Initial research, influences and ideas: Influential/Inspirational music videos

This is Gospel by Panic! At The Disco, directed by Daniel Cloud Campos

I like this video in particular because of it's chaotic camera movement, and fast-paced editing during the chorus, and it's change to being much slower-paced during the verse in terms of editing and movement within the frame, but chaotic camera movement is maintained throughout. 

The main reason I like the use of camera movement in this video is because it is used to highlight specific things such as the hands being place over his mouth, him being tied to the chair and the crossing of his arms over his chest before they put him in the coffin. 

The video is 100% narrative (with concept aspects as well, coming from the lack of realism and the way the video is edited and camera movement is used), so it's not entirely what I would want to do, but I would like to use some sort of camera movement or editing style similar to this.

Ribena by Pegasus Bridge, directed by David Ellison

This is one of my biggest influences. I especially like this video because of the quick introduction to set the scene; the teacher scolding one of the bandmates, and the band-mate saying 'do you really think I give a sh-' to be cut off by the music and a shot of them running in the halls, creating humour from the cut off of speech and also establishing the school setting and them running away from detention. This video is also a combination of performance and narrative, which is similar to what I wish to do, and I quite like the use of shot types at the beginning, the close ups of the keyboard and guitar, as well as the camera movement as it circles the band members.

Close up of drummer's foot at start of video

I also like the inter-textual reference to the breakfast club, when they do the dance across the bench mimicking that of the film, as it creates humour (as does the one wearing the wig and skirt) and is also identifiable and something that the audience can relate to. 

  

Camera circling the guitarist

The voyeurism created for the audience in the narrative is also something that I enjoy in this video. Through the use of camera positioning (we are in the middle of the action, and in one shot we are behind the characters watching as one gets pushed to the floor), this voyeuristic sense is created and immerses the audience into the narrative of the music video, despite the discontinuous editing removing a lot of continuity aspects.

Weightless by All Time Low, directed by Matt Stawski

I have chosen this as one of my influences mainly due to the band performance, the use of titles, and the camera movement. 

In this video, the band is very active on stage, and the lighting for the set is very bright, with the outfits being very typical of the indie-pop/rock genre. This is similar to one of my ideas for the band performance if I chose a song from this genre, as I want the band to be quite active during the performance. It is also similar in the way that I want my video to have both narrative and performance elements, both of which are present in this video, and there is slightly more narrative than performance, which is also what I would do. 

The use of titles in the video create quite a lot of humour, while the large text and font-style link to the band's album and general image. The colour scheme is quite bright and eye-catching, and link to the neon blue lighting of the stage, so it works aesthetically. The text included is also quite humorous, such as the one shown below, which would be good to build the band's identity as not caring too much what people think, which is an attitude an audience will expect from a lot of indie-rock bands.