My Favourite Music Video

It was very hard to think of  my own favourite music video as a normally don't watch the video unless the song really impresses me or if i'm really interested in the song and its lyrics as I believe that the music has enough of an effect on the listener, but I forced myself to look at the videos of my favourite songs to see whether any really impressed me, and I have a few choices:

Imagine Dragons- Radioactive

 I especially like the lyrics to this song and have put this version up because I'm going to be comparing it to a cover of the song from Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix which I like a lot better that the official, but what I do like about this video is how imaginative and really creative it is. Although the video is very hard to interpret it catches the meaning/feeling of the lyrics, the mix of the innocent (various soft toys) and the corrupted (illegal fights) introduces a very important message also another message is that the seemingly weak can also have power and defeat the bad. Another impressive aspect is that the drums of the audio is in sync with the band members banging of the drum this also adds to the effect of the video as they are also captives in some way. In some ways I thing Imagine Dragons do portray the mood of the song but I believe this is one of there flaws because the video doesn't totally support the meaning of the song unless I have got the wrong interpretation,this is where the cover of the song from Lindsey Sterling and Petatonix has a better video. Imagine Dragons successfully carry's out the key conventions of a music video they have brief parts of the singing that shows the band members singing this leads me to believe that they are lip synching and they carry this out successfully but they well may be singing the song, the use of musical instruments that are in the song like the drum  increases the idea that they are singing

Imagine Dragons is very popular as this particular song has been used for the distribution of many other media products such as games e.g. Assassins Creed and films/ television series such as The Host (2013), therefore it has been heard by many globally,  The band Imagine Dragons belongs to the indie pop, alternative rock and pop genre. Imagine Dragons is signed by Interscope Records and KIDinaKORNER

Imagine Dragons Cover- Lindsey Stirling+ Petatonix 

There is an obvious difference between the two versions, this could be due to the second version being a mix between a cappella and instrumental but is also lip synched. The main reason I prefer this version of the song is because the video seems to relate and fit with the theme of the song better than the original, this may be purely due to interpreting the meaning of the song but I believe that the effect of the song is expressed through this video better than the other. One thing that definitely contributes is the Mis-En-Scene, the setting of the video is very interesting as it supports the idea of wreckage and corruption, as does the make up and costume design, both make the singers seem like Nomads or victims, this is a very different approach to the original, for me its simplicity works better than the originals complicated plot. Petatonix pre-recorded there cover of the song therefore the video is lip synched, but without watching behind the scenes I would have believed that they were singing, the instruments were played live in the setting but was probably covered with a layer of pre-recorded instrument music.

Lindys Stirling is a violinist, performance artist and a composer, she is well known and popular due to her attempt at Americas Got Talent, but is not globally known, she has been associated with genres such as classical, classical crossover, hip hop and electronic but lindsey is also trying out dubstep, and is unsigned. Petatonix is a a cappella group who is associated with a cappella  and electronic music, they are well known in america from a series called The Sing-Off but they are not known globally, they are signed to Madison Gate Records.








Extreme- Rest in Peace

Although this is an older band and the song was released in 1992 with older technology I think Extreme have pulled off the concept and the overall performance of the video. This music video was inspired by the film neighbours by Norman McLaren, as the video is very similar to the plot of film, Extreme was made to change it to a purely white screened video. the video is good as it compliments the song as they both support each other, the mood and image of the video is successful as whenever instruments are used you have the view of them and even if the lip synching isn't the best it doesn't matter because the energy of the video.

Extreme is a band consisting of 4 members, they are associated with Queen and Van Halen and belong to the  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Funk Metal and Glam Metal genre. Extreme belong to A&M label. Extreme first started to make music in 1985 and then stopped in 1996, after 8 years they re-grouped and currently are making music.