Starting to recently feel like the video is seen as an unnecessary part of the music experience. If you agree with that, you may have a point. Music does the talking and live performance supplies the spectacle, but it doesn't mean videos don't showcase great ideas. Music is used to add dimension to video, so there's no reason that, done properly, it can't work both ways.
Here will be a blog of video's I like, dislike or are important for whatever reason. Suggestions welcome.
Today's Like & Dislike!
Like
First video is for Lone Wolf's 'Keep your Eyes on the Road'. Familiar if you've ever seen this video
Goes for the aesthetic even down the 4:3 aspect ratio. 6 months to make and, this particular upload, has a criminal 7000 odd views. The song is a beast too. Love the fact they could have gone for a more straight forward approach to this, but nailed the feel of the song. Something about using stop motion manages to take melancholic elements of the song, portray them in a literal sense i.e the 'suicide' and yet takes an edge of the dark tone. Something playful about it I guess. Love it.
Dislike
Don't mind the song, although I don't know if it's because I'm a massive Leon fan and love the ending so much... It's just slowly morphing band members, done with 1/2 day in after effects and a stills camera isn't particularly inspiring. Might have well have stuck with this...
Guess this is half the problem. Looks like this was made by a mate as a favour in his bedroom. Nothing wrong with homemade approach but at least put some thought into it...
Anyway.
Like to think I'll get round to getting some thematic cohesion here. Otherwise, another day, another video with some possibly unwanted opinion surrounding it.
See how it goes.
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