Monday, 2 November 2015

Research into student made music videos Slipknot 'Killpop'

This video contains two main characters, a young male and female clearly depicted as being a troubled couple with relationship and possible mental issues. The video is a mix of lip syncing and narrative but the entire video is non-diegetic sound, with the soundtrack playing over the top. The video contains no instrumentals or shots of a band playing. There is few locations, most of the video takes place in different rooms of the house, but through the use of the mise en-scene the atmosphere of each individual room is different, use of low key and high key lighting is especially effective at creating a different feel to each scene even though they take place in the room possibly just next door.
The video contains dark and slightly disturbing and distressing scenes, which fits well with the mood of the song, and having looked at other videos, generally the video matches the tone and mood of the song, but also I think maybe creating a video with a contrasting mood to the song could be very effective in some cases as well, making the audience unsure how to feel, keeping them engaged and curious. Although I do not think this is something I will personally implement into my coursework as I already have ideas to the contrary.

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