ONE REPUBLIC

STOP AND STARE

-Theme throughout video which links between life and death

- Introduction has a cinematic thriller feel to it, as it shows establishing shots of the location which is in a deserted area with shots between a fuzzing television, someone underwater in a bath and also the sound effects which are added (fly noises) (wind) which fits with a convention of a thriller film.

- This video has a narrative which is around someone being out of place, not in the right place of mind and also not ready for what life gives. A long with the theme of life and death which it shows throughout. 

- Lyrics - 'One last appear for the life i leave' which in the video shows he is ready to move on now.

- Narrative also links to lyrics ' every glance is killing me' as he looks at his pregnant girlfriend which could suggest he isn't ready and is scared.

- in the theme of death there are quick cuts between him under water in a bath and his grave, and also when he is driving the car and he crashes into him, could be in his mind that he wants to die.

There is a really strong narrative to this music video, it is shot in cinemascope. The strong narrative is because of the main themes in the video which is life and death . It shows the main singer saying he isn't in the right place. This sends a message to many people who struggle with their lives and have a hard life and want to be in a different place.

Product placement is also in this video with a high street fashion company Lacoste which are shown every now and again, which would help with the marketting of the shoe. I did more research into the shoe being in the video, and I typed it in on google and it came up with many sources of people on yahoo answers etc asking for where to find these shoes because the famous singer is wearing them, which would help massively for marketing of Lacoste shoes.

Also, in another one republic video 'say all i need' also shows shots of the Lacoste shoes. Which is more product placement, with a similar shot as to the one in stop and stare.

Good life

- Uses the stop motion effect which is different sequences of images put together

Lyric meanings - ' oh this has gotta be a good life' which could be meaning that no matter how bad things are you have to get on with it. A message in the line saying that life is what you making, also that is what many researchers have interpreted about it.
The video keeps going within a frame of a photograph which could be a link to the lyrics and meaning showing memories and saying to be happy when things are bad.

It uses typical Indie Rock conventions of indie videos by showing the band perform.

Bastille

POMPEII

-          Starts with sounds from the city such as wind and car noises which gives atmosphere to the video

-          Shows name at the beginning of the song which helps with the marketing of the music video

-          Dark lighting throughout the video

-          Abandoned buildings which gives a sense of lonliness, also as he is alone fighting the evil in the video

-          Lyrics match the content

-          Lighting is mostly used by the main city lights

-          Handheld camera which matches his panic such as when he runs away

-          The drums in the song matches the tension in the video

-          Sound matches action

The songs title is ‘Pompeii’ and the video content reflects the title as Pompeii is an ancient city in western Italy, which was buried by a volcanic eruption which explains why all the buildings are abandoned in the video. Also the lyrics shows that the video is about a historic event ‘Grey clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above’ ‘ The dust settled around us’ which is discussing the events of the day of the eruption. There are major contents in the video which match the lyrics and the whole story behind 'Pompeii Eruption' When the women's eyes turn black which is reflected the ash and how it took over peoples lives, its quite emotional and will be to the audience. As you see Dan running away from the problem, you reflect on how it would have been and how actually when there is an eruption that will wipe out a whole town there really is no where for you to run, which is why at the ending you see him with his eyes turning black. Also, the location is completely empty and shows why there is the noises of loneliness at the beginning of the video and also the abandoned videos, he is fighting it alone, in a complete ghost town of Pompeii. So overall, the lyrics match the content of the video, but after further research of what Pompeii is you see that the video has a strong narrative to it, telling a historic story of the past

LAURA PALMER

-          Documentary style to show normality

-          When focusing on the main singer who sings it uses set lighting and shows that, which shows a contrast between the run down location shown at the beginning. Showing he has the better life as a rock star

-          On the chorus the action matches the music with the strobe lights which are used

-          The lyrics match the content ‘terrifying, final frights’ as the actors in the video’s are wearing masks.

-          Switches to documentary digital style camera often

-          Set in quite a run down area

            Dan the main singer from Bastille, Said he wrote 'Laura Palmer' based on an American tv serial drama

              called 'Twin Peaks' which was created by David Lynch. Laura Palmer is a fictional character played by 

Sheryl Lee. Dan states that it has a weird and eery atmosphere to it which he wanted to achieve 

in the video. Bastille's basic explanation to why they wanted to do this song is because Dan is just

really interested in the tv series. The documentary style gives a cinematic feel to it. The eery feel of the 
video comes with the locations and the props used, such as the masks that they wear and the run down town
that they are in, which may reflect the genre of the tv series 'Twin Peak' which is a Thriller.

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Part 1 Indie Music Videos Research

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB

I CAN TALK
- Uses sudden and quick cuts
- Located in a party like atmosphere
- Staggered lighting which follows the movement and also mainly focuses on the band
- Long continuing shots
- handheld camera used often
- Colourful which matches mood of song
- Music matches the action
- Zooms onto the instruments often

These prints screens show examples of the handheld camera 

and also the staggered lighting.

NEXT YEAR
- Includes gig shots
- Shots of the crowd
- Slow motion editing which matches the music
- Handheld shots when filming from audience, which matches the atmosphere of actually being at the concert
- Zooms onto the instruments often

These print screens show examples of the close ups to the 

main singer and also instruments, and also the shots of the crowds

which show great atmosphere.

SLEEP ALONE
- Dream like sequence
- Flash lights to suit the surrealism of a dream
- CGI is used, so has a movie like element to it.
- Supernatural idea e.g when the jumpers come to life
- Echos the magic idea of things e.g magic carpet
- Nightmares
- Action matches the music
- Lyrics match content 'It takes more than strength to find, this piece of mind' could suggest it is about trying to find yourself.
- Dark lighting used in the bedroom which shows danger when supernatural events are happening.