The video that interests me to analyse is Coldplay's "The Scientist", which has a an alternative rock/ British pop genre.
There phrases in the song that connotes bourt going back to the beginning such as "Let's go back to the start" "Take Me back to the start" "I'm going back to the start" which shows that he wanted to go back in another moment when he was still happy, before his girlfiriend died
The video has good synchronisation even though, Chris Martin had to sing the song backwards in order for him to look like he is singing the song. There is only one instrumental section in the song and it is illustrated through the continuinity of the reverse narrative in which the audience would find out how the incident happend in the first place.
The record company might look at selling this track through the use of Goodwins Theory. The music video does include a lot of close up shots of the artist (which in thsi case would be Chris Martin, the lead vocalist of the band) because the focus would be on Chris because he is the face of the band.
The use of reverse narrative has been around since the 1990's. There has been music videos that has been used reverse narrative. One of the first music videos that have used reverse narratives is the song "The Second Summer of Love" by Danny Wilson
An enthusiastic start to you blog. I suggest that you pick one of your favourite music videos and analyse aspects of mise-en-scene rooted to Goodwin's theory of music videos.
ReplyDeleteNote in "The Scientist" the urban signifiers juxtaposted with the trackless fores. This is an example of Claude Levis Straus theory of binary opposites providing dramatic interest and conflict.
ReplyDeleteI mean trackless forest - my typing error may have caused confusion!
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