In class we have discussed and watched examples of the different styles of music video; for example following a story narrative, or being performance based etc. Today we were shown the video for 'Can't Stop' as an example of an 'experimental' music video, which is means one without any distinguishable direction or narrative - or more simply defined as random.
This is similar to our to idea in that our video will not follow any particular narrative structure, we will have slight character definitions - the contrast between the positivity of the female character and the negativity of the male character - but there's no real story or relationship established. Our video genre is definitely more in the direction of experimental and alternative than anything else.
We really liked lots of elements of this video and some are similar to our initial ideas. The video is based in seemingly one open space, e.g. studio or warehouse, with various random objects and members of the band interacting with them in whatever ways they felt like, not relating to the song in any logical way. Although we've drawn lots of our shot ideas from some words in the lyrics e.g books, discs, darkness etc - the overall finished piece I believe will have quite a random feel - as intended from the start. We plan to base our video in an open white space, preferably a studio, but due to a non existant budget will we have to find an alternative space to use. This use of plain background I believe causes the attention to be solely on what set and props are featuring in the shot, rather than where they are, why they're there or any deeper reading than the surface appearance - even if that reading doesn't make sense - that is the point, I think, of an 'experimental' and 'alternative' music video.
Below is the music video, however the embedding rights are quite unpredictable and sometimes seem to let it play and sometimes don't.. so if the video seen below does not play, click here to visit the official YouTube broadcast.
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