The Arctic Monkeys have released many music video to date. Where they may be different in song choice and story, many of the video have the same style of cinematography, editing, mise en scene, one of the main similarities is the pace of the video. The ways characters are portrayed are also very similar. Below i will list these similarities along with examples.
There are mainly two distinctive types of arctic monkeys videos. The first evolves the band themselves, in this they are playing in a studio or on a certain stage, in this they can be seen with various instruments and the main vocalists can be seen singing. The second type evolves no instruments or necessary singing. It is centered around a story which can be related to the lyrics.
Below 2 video can be seen, they are a examples of a storyline in their videos.
The music video is for the arctic monkeys latest track "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" Judging from the lyrics, This track has many meanings that have been linked into the video. This sentence from the lyrics "The mirror's image, It tells me it's home time" this can be linked into the video when we see him in the bathroom looking into the mirror. Another main indication that the lyrics relate to the image is he is regularly checking his phone, the main lyric and the name of the song link to this "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High".
This video is for the track 'When The Sun Goes Down' which is one of the bands most popular tracks. This track is also very similar to the one above, the lyrics regularly link with the video. Example of when this can be seen at the start of the clip, The lyric 'I wonder what went wrong So that she had to roam the streets' links in with the visuals. A female chracter can be seen roaming around the streets. Another is when the performer sings 'They said it changes when the sun goes down', this can be linked in with the chracters as they change and certain times throughout the clip.
Overall these videos are similar in that the lyrics of the song contain many parts that are used in the videos to illustrate a story, or meaning. This is how i want my music video to be set up like, the video will illustrate meanings or somekind of a short storys, i will combine this method useing a song with lyrics that can easiery be illustrated in this way.
The video below show's the band performing in their video:
This video is for Arctic Monkeys track 'Teddy Picker'. This video mainly centers round the band performing. The band can be seen playing various instruments such as guitar and drums. The instruments link in with the video the majority of the time, for instance at the start the drummer plays first, this can be seen in the video at the start. The video however does not just centre around the band performing, they can be seen in a entirely different location just walking together.
This video is for the track 'Brainstorm'. This is also very similar to the track above because the instruments that are seen sink in with the video. For example at the start when the track starts the band start at the same time, it is sinked perfectly. The video does however have over elements like the video above, women can be seen dancing various times throughout the clip.
The main focus in this band is the video, this differs to the other two in that the video focuses on the band to show their personalites and how they perform, as well as the instruments that they use. This is not the way i want to go about with my video. It would be easier this way but finiding the nesscary performer as well as instruments would be difficult.
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