Research videos

From watching videos in the indie and pop genre in lesson, I have found three videos in the indie genre:

Muse- Uprising: I found that this video was classified in the performance music video type as the majority of the video included medium close ups of band members playing instruments and close ups of the singer. There was a motif of props like dolls and teddy bears, but this was used in an unusual setting: a dark, apocalypse like city. This signified the themes of pessimism, but contrasted with the lyrics "we will be victorious" to connote hope, so that the audience can relate to the idea of perseverance and triumph against the odds.

The Killers- When you were young: This primarily was a narrative video, but still has a few elements of a performance video as there are a few close ups of the singer. The video also followed a lot of themes, like the dennotation of the cross connoting Christianity, whilst there was anchorage with the lyrics "when you were young" from a close up of a denial with mise en scene makeup of a bruise, connoting she's naive.

Coldplay-The scientist: This was mainly a performance video showing the singer lip synching, but it showed some clips later on that hint a narrative video, but this was limited. I found that this song did focus on a theme as the singer walking backwards with the lyrics "I'm going back to the start" connoting the theme of regression or perhaps renewal.