Friday, January 9, 2009

Music Videos of Interest

Over the Years I have come across many music videos which interest me. I will go into some of these in greater detail in my presentation, but for the moment here is a quick round up of which videos interest me and why:

Link 28: Bjork - All is Full of Love: Concept based, robot voyeurism.

Link 29: Dirty Vegas - Days Go By: Narrative, Concept and Performance based. Synchronised cuts.

Link 30: Superman Lovers - Starlight: Narrative and concept based. 3D-CGI video. Synchronised cuts.

Link 31: Ash - Burn Baby Burn. Performance Based with synchronised cuts.

Link 32: Lucas - Lucas With The Lid Off: Concept, Narrative and Performance based. Shot in a single synchronised take.

Link 33: Bustah Rhymes ft. O.D.B. - Woo Ha! (Remix): Concept and Performance Based. Stylistically original. Purpose made music video for a remix of a song.

Link 34: Air - All I Need: Non-fiction Narrative, beautiful concept.

Link 35: Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now: Concept and Narrative Based. Synchronised cuts.
Link 36: Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice: Concept, Narrative and Performance Based. Synchronised cuts.

Link 37: Fatboy Slim - Gangster Tripping: Concept and Performance Based. Synchronised cuts.

Link 38: Tactilbox - Example of small french production promo on Myspace.com which can reach the masses without being professionaly produced. Performance Based. Synchronised cuts.

Link 39: C2C (DMC Champs) - Example of un-official performance based online "music video".

Link 40: Muse - Knights of Cydonia - Example of a video that is Concept, Narrative AND Performance based. Also a good example of a music video influenced by the music, rather than the lyrics.