R+P Post 9: Music Videos that have inspired and influenced my ideas

Best Coast - When I'm With You

My group and I thought this music video was particularly entertaining, keeping our attention with a quirky/strange relationship between a young woman (the lead singer of Best Coast) and Ronald McDonald. The use of intertextuality was effective in grabbing our interests, as it allows the audience to connect it with their own lives, so that they can relate to the music better. Because our song mentions many nostalgic themes, we are going to use this technique in order to convey the meaning of the lyrics and in order to connote a feeling of nostalgia/reminiscence. We plan on creating this by using character from old media, such as one of the chaacters on the SGT. Pepper album, which is easily recognisable and allows the audience to become immediately immersed into the music video.

Best Coast - Crazy For You

While looking at Best Coast's When I'm With You, we came across this song. We were very influenced by this song for our music video's aesthetic. For example, we really liked this music video's self-awareness, and ironic portrayal of the music-making industry. It portrays the director as a cat, which can provide the audience with light humour to engage them with the video. The overall filming style gives off a very "TV music show" aesthetic, with face-on LS shots of the band, similar to the filming style of Top Of The Pops. We plan on incorporating this framing into our band shots in our music video to connote a nostalgic music feel in the same way this music video does.

Sia - You've Changed

 We found this music video incredibly influential for ideas about props and costume. This music video is created in the style of a video game (one of the styles we hope to use in our own music video) using mis-en-scene and framing. The face-on framing puts the audience in the place of someone playing the game, so it easily immerses them into the music video so they will be entertained and listen to the music. The props in this video are obviously hand made to keep the fun and quirky aesthetic of the singer and the overall video, making it visually entertaining as well as immersive. We plan on making our own props out of cardboard like this in order to gain a fun and quirky aesthetic, while also engaging the audience.