Influence: performance based

This video is purely performance based, which at times can be quite un-engaging, I like the performance in the video because of the angles and the scenery. I like that it is not just a stage performance or a studio performance but it is in a house, you would expect there to be a big crowd and it to be a house party but the conventions are broken as it is in an old Tudor style mansion. The music and the setting automatically contrasts itself giving the performance concept an interesting meaning, I would like to interpret something like this into my video to make it a bit more original and interesting.


Video by Chris Storrar

This is another video by the same band, once again performance based. I especially like the part in this video at 50 seconds when the camera focuses from one band member to another, I think this is really creative and I would like to learn this for my video.

I also like the lighting in this video, even though they just look like light bulbs and probably only there as decoration the ones in use give off a spotlight effect behind the band members, this produces a nice shadow and with the music and lyrics as the pace change the lighting effects are put into good use.

I like the camera angles in this video, they are not just focusing on the main singer, there are a variation of camera angles used and the band members are not always centerised, I prefer this I think it looks a lot more creative and yet still draws attention towards the band member. There isn't negative space because the lighting fills it once again creating great use of the simple yet affective lighting.

At 2.50 the singer is marginalized to the left and the light bulb is on the right, the pace of the music gets slow and as it does the bulb dims in light, I really like this as I think it is artistic and is unique for a rock video, I think this video is quite mellow compared to the previous video that they did, it is much more relaxed, there are more close ups creating more of a connection with the band and the audience.