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Name of Artist: azaleah Song choice:  "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" - Tame Impala Overall concept of music video:  The music video cuts between the artist singing with a colourful projection for the background and 'another version' of the artist who is collecting flowers to give to someone and eventually gives them to them just to be rejected (whole plot line in reverse). Then the story aligns at the end revealing that the 'other' is getting rejected by the artist themselves. About the video and why it will work well for this song:  The main part of my music video will be a small storyline which is all in reverse, which fits well with the song as it takes the literal meaning of the title of "feels like we only backwards".  What type of genre conventions would we expect to see? What existing music videos or media texts will you be taking your inspiration from? I am taking inspiration from the music video "Breezeblocks" by Alt-j. The vide...

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack Massive Attack  Information A hip hop/electronic group from Bristol which emerged from the unique music and graffiti scene of the late 80s/early 90s. "Unfinished Sympathy" was their first ever single on a major label. Their founding memebers include Robert '3D' Del Naja, Grant 'Daddy G' Marshall and Mushroom.  The band's viewpoints, values and ideology They donated all proceeds from their 2010 EP to the War Child charity. In 2003, they paid for a full page advert in NME (Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News Magazine) to protest against the war on Iraq. During a concert in Istanbul, they had a screen which listed the names of protesters killed during anti-government protests in 2013 with the message, " Their killers are still out there ". Key points An example of a performance video as the main focus is directed towards the artist or band. The focal point of the image is directed towards Shara nelson ...

Burn The Witch - Radiohead Radiohead Information Radiohead are an English rock band first formed in 1985 and a s of 2011, the band have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Throughout the years, Radiohead have experiment with different genres of their music, such as: being heavily influenced by electronic music in the early 2000s, the drastic change in styles divided their fans, which is perhaps their success to their longevity.  Their views are q uite political and left winged, for example, during their headline set at Glastonbury 2017, singer Thom Yorke said that PM Theresa May should “ Shut the door on her way out. ”  and changed one of their lyrics to mock her ‘Strong and Stable’ slogan. Key points Allegorical conceptional stop-motion animation. Stereotypical small English village. All of the villagers follow a charismatic leader and do not ask any questions or raise any critical voices despite the attempted murder of an innocent man. The song and video warns a...