Sunday, 19 June 2011

The reason in which I found this music video from 1981 interesting is that it includes a lot of the expectations of a music video from that time. Firstly, the video includes all 3 aspects: narrative, concept and performance. At the beginning we see Phil Collins fade into our screen which immediately tells the viewer that he is dominant and important and also that it is he that the video is promoting as well as his music. The superimposition edits of him with an image behind him suggests that his thoughts and feelings are of key importance because after all, it is his song and probably his concept for the video. Similarly, the narrative story played behind Collins ties in with the lyrics of the song, backing up one of the mentions in Goodwin's theory. Nearer to the end, colour is experimented with to give an edge to Phil Collin's frame dominating face and would have been seen as 'different' and 'experimental' in the 80's when music videos were fairly new. Overall, I think the music video is interesting because it highlights the change in music videos from then to today and also backs up some theory, therefore proving it true.

1 comment:

  1. And it shows you that you don't need to have a really complex idea to create a successful music video. How might you use ideas from this video in your own work?

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