The first piece of homework assigned on the A2 course for media was one of finding and embedding various music videos. We were given a site of mterial (Music Video Jam) to browse through and were asked to select three music videos of interest, explain why we have chosen them and embed them onto our blogs. All of the videos were acclaimed for being well-made and somewhat innovative, some of which being more peculiar than others. These are the three videos I chose:
http://youtu.be/Fk8qcGOtBFw
Having watched Predator earlier in the year, this particular video caught my attention, as the entire production is comprised of clips frrom the film that have been edited, reverseed and set to music. I found the video fairly amusing for the brief scenes of the enemy soldiers being shot that were re-cut into frantic dancing, aided by my prior knowledge of the film.
2: Gorillaz - Stylo
Having watched Predator earlier in the year, this particular video caught my attention, as the entire production is comprised of clips frrom the film that have been edited, reverseed and set to music. I found the video fairly amusing for the brief scenes of the enemy soldiers being shot that were re-cut into frantic dancing, aided by my prior knowledge of the film.
2: Gorillaz - Stylo
I first watched this Gorillaz video last year on MTV. I have come to expect videos such as this from Gorillaz from watching their back catalogue of similarly constructed films. The formula is of well-animated, fairly unique videos strung together by the loose conceptual plots of each album and starring the 'virtual' members of the band, 2D, Murdoc, Russel & Noodle. This video uses computer generated images alongside live action to deliver a solid entertaining five minutes of Gorillaz' music, co-starring Bruce Willis. To chose the video for the fact that I am a fan of both Gorillaz and Bruce Willis.
Again, I came across this video some time ago. I first heard about it via the video's viral spread across video & social networking sites and was blown away by it. The visuals are gripping from the start and thoroughly enjoyable.
