Other Influential Texts

Evanescence -My Immortal

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the long wavy hair, the natural looking make up the white lacy dress, the black and white effect

and the fact that they used a female artist. This video shows how important it is for the emotion to look real and what camera angles and shots can be used to amplify this. Because the song is slow the shots are quite long but the movement of the camera (panning, zooming and handheld-like shots) combat it looking uninteresting and static.

Paramore- Brick by Boring Brick

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the white lacy dress, the location, the natural looking make up, the fantasy aspect and the camera angles that capture emotion well. This video uses a lot of editing in terms of colour to make it look 'unreal'. We won't be using this effect but it did give us ideas about our what effect we will use.

Flyleaf - Sorrow

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the white lacy dress, the dark look, the close ups, the band shots and the fantasy element. This video shows how a narrative and performance shots can work together. It also uses emotion well and gave us ideas of how to create an atmosphere using lighting.

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are how the camera captures emotion using close ups, the colour and lighting effects, the white lacy dress, the grunge boots and how the story and performance shots intertwine. The fashion that we want to use for our video was heavily based on this video. Also we want to use a similar kind of lighting and colour effect for our video to make it look 'gloomy'.

Automatic Loveletter

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the black and white effect, the natural make up, the portrayal of emotion and the camera angles. Because the narrative of this video is very simple it means that a lot of focus is put on to the emotion of the character. We like this idea and will try to create a similar effect in our close up shots.

Taylor Swift - Love Story

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the lacy dress, fantasy element, the location, the hair and the natural make up. This video shows the performance shots and the narrative shots coming together at the end. We want to use this in our video so it gave ideas of how to do this and how to build tension so that the end of the video is like a climax.

Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the make up concentrating on eyes, the dress, how it shows emotion, the hair and some of the locations. This video mixes a narrative with unrelated performance shots which lets us know that it can work without becoming confusing for the audience. Like in our video, the lyrics fit well with the video. 

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the camera angles and shots

the make up, the hair and some locations. This video uses a lot of close ups on Ellie. This shows us how we can play to the camera and what looks good in terms of framing the shot.

Ellie Goulding - The Writer

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the dress, the hair, the location and the make up. This video uses a lot of shots of Ellie singing which focuses on the emotion of the song. It also uses a panning shot at 0.44 that we would like to recreate in our video.

Birdy - Skinny Love

The things from this video that we want to use or are inspired by are the natural make up, the hair, some locations and the dress. the lighting and colour effects and used in this video are very similar to what we want to use. It gives an atmosphere that fits with the lyrics and meaning of the song.