I have chosen to analyse the music video fight for your right by the beastie boys and this is partially because it has given me some ideas that we could put into our music video of choice and some of the inspiration that I have found are in this music video and they are:
the use of alcohol - this is shown in the music video by the beastie boys at around the time of 1:33, I have thought of using this in our music video as it can be used for many different narrative e.g. partying, drowning sorrows away, celebrating something and so on...
the use of breaking objects in the house - this is shown at the first time at around 1:38 into the music video and this is a man smashing a glass bottle over his head, then breaking objects is shown throughout the music video and some of them are: smashing guitar, HI-FI smoking, smashing TV with baseball bat and then there is a lot of cream pies being thrown around. I have thought of using this in our music video as it can be used to show aggression and hatred.
This music video have theories from the theorists and the theories are:
Andrew Goodwin (illustrate) - this is used in the video as it shows that there is a party and the two brothers that live in the house are not putting up a fight and this all links / matches to the lyrics that are in the song. I think that this is a very good way of adding to the music in the video as it does not confuse the audience and it gives the video a narrative. I think that we should use this technique when filming our music video.
Laura Mulvey (male gaze) - this is used in the music video as there are lots of girls in the clips and they do nothing important all they do is stand there and this is linked to the male gaze as it makes them objects and they are the for display only.
Sigmund Freud - this is shown in the video when the artists are staring at the girls bums and the girls are unaware of this, this is what Sigmund's theory is as it is all about sexual pleasures by looking at a sexual object.
general theories - the video establishes a link between the lyrics and the video as what is sung is seen on the video
Sven E Carlsson (performance clip) - the music video has moments when the artists are just singing and there for the theory performance clip can be applied to this music video
Sven E Carlsson (narrative clip) - the music video is mainly all narrative and therefore it is linked to the theory of narrative clip by Sven E Carlsson.
Nice work Darren, a particular strength is when you highlight the elements you'd like to see incorporated in your video.
ReplyDeleteYour mise en scene will need to be very clearly thought out and planned. The alcohol in this video is drank in red cups, these red cups are a staple of American teen films and are always used in party scenes
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/95054
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/95057
You'll need to decide what the British equivalent would be.
i agree. the video needs iconography familiar to a uk audience.
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