Assignment 1
- 1. Assignment 1 By Liam Buckland
- 2. • Name: Watch Me • Artist: Silento • Genre: Hip Hop • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: To make people dance • What’s Inspirational: I like all of the homemade videos of the dance edited into the original music video
- 3. • Name: Drag Me Down • Artist: One Direction • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Performance/ Narrative • Purpose of video: To entertain • What’s Inspirational: I like the mixture of narrative and performance
- 4. • Name: Run Boy Run • Artist: Woodkid • Genre: Indie • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: To motivate people • What’s Inspirational: The video consists of one boy running throughout, instead of many things happening at once like other music videos
- 5. • Name: Slim Shady • Artist: Eminem • Genre: Rap • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: To tell story of rapper • What’s Inspirational: In every scene its him in the middle rapping to camera and everyone else acts away from camera
- 6. • Name: Sweet Child O' Mine • Artist: Guns N' Roses • Genre: Rock • Type of video: Performance/ Conceptual • Purpose of video: To perform • What’s Inspirational: Black and white filter throughout
- 7. • Name: Turn Down For What • Artist: DJ Snake, Lil Jon • Genre: Hip Hop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: For Dance, to pump people up • What’s Inspirational: Nothing about that video was inspirational for me
- 8. • Name: Thats Not Me • Artist: Skepta • Genre: Grime/ Rap • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: There is no purpose, its rubbish • What’s Inspirational: The merge of him in the background in slower motion to him in foreground with DJ
- 9. • Name: Thinking Out Loud • Artist: Ed Sheeran • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: To show the mix of emotions within a relationship • What’s Inspirational: The dancing within the music video compliments the lyrics and genre style
- 10. • Name: Cheerleader • Artist: OMI (Felix Jaehn Video Edit • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative/ performance • Purpose of video: To show off his money and fashion • What’s Inspirational: mix of narrative and performance
- 11. • Name: Me and My Brother • Artist: Zebastian Swartz • Genre: Indie • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to make the audience feel • What’s Inspirational: liked how a simple video impacted me more than the mainstream ones
- 12. • Name: Dead, Black • Artist: Ciara O’Neill • Genre: Indie • Type of video: Conceptual • Purpose of video: to look weird, confuse the viewer • What’s Inspirational: the constant layers of colour and editing
- 13. • Name: Good For You • Artist: Selena Gomez ft A$AP ROCKY • Genre: Hip Hop • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: to make Selena look hot • What’s Inspirational: the editing- the mixture between background and foreground
- 14. • Name: I’m an Albatraoz • Artist: AronChupa • Genre: House • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: to promote the artist • What’s Inspirational: the mixture of low key and high key lighting made it look like a club, similar to the music.
- 15. • Name: Young, Wild and Free • Artist: Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa ft Bruno Mars • Genre: Rap • Type of video: Performance/ Narrative • Purpose of video: to show their love for weed • What’s Inspirational: the editing, to make it look like the viewer is high
- 16. • Name: See You Again • Artist: Wiz Khalifa • Genre: Rap • Type of video: Performance/ Narrative • Purpose of video: dedication to Paul Walker • What’s Inspirational: the mixture of the film and Khalifa rapping.
- 17. • Name: Where are U now • Artist: Justin Bieber • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Performance • Purpose of video: to promote Justin • What’s Inspirational: the drawing (editing)
- 18. • Name: Rio • Artist: Netsky • Genre: House • Type of video: Conceptual • Purpose of video: I have no idea • What’s Inspirational: the endless animation throughout
- 19. • Name: Rollercoaster • Artist: Bleachers • Genre: Indie • Type of video: Narrative/ Performance • Purpose of video: to tell a story of love • What’s Inspirational: they are on one stretch of road throughout the video
- 20. • Name: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) • Artist: Katy Perry • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to portray what she’s singing • What’s Inspirational: the whole music video is narrative, as many top artists like to perform within their videos.
- 21. • Name: Downtown • Artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis • Genre: Groove • Type of video: performance/ narrative • Purpose of video: to bring back old style pof groove from 80’s • What’s Inspirational: the bringing back of the 80’s
- 22. • Name: Roar • Artist: Katy Perry • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Performance/ Narrative • Purpose of video: to promote herself (body) • What’s Inspirational: its in a jungle
- 23. • Name: I Love You • Artist: Woodkid • Genre: Indie • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to tell a story • What’s Inspirational: black and white editing, seen throughout Woodkids music videos
- 24. • Name: Doctor Jones • Artist: Aqua • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to entertain • What’s Inspirational: the editing
- 25. • Name: Running Low • Artist: Netsky • Genre: House • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to promote song • What’s Inspirational: the editing and the camera movements
- 26. • Name: What Do You Mean • Artist: Justin Bieber • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to promote his song • What’s Inspirational: the story
- 27. • Name: Lean On • Artist: Major Lazer and DJ Snake • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative/ Performance • Purpose of video: to promote artists in India as the style is similar to Bollywood music • What’s Inspirational: the fact they are in India, also promoting another country
- 28. • Name: Elastic Heart • Artist: Sia • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to make the viewer feel about the story between the two actors/ dancers • What’s Inspirational: the cage as a set, creating some symbolic meaning of not being able to leave unless you’re young
- 29. • Name: Black Widow • Artist: Iggy Azalea ft Rita Ora • Genre: Hip Hop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to maybe tell the world her problems • What’s Inspirational: its edited in slow motion a lot of the time
- 30. • Name: Chandelier • Artist: Sia • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to make the viewer feel what the girl is feeling • What’s Inspirational: there is hardly any editing, just one smooth video.
- 31. • Name: Wake Me Up • Artist: Avicii • Genre: Pop • Type of video: Narrative • Purpose of video: to motivate the viewer • What’s Inspirational: the constant cuts for dialogue
- 32. 5 Songs • Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud • Silento- Watch Me Whip • Sia- Chandelier or Elastic Heart • Justin Bieber- Where Are U Now • DJ Snake and Lil Jon- Turn Down For What