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Analysis of Music Video - All I Need - Within Temptation

This video follows a sort of narrative, has a lot of performance in it and is very abstract.
I think this video suits the band's image, which is kind of gothic and dark and a little bit weird. The song is slow and soulful, which I think contrasts with the strangeness of the video and the fact that he video doesn't make much sense but the song does is an interesting interpretation.
There's a lot of performance in this video mixed in with the weird abstract clips thrown in there. I think there's a little bit of a story there when the woman falls down and lands in some kind of mystical place where odd things happen. The most interesting part is the end where the woman is in a hospital cot comatose and clips from the video are shown on the machine. I think the point of this is that this is what she is dreaming about whilst in her coma. I also think the ending is interesting as it ends where she's still in a coma and, therefore, the viewers of the video will never know whether she wakes up or not. This is a good thing as it makes it a little different than if she did wake up and the typical 'and it was just a bad dream' scenario ensues. I also like this ending because it has parallelism with the first scene, which is a closeup of the woman's eye and is where the narrative begins.
I like how the fact that the mysterious figure is hooded makes the viewer want to keep watching to see what the person looks like. I also like how there's a lot of abstract images in the video, like random horses and ballet dancers and stuffed animals because it adds to the effect of the video, which is supposed to be in the woman's imagination. The part at the end where all the scenes are played on the screen very fast is really interesting as it acts as a sort of recap of all that we have watched.

Analysis of Music Video - Brand New Day - Joshua Radin

This video is mainly narrative with performance too. It follows a young man who is playing his guitar and singing, but is told he isn't allowed to play on his apartment steps. The video follows all the unfortunate things that happen to him after that before he finally ends up back where he started.
The lyrics are all about starting a new day and knowing that things will be okay today. This contrasts with the video as this man's day does not go very well at all. Everytime he recovers from one thing something else bad happens to him and he suffers again. Despite this, the video is upbeat and humorous in a way. Even though the man is having loads of bad things happen to him, he smiles all the way through the video, which could be because of the song.
I think the song and the video's main messages are that lots of bad things might happen today, but there's always going to be a brand new day to make things better.
The artist's 'image' is reinforced by this video as his type of music is kind of acousticy, laid-back music and in this he is always holding his guitar, which is a kind of stereotype of that kind of music. Another thing that reinforces this 'image' is that he is always smiling and he never lets things get him down.
I like the parellism of this video as he ends up on the same steps he started on, which shows that things will happen all over again and supports the message of the song that there will always be a new day and things will always start all over again.

Locations

Now that I have a rough idea of what kind of video I want, I've come up with a few locations as to where to film. The first is this crumbling house near where I live that's been half-bulldozed and looks very weird. The second is a little mini forest that's very secluded and shady. My last location is a huge field that's very open and has lots of room. I might use all of them or I might just use one, I haven't decided yet. Or I might not use any if I find somewhere better I can use.

Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap Lyrics

Where are we?
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to form
Crop circles in the carpet
Sinking feeling

Spin me round again
And rub my eyes,
This can't be happening
When busy streets a mess with people
Would stop to hold their heads heavy

Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first

Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before the takeover,
The sweeping insensitivity of this still life

Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines (oh, you won't catch me around here)
Blood and tears (hearts)
They were here first

Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmm that you only meant well?
Well of course you did
Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmmm that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mmmm whatcha say?
Mmmm that it's just what we need
You decided this
Whatcha say?
Mmmm what did she say?

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs
Speak no feeling no I don't believe you
You don't care a bit,
You don't care a bit

(Hide and seek)
Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs

(Hide and seek)
Speak no feeling no i don't believe you
You don't care a bit,
You don't care a (you don't care a) bit

(Hide and seek)
Oh no, you don't care a bit
Oh no, you don't care a bit

(Hide and seek)
Oh no, you don't care a bit
You don't care a bit
You don't care a bit