Videos in class

Here are the videos we watched in class to gain an understanding of music videos and different genres, such as indie.

Linol Richie- Hello: This was mainly a performance video. The lyrics "is it me you're looking for?" is parallel to the visuals as we see a female character with the prop of a stick and finding her way connotes she's lost and blindness. The deficit of her disability makes the album marketable as it signifies the struggles people face in everyday life, making the song seem personal to them.

Arctic monkeys- under the sun: This was a narrative video as there was focus on a story and we saw the artists performing extremely rarely. The lyrics "scummy man" is tied in with the visuals as there's a two person shot where he licks a women's face, connoting lust and sin.

 21 pilots- Stressed out: This was a performance video. The lyrics "wish we could turn back time to the good old days" highlighted the theme of nostalgia as the props of a juice carton and a tricycle denoted childhood. This would market the artist to the audience as it makes the artist seem relatable as mainstreamers can related to the idea of adulthood being stressful.