General research

i looked more deeply into the conspiracy theories on which my video is being created. since I've finally found some time to do this I'm going to search through the web to find the various strands of Illuminati beliefs to give the team some solid ground to work from, and hopefully i can refer to this post for any information needed. i intend to source a lot of my information from the following website, since it seems the best around: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread20281/pg1
Like any conspiracy theory, Illuminati are highly speculated upon and the idea of a potential new world order is ridiculed by the vast majority. The website above is a timeline, listing all events to do with the Illuminati/ Freemasons. starting from the very bottom of the list, the organisation supposedly started in the 1700's, and is put on the web page as "Illuminati/Freemasons", the two have been supposedly linked in conspiracy theories for a long time. the name of the Illuminati is derived from bearers of the light, and supposedly the name also came from "Lucifer". the organisation was supposedly started by Adam Weishaupt and Jesuit Priest, along with the Freemasons.



Through the 1700 and 1800's the Freemasons and Illuminati spread their routes and adopted many other organisations such as the Rothschild's, aside from this there is very little activity or development up to the early 1900's where most events are relatively unimportant to our video. events such as the wall street crash of 1929 was supposedly caused by the Illuminati along with other worldwide economic depressions, showing how the Illuminati are linked to famous events taking place since their supposed creation.

The Illuminati are then blamed for financially backing Hitler for his invasion into Poland in 1939. At this stage the Illuminati are looking like a scapegoat for all bad things since the 1700's onwards. nothing of importance to our video then takes place until 1989 when George bush is elected president of the USA, and he is supposedly a free mason, who are still strongly associated with the Illuminati. before 1989, the Illuminati are Incorporated into many theories about assassinations of world leaders, such as only one man being arrested for the assassination of president Kennedy is found with 5 bullets from separate guns in his body. Also a prime example is the crash of flight KAL 007, the flight which Larry McDonald is on board. the plane supposedly flown over a shortcut which commonly used with low fueled planes, however the flight was high on fuel. it flown into restricted air space, at which point fighter pilots shot warning shots past the cockpit, which went un- acknowledged, so the flight was shot down. all bodies were recovered except for the pilot and co pilot. eye witnesses saw 2 parachutes from the plane. this is a fantastic example of how our video will be portraid as the Illuminati carrying top secret operations without any of the general public being aware.



In 1990, around the start of the gulf war, George bush publically announced the new world order. weather the context of this was twisted or not is constantly debated by believers and sceptics, even though he clearly says the words "new world order".









The new world order is a plan by the Illuminati for a small group of leaders to rule the world, the details of which are vague and irrelevant but may come into play at some point in our video if necessary. several other ideas which come back to the Illuminati are listed and briefly described below:




9/11 conspiracy:


the falling of the twin towers was ten years to the day after George bush publicly said "a new world order" which theorists have obviously picked up on and claimed that is more than just a coincidence. the idea that the towers were actually blown up by the government (controlled by the Illuminati) has many different pieces of evidence, such as the pillars at the bottom of the towers: they were cut at a perfect angle which is usually used in controlled demolition. Another piece of evidence is that supposedly British television announced the falling of one of the buildings 7 minutes before it fell. some people even go as far to say that no plane ever hit the pentagon, and that it disappeared. this because there was only actually one shot that captured the very tip of the plane hitting the pentagon despite it being the most protected building in the entire world. when some plane experts were consulted on the conditions of the crash into the pentagon they said that it would have been impossible for reasons such as: the plane was moving too fast at the time of the crash for it to have come close enough to the ground to hit the building, and because the terrorists who hijacked the plane had been training in a very basic bi plane, and it would be incredibly difficult to fly a Boeing with such accuracy having only trained in a small bi plane, stating that not only would the controls be completely different and massively complex in comparison, and one pilot that was interviewed said that after all his experience flying the Boeing he would not be able to be so accurate. the 9/11 conspiracy also links in with modern day Illuminati signs in commercial areas below.

Illuminati symbols in everyday culture:
despite the Illuminati supposedly being extremely intelligent, there are claimed to be symbols left by them in almost any place you look. a good example to start with is the American dollar bill: the bill has the all seeing eye atop a pyramid, the Illuminati symbol. the dollar bill is also supposed to represent "the order of new ages", alarmingly close to Bushes publicly announced "new world order", obviously setting conspiracy theorists up with a link. also on the 20 dollar bill even more alarmingly and less likely to be a coincidence are pictures of the twin towers on fire, the pentagon on fire. at first this is rejected by almost everyone, but you don't have to look hard to see these pictures, and if the 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollar bill are all folded in the seems to be like some sort of prediction or prophecy, since the notes were produced in 1996.





There are other references to the Illuminati in public culture, particularly the media and it's productions. below are just a few examples of Illuminati reference in Hollywood:



obviously the biggest question amongst this is, why would such a clever organisation give themselves away like this? that question does not seemed to have been addressed yet, but its almost certain that if they were responsible for the fall of the twin towers or such an event they would not openly admit or even hint that they were behind it. however, before starting this post i was very sceptical about the possibility of this secret organisation like Aiden, but i have now come to see that Harley did have a point when he mentioned the amount of evidence suggesting this and i firmly believe, mainly due to the dollar bills that there is something going on and there is far to much evidence for it to be a coincidence.
This post has allowed me to carry out my own research to establish and gain deeper understanding on the foundations behind our video, which will be important for me to help in it's production. my knowledge of the subject has now become intensely clearer and it should help with getting a real feel for our video. this post can also help the team for reference to any needed knowledge of the history of the Illuminati. Last minute plot changes could be made in reference to this post, e.g. small references to Illuminati events such as assassinations, disappearances etc.

In the video there is going to be a brief introduction before the music actually starts, to break the ice and introduce the narrative of the video. I've posted some videos below to show the way in which this is done professionally:


I inserted the entire video instead of tube chopping it because this way you can see how it works and relates to the rest of the video.

CCTV shot

i was thinkg about the possible idea of having a shot that looks like its being filmed from a cctv camera which amplifies the whole idea of 'big brother' is watching you. i think it would be a nice shot that would add to the idea of being followed and cant escape, similar idea to 1984.

this clip is from the movie red road which is also a similar concept of being watched.

narrative theories

Aswell as goodwin's music video narative theory(previously mentionedd in another post) there are other narrative theories taht can be applied within our music video

vladimr propp's character roles;- Propp sugested that there where 8 main character roles within a story:-


many aspects from different narrative theories can be used with our music video.

1.The villain — struggles against the hero.
2.The donor — prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.
3.The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
4.The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.
5.her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished.
6.The dispatcher — character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
7.The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.
8.False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess

some of these character roles can be applied within my music video.

The villain:- The main vilains in our video are the agents and the illuminati organization. they are trying to defeat the hero by following him and eraseing his memory so he cant achieve his goal.

The princess or the prize:- The prize for our hero in the music video is that he regains his memory and that is what he is searching and he has to over come the villain to be able to reach this prize.

the hero/seeker:- this is the protagonist character. Although not a traditional hero whos goal is to save a princess, he is a hero in a sense that he is trying to over come evil to get to his goal of freedom/greater knowledge over the illuminati organization.

tzvetan todorov

todorov suggested that stories began in a state of equilibirum which is disrubted by an event or chain of events, the problems are then resolved which creates a new equilibrium. this idea can be added to the concept of our music video

original equilibrium:-
our protagonist is living his life trying to discover the truth about the illuminati conspiracy.

Disruption:-
our protagonist has his memory erased by the agents in the organization

New equilibrium:-
our proagonist is trying to find a way to recover his memory.

Levi-strauss

Levis-strauss looked at narratives in terms of binory oppositions. this can definatley be applied to our music video as the heroes and the 'villaios' goals are completley opposite.

Hero:
-good.
-our hero's goal is to find the truth aboutthe illuminati.
-his appearance is very scruffy, very casual clothing.

in contrast to our villains:
-evil.
-There goal is to erase his memory and stop him discovering the truth about the illuminati.
-they appear very smart and controlled in a uniform.

Roland barthes


barthes suggested that there were narrative codes; enigma codes, action codes and symbols and signs. i think this idea is very relavant to our music video the idea of mystery and symbolism is key to the whole conspracy idea.

Signs and symbolism; throughout my video there are numerous signs and symbols that will be represantative of the illuminati representation such as the pyramids with an eye on top.

Action codes; used to entertain the audience. my video will contain many action codes such as the memory erase scene

Enigma codes; probably the most relevant idea to my music video as its about mystery and conspiracy. enigma codes will be used when ever the bands are in the shot as you do not see their whole face clearly similar to that of other music videos from this genre. the actually stroyline of the video is enagmatic as we are unaware of who the protagonist is, why they erased his memory or why they are watching/ folowing him.

risk assement

the following scenes and events in our storyboard are ones that carry a risk and i have evaluated and created a soloution to:



Holding the proagnist's eye open: in this scene one of my agents will be holding the main character's eye open, which could cause damage to the eye or the skin around it. Soloution: feedback between the two actors should prevent overdoing the scene.

Strapping the protagnist down: in this scene the main character is tied to a bed/chair and forced to watch a clip. if the actor is tied to tightly he may struggle to breathe of suffer damage to his ribs. Soloution: feedback between the actor and the people setting the scene up should prevent this by not tieing the rope to tightly.

Police attack scene: There is a police officer shown beating a man with a batton (on the tv screne in the hypnotize room). i will need to film this myself otherwise i will lose marks for someone elses footage, which means i have to have someone pretending to hit someone else with a batton. Soloution: For this i found a technique called depth of feild, which, with cetain camera angles, will allow me to make a realistic looking beating without endangering anyone.



Black cat scene: the cat is going to walk across infront of the camera, and this may require several shots and a lot of persuasion. if the cat becomes violent it could attack someone, having serious impacts.





Bath scene: my protagnist wakes up in a bath after the memory erasing scene as an intertextual reference to inception. this could be dangerous for him if he was to hold his breath for to long and pass out before acting his waking up, causing extreme danger. Soloution: he could have his mouth and nose faced upwards not in the bath to prevent the need of holding breath.


the chase and underpass scenes: these scenes require running in the road , i will have to be extra careful here, using quiet roads and being extra vigilent by looking out for cars to ensure that noone is standing around on the road and the amount of time spent on the road is very little.

The Agents;
-Black suit jacket
-black trousers
-white shirts
-black tie
-sunglasses
-shoes
The agents are being represented as figures of authority to the organization they are part of. The smart appearnace of their uniform suggests that they are figures of authority whilst the black suits and sunglasses suggest mystery making them enigmatic figures to an enigmatic 'illuminati' society.

i am going for a matrix stlye agent

The Protagonist;
-dark t-shirt
-dark jeans
-scruffy appearance
The main protagonist is a binory oppostion of the agents, very scruffy appearnace and looks to be as if hes withdrawn from society.

The Band:
-black shirt
-converse style trainers (black)
-dark jeans
-black guitar(guitarist)
the band are going to be dressed very sterotypical to the genre of music and each of the band memebrs will be very similar in dress code to make them a unity, theyll be wearing dark and have whitened faces this will make them look drawn and enagmatic as we have already decided that the whole of the bands faces wont be shown so the white faces with black clothing makes them stand out.


this iamge shows the kind of dark drawn look we are going for.

Police officer(re-worked):
-dark sleeveless jacket
-black undershirt
-black cargo trousers
-dark boots
-helmet with illuminati symbol
-police baton
originally the police man was intended to be a traditional american style police man however i changed this to a more powerful/militant looking uniform, making the officer a more ominous figure. i researched further into one of the comments made about the nazi uniforms made by hugo boss and decided that a uniform similar to that of the nazi's (jackets, helmets covered in the organisations logos) would fit in with the idea of the world being run by a single power. the kind of image we are going for can be seen in this photo however there will be slight alterations

25 word pitch

25 word pitch on Prezi

my pitch received a mixture of positive and negative feedback when presented to the class. the pitch was useful for bringing to light some problems that i might have with practicality such as my black cat idea e.g. i had not given much thought to how i was going to encourage the cat across in the direction that i wanted. other problems were also brought to light such as the very complex storyline ideas i have come up with recently.

narrative ideas

I started with the opening scene of the video, and I wanted an introduction to the video which is featured in some music videos such as when you were young by the killers etc. My introduction will consist of my protagnist being forced to watch images on a tv in a bedroom while tied to a chair or bed. in the room their would be 2 typical bad guys who are overseeing this taking place. i picture them to be representative of agent smith from the matrix. there would also be a woman in a red dress in the bedroom who would also be featured later on in the video. This woman and her later role is an intertextual reference to the matrix in general. at this stage in the video she would be less glamarous and possible be smoking when seen in the shot. one of the agents would be in some way making the protagnist's eye stay open, which would then swap to a tv showing several conspiracy related pictures and some random photos, and the word "forget". the final shot of this introduction scene would be the agents exchanging glances and then cutting to black.
the black would lead into the following scene of the protagnist layed in a bath. the music would start with the opening to this scene, and the main character would sit up gasping and possibly shaking. he will be full dressed, possible in work clothes and will be very confused and "panicy" when he wakes. he will get out of the bath, exit the house and begin walking to an unknown destination, seeing several things related to the images he was shown in the start of the video in the bedroom scene. from this point i began to consider the ending or the climax of the song. i made several plans, such as he sees one of the agents from the opening scene who winks at him and points toward his jacket pocket. at this point the protagnist looks in his jacket to find a weapon, probably a knife, at which point he sees a man who was in the video at the start, and starts uncontrollably running toward him with a killers intentions. when he catches the man, he pounces on him and kills him, and the dead mans wrist bears a tattoo of the illuminati logo on his wrist. the protagnist would then attempt to escape from the situation, when he is confronted by a police officer who stops him. the police officer place his in handcuffs and he also has the tattoo. At that moment, the officer who winked at him comes from round a corner, discreetley showing the officer that he also has the tatto

video analysis of the pretender

The pretender by the foo fighters is a very popular song about political unrest and people parties and governments making promises they couldn't keep, however the band stated they would like for people to have their own interpretation of the song. i think this song can relate to our own video in the idea of a conspiracy because it is about governments making fake promises to please people, and our video will include goverments doing things behind there peoples backs. other interpretations of the song could also fit with the theme of our video such as the fact the song is about someone or something pretending to be something it's not in general, and the so called Illuminati do not display their true nature to the public, or so the story goes. the video also fits in with this theme as i will show and annotate, and the video to me also shows some sort of organisation or government body trying to silence the band from their singing of the truth, which to me represents our protagonist in that his memory was removed so that he could not tell the truth of what happened, i.e. he was "silenced".

i have chosen this shot mainly for the lyrics rather than the videos reflection of their meaning. the lyrics in the section to me are all about the way in which the band or protagonist they represent has been "silenced" and put out of the way so that he cannot cause trouble or get in the way of the plans. the music is slow and sad and reflects this idea. in the beginning of the video we can see the lights switching on to reveal the band walking toward the set. Andrew Goodwin theory tells us this is illustrating what the song is telling us, and shows us that the band, which we now know represents our protagonist, are "shining a light on" the truth and illuminating total darkness. the Pitch black in the begginning shows us that the public or the viewers that the protagonist would be preaching to know absolutely nothing of the truth. We also see Dave then wrapping a bandage around his hand, which could suggest that he has been injured by the Government body that is opposing our protagonist, or it could suggest that he needs support in sending his message e.g. no one believes the protagonist because he is alone in his beliefs and lacks evidence.


This clip shows the entrance of the first police officer, or riot controller. Even though our video wont be showing the enemy directly, it will be hinting about it. the band and the officer are opposite each other showing they are both on different sides from one another, and the officer is in a black uniform, which tells us two things: it relates the person to the government, the enemy of this particular song, and the colour Also connotes that this enemy government body is black and this could suggest they are twisted or not what they seem - similar to the point about the pitch black at the start of the video, it suggests that the public know nothing of the true government at all. The video once again illustrates the lyrics: " what if i say your not like the others, what if i say your not just another one". even though this suggests that Dave is comparing him to someone else, a different part of the government or a different countries government, the point remains the same in that he is saying that the government body isn't what it seems, and the video illustrates this by introducing the opposing character, who in one shot is shown lowering his visor on his helmet. This along with his shield and uniform shows he is here to stop the commotion and stop the protagonist from spreading the truth. the lyrics also at one point say "what if i say i will never surrender"? this confirms the illustration that the protagonist is engaging the enemy in war or battle and wont stop until his message is heard by the people. Our music video will probably be less aggressive and the protagonist wont be trying to spread his truth, but it will be more about the aftermath of this story. lets say that the government body in this video succeed in silencing the protagonist, our video would be the following on of this when the protagonist goes back to normal life having been "silenced".

this clip is important because it shows the arrival of the other officers. in the last paragraph i spoke about the arrival of the first officer and how the lyrics said "what if i say your not like the others". the arrival of the others could suggest that the truthful and good governments our protagonist was comparing the original officer too have shown their true colours, and they are on the side of the original officer. before the band were outnumbering the officer, and now the band are highly outnumbered massively by the officers, which works very well in connexion to our video as some Illuminati believers insist that they actually control the world and the governments are just their puppets. The lyrics are the same as those in the last chorus, amplifying the message that they are not what they seem. The lyrics seem to now be grouping them all together, which could suggest for our video that the Illuminati are all together, and they all wear the same uniform which further pushes this idea. The lyrics previously stated that the protagonist would never surrender, and he stays true to this despite being massively outnumbered, and continues to sing. this clip in comparison with the lyrics only shows amplification and illustration, unlike the muse video which i annotated, which shown a lot of disjuncture. this gives us a wide spectrum for our video as videos of this genre show a lot of variation.


the lyrics in this clip are key to the videos meaning: Dave begins to sing "Who are you"? over and over, which is amplification. this shows a very key point to our music video, as our protagonist will be unsure of what is going on, and as we can see here the band has charged into it's enemy, finding themselves massively outnumbered and questioning who the enemy actually is. Not knowing who the enemy truly is is something i would like to put into our video, and is a massive part of the structure of the genre of conspiracy. the mystery plays a very big part to keeping the novelty and excitement of the video. when these lyrics are sung the officers all begin lowering their helmets, not giving our protagonist an answer and showing they are about to charge, which metaphorically could mean silencing them. even when the officers are beginning to prepare for the attack, the band holds their ground, showing no signs of being intimidated or prepared to surrender, which will inevitable lead to their defeat as their enemy is so powerful.

this is the final shot of the video, and shows the officers running in slow motion as the song slows down, almost like the band is preparing to fall to their enemy. When this slow part of the song ends, the big red object behind them explodes and sends red liquid shooting at the soldiers, connoting the blood that would be spilled in battle. This leads to the officers becoming blind and unable to stop the protagonist from spreading their message as the band continues to sing the same lyrics, once again showing amplification. the video illustrates the music, as the fast paced music explodes so does the big red object behind them. From my interpretation this would be representative of the public finally becoming aware of the truth of the "Illuminati" conspiracy at the last possible moment before our protagonist is silenced.
From analysing this video i have seen that we have a wide range of possibilities for our own video as far as Andrew Goodwin theory goes. this video is full of amplification, illustration and symbolism whereas plug in baby was full of disjuncture. this video has also shown me the way in which camera shots can help to keep the video in time with the song at fast paced times.

Music theory

Andrew Goodwin
Andrew Goodwin identified a number of key features which distinguish the music video as a form, before you understand his theory you need to understand some key terminology. If you click on the key terms you will be taken to videos which best illustrate these terms

Illustrate: Images used to represent the meanings of the lyrics and genre (this is the most common feature of a music video) this is very often literal.

Disjuncture: When the meaning of the song is completely ignored

Amplify: Meanings and effects are manipulated and constantly shown throughout the video and shown to the audience (basically repetition).

- There is a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contrasting the lyrics.

- There is a relationship between the music and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contrasting the music.

- Genres are complex and diverse in terms of music video style and iconography

- Record companies will demand a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist

- Voyeurism is present in many music videos, especially in the treatment of females, but also in terms of systems of looking. Some examples are screens within screens, cameras, mirrors, etc.

- there are likely to be intertextual references, either to other music videos or to films and TV texts, these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fans

Analysis of plug in baby music video

Plug in baby by muse is very Representative of the alternative genre i am studying. the video has a very haunting and meaningful feel to it, which is a similar effect that i would like to capture in the video.


This shot shows strange effects, almost like a visual effect on a stereo or equalizer. this distorted effect creates a disturbed feeling and instantly opens the disturbed nature of the song up to the audience. at this point in the song, there is a strange distorted noise building in the backgorund at the same time as the picture distorting making the music seem powerful and capable.

this shot shows the band jumping around and playing a quite high end looking home, which seems mainly to be in disjuncture with the song, not illustrating it. however the song and the video are related in the way that they are both sensless and seem to be representative of nothing. when asked, Matt Belamy the lead singer and writer said that he could not actually remember what he had wrote the song about, but rather that it had been a mixture of random thoughts in his head put alongside the chords and riffs he had written in the past. this shows that the video follows the tune and the music rather than the lyrics or singing, and is therefore not entirley in disjuncture with the song.



this shot shows after the band singing and playing a woman sat in a suggestive pose, which again seems to be in disjunture with the song. the shot emplys the male gaze theory, showing off the pose in 3 different shots, one of which shows her legs in an open position. this again supports the idea of the male gaze. Her clothing is also exposing a lot of skin e.g. her legs in the fish net tights. She also relates in a shot to chocolate box theory, pulling a suggestive face, looking directly into the camera, eyes slightly closed etc. this does not seem to fit with lyrics like the other shots, and the shot of the woman.

this shot shows female limbs without exposing the rest of the shot giving a weird, eerie and distorted tint to the video. the music has become calmer at this stage of the song and less powerful. the meaning of the limbs is unclear in my opinion but suggests something being hidden, or only part of something being scene. this fits very well with our conspiracy theme music video. Also, the lyrics at this stage of the song represent this idea: "i've exposed your lies baby, the underneath is no big suprise". this to me fits very well with our idea for the video, as it suggests people already suspect something is happening but their veiw has been obscured and as a result there are many different variations of the conspiricy. this is also what will be seen in our video e.g. some people actually believe the illuminati are lizard men.

The important part of this shot is after the build up in the chorus, when the woman bends down and puts the headphones on. When she puts the headphones on, showing us that she is listening to the music, her body seems to become distorted, which once again gives us a surreal and disturbing effect on the video and the song. the strange distortion of the body is very similar to that in the picture distorting at the start of the video. this could mean that the music has the power to change people, and could be symbolic of being able to change peoples feeling and opinions by listening to it. this also has a similar feel to my video because of my conspiracy theory video, which will also show the ability of conspiricy to manipulate people.

Mood board

my mood board for our music video consists of images of bands from the alternative music genre as well as fashions and lifestyle choices.The images also portray how i am going to represent my band members, Aswell as my moodboard containg images of other bands from the genre which will heavily inspire my video when i create my 'band members'. I have also inserted pictures from the idea that we had for intertextuality from other media such as the matrix and a clock work orange. i also inserted images that encoorperated the concept of my music video(fake moon landing and illuminait/new world order)as this ideaology is a strong concept in my music video as it fits in with the lyrics for the song.



in the animoto video ive used some of the key aspects from my original moodboard which can be used in conjuntion with my video to highlight key aspects of an alternative rock lifestyle( music, fashons and lifestyle choices) aswell as intertextual references i'll be using for my video (matrix and a clockwork orange.)

I have decided to make a video for Uprising, by Muse. whilst researching this genre such as nirvana, radio head, placebo aswell as other music videos from muse, i found that most videos from this genre have a lot of similarites; the three songs i chose to show where uprising-muse, just-radio head and come as you are-nirvana.

the first similarity i found was that all of these videos have an surreal feel to them used through the use of camera angles, setting and props.

nirvana:
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here the use of water coming over the shot which doesnt allow us to clearly see his face gives this shot a surreal/enagmatic feel as we cant make out a clear face in this shot.

muse:

in this feel theres a very sci-fi(dr. who/twilight zone), the camera tracking through a miniature town with 'fake' people gives a very fake,surreal and dream like feel to it.

radiohead:

here the create a dreamlike reality by having the camera tracking a man who seems to be alone which gives the video that surreal quality.

another common feature used in these videos from this genre was setting. generally these videos have very dark enclosed spaces and theres little light which adds a more sinister feel to the videos.

nirvana:

in this clip we can see that there is very little lighting in the room. th room itslef is squared giving a very dark and intense atmosphere.

muse:

although the muse video is in an open space there is very little lighting and also through the use of driving trough the miniature town gives a feeling of entrapment in a fake city.

radiohead:

in this video the idea of being enclosed is shown as we just see the man alone in the middle of a dark room which gives a sinister feel

and the most common featureof all music videos from this genre is that there are some shots of the band singing and playing instruments, whilst following some sort of story.

nirvana:

muse:

radiohead:


Goodwin's music video theories in the video.
the muse video involves andrew goodwins theory to illustarte as their video conveys the meaning of their lyrics, the song is about a fake world. There is a relationship between the video and the lyrical content in this video. there are lots of close ups of the main singer which can be seen in all of the other videos aswell.

the nirvana video is complelty in disjuncture with the music video as there is no stroy line that is followed and there is no relationship between the lyrics and the video, however i think that the due to the disjuncture this ampllifies the lonliness which the song is about.

The radiohead video has a storyline that amplifies the ameaning of lonliness and self destruction in the lyrics. once again in this video as with all the other videos there are many close ups of the lead singer and the band.

the genre of alternative rock is very diverse and can range from a more poppish style to a darker feel about paranoia or lonliness. the videos we chose have quite dark side to them howeever bands such as MGMT have a more poppish vibe to them