I was fairly unimpressed watching the selection of Dawn Shadforth’s music videos during class today. Garbage’s Special. Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Goldfrapp’s Number 1. Really not my thing.
That was until we got to the MV for Lights by Hurts, and the jaw dropping commenced.
Our team has been hustling during the last week trying to find a viable option for our music video project. I got in touch with some of the people I worked with at 3RRR when I was volunteering there, and they were kind enough to pass my details along to others in the Melbourne music community who may have an interest in getting a music video made. Olivia also got in touch with some people she knows who play in local bands to see if they were interested.
David Lynch and Christa Bell – Bird of Flames
Even though this music video wasn’t directed by David Lynch, it still has that Lynchian feel to it. It’s actually surprising to see that he didn’t direct it, but his style has clearly has influenced the art direction of the MV regardless.
Beautiful and creepy.
The hardest part of PB2 is deciding which music video to analyse.
I spent way too much time today watching music videos for songs that I love trying to find one that is suitably interesting enough to focus my analysis on. Now I’m limiting myself to deciding between just two: Country House and The Universal, both singles from Blur’s The Great Escape.
I’ve never thought of music videos in this way before, but today in class I realised that they are essentially short pieces of visual art that are made for the masses. Of course they are commercial, because the whole point is to draw attention to the songs so that people will want to buy the albums, but at the same time music video directors have the ability to explore creatively that which they may not have had the time, budget or support to do otherwise.
