- Hopeless Wanderer – Mumford and Sons
The mise en scene in this music video heavily exaggerates the folk genre of the piece. The locations of a field and a barn, along with the inclusion of typical acoustic folk instruments. I particularly liked the idea of a live performance which was present throughout. There is a surprising lack of first person address in this video which could be due to the fact that this is more of a comedic piece than a video designed to give an artist a meta narrative.
- Swimming Pools – Kendrick Lamar
In this piece I particularly found the use of contrasts between black and white to be very effective, as it helped to convey the meaning of the song to the audience. Dance is also used in this piece to accentuate its status as a ‘pop’ song. The artists meta narrative is very clearly conveyed in this video through the story telling of the song which is supported by footage.
- Rabbit’s Foot – Turbowolf
The use of an abandoned office in this piece along with the idea of voodoo and the use of masks accentuates this band’s star image as an edgy, off the wall metal band. It is very unsettling for the viewer which I found very interesting and I would like to experiment with this for my music video.
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