's as if their faces are being blurred out. Also throughout the video the band members shadows are shown performing the track. The set that the band are performing on has a desert feel to it, the band are performing on sand, but the audience can see that the track is being performed on a set. Medium shots are used throughout the track and close up shots to show the reactions on the band members faces as they perform the track. At one point during the video, on the screen the name 'Killers' is shown on the screen, the name is shown going back to front across the screen. As the video ends, the lights come on and the band are performing in a desert like set again. But the audience can see this.
The video has edits on the beat of the track. As the pace of the track changes, so does the video. As the band play their instruments, the edits change. There are no solo's within the track. The pace of editing usually changes as the drummer plays.
To sell this music video, the band's record company uses the band's front man Brendan Flowers on the screen more than any other band members. Brendan Flowers is also the band member who is shown more in the video than the other band members. Mainly because he is the front man of the band and he is also the main singer in the band. It makes sense that he is the member shown on screen more, as more people know who he is. He helps to sell this video as he is the most popular member. Also across the screen, the band's logo is shown scrolling across. This also helps to sell this music video. This is the one of the first music videos that the band did, The Killers' video from their third album, the first single taken off the album 'Human' also has the same desert feel that this video has.
A notion of looking is once referenced to during the video, this is when a girl is showing dancing near the screen. The girl isn't really dancing provocatively, but it does link into the video. As the song is about some body's boyfriend looking like a girl, so the dancing girl does fit into the video.
The video is more performance-based than anything, the video doesn't really have a narrative story to it. It's just the band performing the track.
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