Name one great video
There is something about music videos that keep me comming back for more. I have been collecting them for several years now and I passed the 1800 mark a few months back and still counting. One of the things I like about them is that everyone has an opinion. One think the babes are hot, one like the symbolism and another have fallen in love with the camera movements during a particular scene. And the great thing is that no one have the right opinion.
I think it's the intoxicating mix of music and images that seduce most people. I fit mostly into the 'look at that scene it looks just like the scene from The graduate' category since I can't get enough of intertexuality (references to other literary sources). On other days I can't get enough of camera porn, that is perfect composed images and filtered looks (Think Tony Scott's Man on fire).
Sometimes it's easy to get stuck in a rut only watching old clips not getting any creative input. That's why I need your help. What music video is playing over and over in your head at the moment? Challenge me by writing a comment regarding it and force me to watch it and make my own comment.
Let the good times roll
posted by Kim at 5:20 am
1 Comments:
Personally, I care less and less for music videos: a music video is nothing more than a costly advert that in the end is paid by the consumer. Instead, if one wants to discuss the relationship between music and moving pictures I think one should look at the use of music in movies -- i.e. soundtracks. The director of a movie has the power to strengthen the message of the narrative by a well-chosen soundtrack, at the same time as the song is remembered for its use in the film. Synergy. In music videos I don't see this happening to the same extent where the director's freedom is bound by the constraints of capitalism; the music video has to sell the artist's album, whereas the film has to sell a message.
7:56 pm
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