Comparative videos

Before shooting our video, as a group we pondered what videos we could look at as inspiration before creating our own.: These were a couple of ideas we thought of.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz9xrYaPi1w

- i would like to have embedded the video into the blog, but however due to request from the band, the embed code isn't allowed to be distributed on YouTube. So therefore i woill just have to make do with a hyperlink.

"The View - Face for the radio"

When looking at this video, one thing that struck us instantly, was the use of lighting. Through the videos entirety, it's a black/white background. As a group, we liked this idea for our own video as we thought that it would connotate the depressive nature of our video.

Another aspect of this particular video we admired, was the switch between a narrative and seeing the band perform, which is something we tried to incorporate in our video. The band throughout shows there from what would be described as "youth culture", we see cigarettes, lots of alchohol (which looks like it would be left from a party or some sort) and the use of them wearing hoodies. All these abide by the stereotype of the "youth". We attempted to do this but by showing objects such as mobile phones, i-pods, which are references to "pop culture", in a bid to bid to show that are video is targeted for a younger generation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxR4AweLeXE

This video Is Ghetto Gospel by Tupac and Elton John. The reasoning we picked this song is because it presented the disastrous results of gang culture and hate. Although our video din't incorporate anything violent, it did present youth in a totally different way. Our main protagonist was a youth who was mild-mannered and more interested in waiting for someone than being violent.

We also looked at the use of timings, as it gave the videos narrative more flow, we decided to use it also adding an "earlier that day" when we first meet our main protagonist.