My personal blog describing and updating teachers/examiners on the progress of my media knowledge and the progress of my media production: A Music Video. Throughout the course I will analyse multiple music videos and discuss their Mise en Scene, Conventions and the directors other similar productions to understand the way they work.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Bloc Party- One More Chance
One More Chance by Bloc Party is an interesting video which is a subtle parody which doesn't make you connect with the song straight away. The song is obviously about a relationship however the video seems to show odd characters trying to live the "American dream" of becoming rich and famous. There is a 40 something keyboard player/music producer creating songs in his basement studio. An older woman who also seems to want the Hollywood lifestyle, she is seen covering her self in make up and hair spray and trying to resemble Marilyn Monroe or a prom queen. A young talentless tap dancer dancing in his homemade studio while a friend is watching unenthuastically. The final characters in the video strangely are a young couple playing with a Ouija board trying to connect with the dead. This strange twist to the video doesn't make much sense however you can still connect to the representation of mainstream Hollywood.
What I most like about this video is the Mise en Scene of all of the scenes. They seem low budget but they all match the characters that are shown in the scenes perfectly, the underground basement studio in particular; the cluttered mess of records, dodgy coloured curtains and the garden gnome really give you a sense that it is being filmed in his parents basement. Also the scenes where the couple are playing with the Ouija board, the clothing is a new "retro-vintage" fashion, the room consists of an old looking pale pink carpet with loads of stools and vintage lamps surrounding the room. I mostly like the way they use the lamps when the girl is supposedly taken over by a spirit. All in all I think this is a good video which can be analysed in many ways, Bloc Party were known for the slightly odd videos, but I believe this one attacks the issue of the American dream and shows some of the weird behaviour wanting fame so much can bring about.
One More Chance by Bloc Party is an interesting video which is a subtle parody which doesn't make you connect with the song straight away. The song is obviously about a relationship however the video seems to show odd characters trying to live the "American dream" of becoming rich and famous. Th
ere is a 40 something keyboard player/music producer creating songs in his basement studio. An older woman who also seems to want the Hollywood lifestyle, she is seen covering her self in make up and hair spray and trying to resemble Marilyn Monroe or a prom queen. A young talentless tap dancer dancing in his homemade studio w
hile a friend is watching unenthuastically. The final characters in the video strangely are a young couple playing with a Ouija board trying to connect with the dead. This strange twist to the video doesn't make much sense however you can still connect to the representation of mainstream Hollywood.
What I most like about this video is the Mise en Scene of all of the scenes. They seem low budget but they all match the characters that are shown in the scenes perfectly, the underground basement studio in particular; the cluttered mess of records, dodgy coloured curtains and the garden gnome really give you a sense that it is being filmed in his parents basement. Also the scenes where the couple are playing with the Ouija board, the clothing is a new "retro-vintage" fashion, the room consists of an old looking
pale pink carpet with loads of stools and vintage lamps surrounding the room. I mostly like the way they use the lamps when the girl is supposedly taken over by a spirit. All in all I think this is a good video which can be analysed in many ways, Bloc Party were known for the slightly odd videos, but I believe this one attacks the issue of the American dream and shows some of the weird behaviour wanting fame so much can bring about.
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