Music Videos List to Watch

Artist and Song	Features	Why should you watch it?
Blondie - Maria	Security cameras, night-visions, shots through videos	Because it works for voyeurism and shows techniques masking an older singers age
Darkness – I believe in a thing called love	Futuristic, cheesy, heavily costumed, deliberately poor parody of B movie	The style of the video reflects the style of the music, the band the Darkness is a parody of Glam/Stadium Rock circa late 70s
The Killers – Mr Brightside	Costumes, dancing, rhythmic cuts, a narrative, effective lip-sync	The mise en scene! And because trying to work out the narrative leaves you thinking and the band being both performers and in the narrative
Streets – Fit but don’t you know it	a narrative, unusual editing, twist on voyeurism,	For the great editing which not only links with the lyrics but also has a narrative – appeals to the typical audience
Bon Jovi – It’s My Life	Not going to tell you	I counted 20 techniques in this video, see how many you get.
Arashi – We Can Make it	Dancing, editing, limited mise-en-scene, total band image, costume, long takes	Because the Japanese practically invented band image are having songs in different language make you focus on the video techniques.
Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky	Rhythmic cuts, voyeurism, artist anonymity, dancing, futuristic, fragile objects being destroyed, sexy women, chase	Because it’s a typical dance video (as a comparison watch Sash – Stay or Mysterious Times) and employs a lot of the typical techniques (such as a pursuit)
Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground	Cuts between girls posing and performing, musical instruments, costume, voyeurism (sexy),	“We’re multi-talented, honest!” – a typical girl video showcasing their talents.
Apocalyptica – Life Burns	Fire, musical instruments, changes in focus, black, special effects, destruction – ARTIST IMAGE	Baby’s First Rock Video. It pretty much ticks every single box from the mankind causing destruction to the artists thrashing the rubbish out of their instruments.
Black Eyed Peas – Where is the Love?	Pursuit, news report style, hand held camera, question mark motif, the security-style mise en scene, a narrative of sorts, children doing the singing	Both it’s unusual for an RnB video in that it isn’t about material goods or violence – also very big on singing to the camera
The Fray – How to save a Life		because there are two versions and it’s worth comparing.
Mika – We Are Golden	Cuts, total chaotic mise en scene – various editing styles used such as reverse shots and slo-mo, not totally linked to vocals – ARTIST IMAGE	because it is not a narrative video and it is visually interesting to watch – it also is aimed at the 18-30 market who would recognise some of the visual clues.