A music video has the capacity to completely change someones mood by use of music alongside the use of video. For instsance it can tell a story whoch could be happy sad funny etc. An example of a happy music video (Just becuase it's a happy song doesn't mean I'm a fan...) would be The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars.
And a sad video for instance could be Dry Your Eyes by The Streets.
So a film with a scene that is similar to the ideas of a music video has the the capactiy to change the feel and mood of the movie. so they are a powerful tool when dealing with the emotions of it.
- Can you think of any other films which feature extended montage sequences that are quite like music videos?
There are hundreds of films with these sorts of montages most of which are ones which show you the star of the film getting ready for the 'final showdown' with something or someone, here is a particularly well known one:
But montages don't always have to be there to get you 'pumped up' and excited for the final part of the movie but a lot of them in fact have a more calming effect and can be much sadder, for instance in Funny People, George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is fighting an illness and his emotions are being brought through by the song and whats featured in it, sadly no clip was available on YouTube.
-Ayoade's 'Vlad the Impaler', to what extent is it cinematic?
This video is cinematic as it contains images that you could and would find in an actual film, for instance the blood and 'gore' seen at several different point is much heavier than one would expect for a muci video and perhaps the most I've seen in any music video. when it comes to a story it's limited to what we see from the beginning which is Vlad creating his weapon and from then on it's the same style of footage which is him chasing people and being stabbed, and lastly him surrounded by nuns with flaming torches which we can guess he escapes from as he is running around doing his usual afterwards. Although there is more of a sense of story as Vlad the Impaler was a real person who was the individual which Bram Stoker based his Dracual character on.
-Now watch the trailer for Submarine. Do you see any similarities in terms of visual style? Can you identify any stylistic or thematic motifs across these texts?
In terms of style one of the most noticeable things about the video was it's use of many different camera qualities ands styles between shots for instace switich from a normal moderrn day camera to a 'Super 8' grainy footage camera. Although this is just in the trialer in the film if it switches it doesn so for a whole scene not just every few seconds. Another main point is that most of the trailer is shown through a typewriter, for instance all of the credits are being 'typed' and every time there is a major shot change its the top slide being pushed back to create a new line. Also it's use of colors is shown as similar to Vlad the Implaer which mainly focuses of reds, whereas the colous of red, blue and black are highlighted in the trialer with such items as Jordana's coat and the blue of the shot where oliver jumps into the swimming pool.
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