Video Artist
1 Pendulum
2 Hendrix All Along the Watchtower 1967
3 Bob Marley No Woman No Cry
4 Florence & the machine Dog Days Are Over
5 Bjork
6 The King Blues
7 Mumford and sons
8 Nickelback If Today Was Your Last Day2009
9 Biffy Clyro
Song Era genre Codes & Conventions
Watercolour 2010 Electronic Rock space imagry. Shots of the singer quick shots with flashing white
lights. There are shots of performance focusing on the singer and
the crowd. All images are in blue, black and white. The main theme
is performance but the space shots are concept.
rock black and white, blurred shots (possibly due to age). Shots of singing
and playing guitar. There are flashing lights over fading in and out
images with text flowing over at points. Looks drug induced due to 60's
main theme is performance.
1980 reggae slowed down performance shots. Slow panning showing singers and
Marley with a guitar. Normal speed when singing starts
The only theme is performance, but has shots of all instruments.
all shots fade in and out, some not in focus.
2010 indie rock white background creating focus on singer. Different dancing styles
are used. As song speeds up, more characters and dances are added
The themes are performance and concept. The different dances and
costumes are the concept.
Hyperballard 1996 electronicastarts with a cartoon mountain scene and Bjorks nose is a mountain,
she is laying down. Camera pans over singer constantly. Interference
over her face. Holograms sing over her and fade in and out. Themes
are concept and performance.
I Got Love 2009 ska, folk, punk mixQuick shots of couples and city life. Close ups of singer and band
playing music in the streets. Close ups of different ethnic minorities.
documentary style filming. Realistic. Main theme is performance with
concept of all the people coming together.
The Cave 2010 folk, indiestarts in a European setting with scooters. Musicians with guitars on
their backs. They give the instruments to some people then ride
around on scooters with shots of other people singing. The main theme
is concept with a little performance.
alternative rock
has strong narrative and and performance themes. The narrative acts
out what is happening in the lyrics (goes on about what would you
do if today was your last day). The performance is in a hanging
light room and the band are sat in a circle playing
Mountains 2008 experimentalHas rock a formal opening with titles. Singer playing a organ, then goes into
the band playing ( so has performance). The concept is linked vaguely
to the narrative. There are 2 oppositions playing each other at chess
they are the mountains and the sea. The chess pieces are actual people
As the pace of the music speeds up, so does the action. The end is
where the two oppositions face each other and they start to sing
10 Finch What It Is To Burn 2002 Punk/Post Hardcore
concept and performance. There is a story about a boy in a car crash
the performance is set in that wood but the sky is red. This follows
many rules for this genres music video. Where there is a struggle and
the end is unknown with shots of the band playing over the scene.
11 Linkin Park New Divide 2009 nu-metal flashing images with everything in blue black and white. Futuristic.
Has clips from transformer film throughout. Linkin park do make very
futuristic and robotic videos. They change the footage with effects
The main themes are performance and concept
12 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991 grungeMainly performance. The audience don't look very impressed, they are
supposed to be typical American school kids ( there are cheerleaders)
As the song goes on everyone starts enjoying them selves and mosh
pits occur.
13 System of a down Chop Suey 2001 alternative metal
all performance with the occasional shot of people eating chop suey
there are flashing lights and fast paced editing. The audience shots
are supposed to represent what it would be like at one of their gigs.
there is clever editing and special effects used
14 The prodigy Warrior Dance 2009 Electronic Rock
flashing lights of a strange concept. There a cigarette boxes dancing
but some other boxes are coming to fight them but they end up all
dancing with matches and drinking. Eventually they all set fire so in
the morning nobody knows
15 30 seconds to mars Closer To The Edge 2010neo-progressive mostly
rock performance. 30 seconds spend lots of money on videos so
there's are very well produced. There are clips of concerts they have
played as well as images of where they have. Audience members also
say their hopes and wished in other shots. Lots of flashing lights.
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