Videos I admire

A music video I admire is 'Young and Beautiful' by Lana Del Rey. It is very classic and I like how a wide variety of shots are used on Lana as well as from the movie 'The Great Gatsby'. I also like the mise-en-scene - Lana is dressed very elegantly in a long, sparkly dress. It matches the song very well as it is old fashioned and very flamboyant. Her makeup is also very well suited to the song; she is wearing bold, red lipstick combined with sleek eyeliner and teardrops painted on to her cheek. The use of the orchestra is very effective because it is a signifier of the music that we can hear in the soundtrack. The video is generally very dark with colours of red, yellows and blues - all primary colours, which indicates that the video is very stylised and chic. I would love to create a video like this however I do not have access to most of the things that this video seems to boast - such as the lights, costumes and use of musical instruments to match with the music.





Another music video that I admire is 'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea. This music video is heavily based on the classic movie 'Clueless' which was released in 1995. A lot of mise-en-scene is used so that the video accurately mimics the film, and it was even filmed at the same school that the film was shot in! There is some dance as well as narrative as we see Iggy in the most popular scenes from the film - at school, in the car, during gym class and at a party. A wide variety of shots are used such as close ups of Iggy, and long/wide shots to show off all of the locations, costumes and props. I would love to create a music video like this, however, again I do not have the privilege of working within these locations or access to props. I do hope to keep my video as upbeat as this one, as the pace of it matches with the song - especially with the little dance routines and conventional mannerisms.