Assignment 4
- 1. ASSIGNMENT 4: CONCEPTUAL MUSIC VIDEOS BY LIAM CORNWALL - TOMBS
- 2. a-ha - Take On Me This innovative video uses a mix of stop motion animation and the norm to tell this story The cartoon figures hand extends from the comic and beckons the lady to join him in the comic The reason why the artist has chosen to use this approach is because at the time it was a first and drastically different from most other music videos The video continuously cuts from video to black and white animation without any cuts to the scene to tell the story The video ends with the man breaking through from the animated world to the real world
- 3. Panic! At The Disco: Emperor's New Clothes The opening scene continues from a previous music video and shows the person passing through the light to the depths of hell The person lands in what appears to be a graveyard gyrating awkwardly beginning his transformation The scene is very surreal as the character transforms from human to devil form The person moves around awkwardly following the beat of the music suiting the alternative indy pop genre style of the music
- 4. Katy Perry - E.T. The song begins showing the end of world; a desolate land with classical music playing in the background This then shifts to a futuristic scene that is completely opposite to the start. The music also changes to represent the different The video continues its futuristic theme as shown within the music The artist made the video like this to match the futuristic music style of the song