Inspiring Music Videos

Whilst researching into the codes and conventions of music videos of our genre, I came across two music videos that have conventions that can be built into our music video. The first example is Florence and the Machine's 'Dog Days are Over', as is set in a rural locations with lots of natural elements included in the mise en scene. We like the idea of having our mise en scene based on natural scenery, so we will use this throughout the video. Two Door Cinema Club's 'Something Good Can Work' also has elements of this, as mentioned as my previous post.

The second video that inspired me was Arctic Monkey's video for 'Arabella', as it is in all black and white which we will be using throughout our video, as we think this will be effective along with our natural elements theme. We also like the focus of Alex Turner, the lead singer, as the star of the music video, which can be applied to Richard Dyer's 'Star Quality Theory'. We will also be using this and conforming to Dyer's theory, as we plan to include many close up shots of Stef, our star, which is also a prominent feature of music videos of our genre (indie/rock).