The music video for 1996 by The Wombats is not a typical one, stepping away from the norm of music videos. The costumes are all wetsuits for the actors in the background as the entire video is set underwater. However, the main singer of the band and the other musicians within it, all wear casual clothes, making them stand out against the rest of the people in the background. The two musicians also wear masks and goggles to add to the underwater effect of the video. It is odd because of the fact it is set underwater, however it still links in with the music video because it is in a party like surrounding with the lyrics of the song. The shots are all very slow moving because of the fact it is set underwater.
White Lies - Bigger Than Us
The White Lies, Bigger Than Us music video is extremely different to normal music videos because of the odd narrative running throughout. There is a house being disinfected as a child lays in bed, helpless beside a big chocolate bar. The lip syncing uses the child as the voice of the lead singer for the beginning of the music video, creating a strange and mysterious feel to the music video. The chocolate bar transforms into a young girl who is around the same age of the little boy, clearly showing why the little boy was so distraught over something. The costumes in the music video varies depending on the person. The little boy is wearing a pair of white leggings, possibly showing him to have good intentions and be angelic. The band members themselves are also dressed in bright white colours showing them to be possibly angelic and strong, looking out for the little boy and his friend. The little girl however is dressed up in purple colours, giving her a youthful look to her. The end of the video shows her on a poster in the exact same outfit, possibly showing she is a child celebrity? The whole video could link too the whole aspect of child stars going off the rails and the celebrity culture going on at the moment as the girl could be the cause of the mess of the house. The editing uses quite slow paced cuts and a lot of slow motion to fit in with the tyle of the song, creating a
The Vaccines - All In White
The Vaccines 'All In White' music video is a kind of interpretation of living while your young and having fun, The extreme long shot of the band at the beginning with friends singing and dancing around a campfire shows this. Throughout, mid shots are used often along with long shots, possibly creating a distance from the band and the people involved in the video. The editing is fast paced and cuts on and off beat, making it an amplification style of video, however, a lot of the video changes from colour to black and white, reflecting the title of the song 'All In White', making the band seem modern while the person the song is aimed at seem old fashioned creating a disjointed effect and a contrast between shots. The band all wear casual clothing throughout with a vintage twist, possibly reflecting upon what people used to wear and bringing back older indie music ideas for not only the song but also the video. The locations used change often from clubs to a field to an old house, again adding to the disjointed effect and making it all seem odd to watch, confusing the viewer as it suddenly switches from different locations in one shot. The narrative has a party theme, but also has a supernatural theme running throughout as the band levitates not only people but also objects, making it seem as if something strange happened at the party.
Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
The music video for 'I Can Talk' by Two Door Cinema club is an odd video, the shots, costumes and setting constantly giving a disillusioned kind of effect, almost like something drug induced, some of the lyrics possibly hinting at this. The editing is all very fast, cutting both on and off the beat giving an amplification effect to the music video. A lot of the movements throughout make the camera seem as if it is handheld, making the viewer feel as if they are involved with what is going on when watching the video, like its your vision and not a video. The lighting changes constantly during and between shots, sometimes being bright, sometimes spotlighting certain people and it uses a strobe effect a lot, adding to the disillusioned effect and making the video feel crazy and almost like it is messing with your vision so it is hard to fully engage with. The camera shots involve a lot of big close ups and tracks but seem to constantly be changing around, making it very surreal and disjointed. The costumes are also constantly being changed as throughout the video, people are always taking off and putting on new items of clothing making it difficult to see what the band is wearing. However, in the shots where they are playing their instruments, we see them in scruffy suits, making them seem like they are in smart casual. The setting of the video seems to be like some sort of house, possibly showing a narrative that they are at a house party. Although the surroundings are very average and everyday, the way it has been shot makes it seem very dreamlike and crazy.
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun'
The Vampire Weekend video for 'Giving up the Gun' is a different style of indie music video because it is based around sport. The video also uses famous celebritites adding to the viewers of the song because of the star power used within, adding their fanbase to Vampire Weekend's one. The video uses a lot of slow motion effects because of the sporting ideas used throughout, slowing the video down to allow the viewer of the video to watch the facial expressions and movement of the athletes. The cinematography uses a lot of tracking and long shots to show the actors within the video moving around in time with the music even though it may be out of time, creating an amplification style of editing to the video. The costumes are mainly reds, blacks and whites for the band and the main character of the video, keeping the continuity of colours going and highlighting the change of characters because of the constant change of colours within the outfits. The location the video is shot in is a white studio which is not the typical location for a tennis match considering the match is usually on green grass. This could show the match to be in some sort of dream and the fact that it is unrealistic. The band is only in the video for a short while but they remain to be lip syncing and referring the match, making it untypical of the genre because the band and song is not the main focus of the song.
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