Introduction
In this blog post I am going to research into similar artists to my own. This will help to me understand how costume, mise-en-scene, etc, are used in music videos within the genre of "Indie".
The XX
The XX are an Indie, sub-genre Indie Pop, band from England. They were formed in Wandsworth London in 2005. There imagine and appearance is classed as stereotypical for that of a UK indie band. The video of theirs which appealed to me the most was "VCR". The entire video has a been edited black and white/grey scale in post production. This really helps to add to the moody, depressive, indie feel of the video. The video starts of with a series of interestingly framed location shots, which draws in the viewers attention. The band members are also shown in interesting camera angles and interacting with the location. They have moody and sad facial expressions, again adding to the indie feel of the video. The shots cut on the beats of the music, and are generally quite short which keeps the video interesting. I am unsure if I will be able to achieve this too, as my video will need much longer cuts to suit the music due the slow pace of the song.
Arctic Monkeys
The Arctic Monkeys are an English Indie, sub-genre indie rock band. They were formed in High Green, Sheffield in 2002. The music video of theirs that appealed to me the most was "When The Sun Goes Down". The colour effects are not the typical black and white used in Indie music videos. The colours have a muted style to them, maybe created by reducing the saturation or using a colour wash. This allows for a moody and dramatic feel, without completely losing all colour ranges. The video also includes a large variety of camera shots, flicking between extreme close ups to long shoots. I think this would be a good way to make my video more exciting, considering the limitations of a slow paced slow when trying to edit in time to the music.
The 1975
The 1975 are an Indie, sub-genre Alternative Indie Rock band. They are based in Manchester, UK. The song of theirs which I looked at was "Chocolate". The feature which I liked was their experimental approach to focusing the camera, used at the beginning of the video and a few other times. The focusing pulling, going from crisp focus to blurred, effect works well for gaining viewers interest. This is something which I would be able to experiment with myself, as I am filming on a camera with manual focus.
In this blog post I am going to research into similar artists to my own. This will help to me understand how costume, mise-en-scene, etc, are used in music videos within the genre of "Indie".
The XX
The XX are an Indie, sub-genre Indie Pop, band from England. They were formed in Wandsworth London in 2005. There imagine and appearance is classed as stereotypical for that of a UK indie band. The video of theirs which appealed to me the most was "VCR". The entire video has a been edited black and white/grey scale in post production. This really helps to add to the moody, depressive, indie feel of the video. The video starts of with a series of interestingly framed location shots, which draws in the viewers attention. The band members are also shown in interesting camera angles and interacting with the location. They have moody and sad facial expressions, again adding to the indie feel of the video. The shots cut on the beats of the music, and are generally quite short which keeps the video interesting. I am unsure if I will be able to achieve this too, as my video will need much longer cuts to suit the music due the slow pace of the song.
Arctic Monkeys
The Arctic Monkeys are an English Indie, sub-genre indie rock band. They were formed in High Green, Sheffield in 2002. The music video of theirs that appealed to me the most was "When The Sun Goes Down". The colour effects are not the typical black and white used in Indie music videos. The colours have a muted style to them, maybe created by reducing the saturation or using a colour wash. This allows for a moody and dramatic feel, without completely losing all colour ranges. The video also includes a large variety of camera shots, flicking between extreme close ups to long shoots. I think this would be a good way to make my video more exciting, considering the limitations of a slow paced slow when trying to edit in time to the music.
The 1975
The 1975 are an Indie, sub-genre Alternative Indie Rock band. They are based in Manchester, UK. The song of theirs which I looked at was "Chocolate". The feature which I liked was their experimental approach to focusing the camera, used at the beginning of the video and a few other times. The focusing pulling, going from crisp focus to blurred, effect works well for gaining viewers interest. This is something which I would be able to experiment with myself, as I am filming on a camera with manual focus.
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