Evaluation of Music Video Analysis 1-5

The Videos I chose were genred around Rock, Punk, Pop-Punk (etc) themes, which relates to the music that I personally like. This, I'd greatly like to involve in my own final product. HOWEVER, this is not to say that I'm only going to be looking at only these genres, as my view may change over the coarse of my research, production and other preparation stages, going up towards the eventual creation and evaluation of my final product.

1: "Walking Disaster" by "Sum 41"
Evaluation:
This song, is a personal tribute to it's lead members past. Presenting their fans with emotional information, performed within a unique way. It's a nice idea to follow an item, such as a toy, or other object, as this saves having to write out dialogue (actions etc) within a script, and can simply control the movement of the object itself. This can also lead to represent inner meaning because of the appearance of the object, etc.

2: "Move Along" by "All American Rejects"
Evaluation:
Posted as an "Anti-suicide" video. This artistically heart-warming piece allows it's symbolism to connect to a wide variety of audiences by having the simple concept of having one person swap clothing, as to then represent different people. This'll save having to get more people involved, and can be used to devise more interesting aspects.

3: "I Can Talk" by "Two Door Cinema Club"
Evaluation:
The mainstream example out of the 5, this song portrays how lead man, "Alex Trimble" has gained the right to talk within hard relationships, that being from girls to companies, etc. This is very similar to "Move Along'" portrayal by having someone change clothing, this'll be hard to set up, as I can't simply obtain an entire room filled with clothing. However, I liked the concept of "how" they changed the clothing, the effects used I'd like to portray in my own video.

4: "Sugar, We're Going Down" by "Fall Out Boy"
Evaluation:
Extremely different to the others, this follows a story pattern, where the song partially links in to what is happening. This concept is usually used in most videos, for instance following a couple, character or (like "Waling Disaster") an inanimate object/character etc. This I shall have to DEFINITELY consider for my own video, especially with the wacky and strange concepts that I can device for the plot (like their half deer man idea).

5: "Kings and Queens" by "30 Seconds to Mars"
Evaluation:
Due to the lead man: "Jared Leto" having been associated in the film industry, most of the bands music videos are comprised rather like "short films" rather than the common music video. Their epic and globally aware campaign featured videos are rather a stretch for me to achieve at this level of work, yet incorporating the simple ideas that have been presented to me through the other music videos that I've analysed shall help me to produce a video that not only has the sweet simplicity and design as the mainstream products, BUT also the depth and inner meaning that "30 Seconds to Mars" strives for in their own videos.

OVERALL: These videos are a great FIRST example for what I want my video to theme itself around. This has made me focus upon the scale of my video, the amount of people that I shall involve, and the emotion and symbolism that I shall eventually want it to portray.

WHAT NEXT: I hope to produce more analysis upon other (not so much well known) music videos as to further the spread that shall be apparent to me when making my final product.