Inspiration

Existing music videos

This video by the band Guns and Roses for the song November Rain is one of many inspirational videos that i have seen. It is a mixture of both Narrative and Performance and is also the same genre (rock) as my music video will be. The narrative is about a love triangle between the main singer Axl Rose, his bride-to-be and guitarist Slash. The lyrics of the song fit with the video perfectly 'nothing lasts forever, even cold november rain' links in with the narrative that the love Axl Rose's bride-to-be had for Slash didn't last forever. The performance aspect of the video shows the band performing on a stage, which is something i would like to include in my music video. Furthermore, the narrative within the video is mainly based around a love story, which is something i am thinking about doing for my music video, showing the relationship and heartbreak of the relationship. For example at 3:32 which shows a close up of the lead singer and his bride kissing, advancing the narrative, as the guitarist (Slash) from the video walks out of the church when this happens it suggests that they used to be romantically involved with each other and he is still in love with her.  




Another music video that i find inspiring is 'Love bites (so do i)' my the band Halestorm, this video is a performance based video which is shot in black and white. I feel like this song could easily be made into a performance and narrative video due to the lyrics in the song. The lyrics imply that the girl in the song can steal men from other girls such as 'i slither like a viper and get you by the neck, i know a thousand ways to help you forget about her'. The narrative could be a direct influence of the song title and lyrics, having the main character in the video as the boyfriend stealing girl that is sung about in the song. Furthermore, the lead singer of the band is a female, which is another inspiration as i would like for the lead vocalist in my music video to be a female as it is not often that rock bands are fronted by women.Throughout the video the main shots seen are Medium and Long shots which show the lead singer usually singing into the camera, looking at the audience in an inviting way for example at 0:15 within the music video. These are the type of shots i am looking to use within my music video as there will be a large emphasis on the lead singer. The lead singer also plays the guitar which is something stereotypically associated with males, showing she is challenging the stereotype as she is also dressed in a feminine way, for example at 2:21 shown in a medium shot.



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The images and videos used on this video were taken by myself when I saw the band featured in the video(Paramore) in 2010. I used videos and images I have already taken from a concert to give me an idea as to how the performance part of my own music video needs to look and how i need to get the people within the video to act.