All this looking through music video's for inspiration has made me become nostalgic for my old favourite. Although our lecturers probably wouldn't recognise it for it's lack of being innovative or experimental, I always loved the impact and simplicity of the video for Radiohead's 'Just', both for the perfomance and narrative (it was also filmed by my home in London). No post-modernism necessary, although a little hint of existentialist theory.
As for video's relevant to this term's project, I've been looking at video's directed by Michel Gondry, who's work ranges from visually unique (Kyle Minogue, 'Come Into My World'), creative and experimental (the White Stripes, 'Fell In Love With A Girl' - filmed as live action then recreated frame-for-frame with Lego) through to downright strange (Foo Fighters, 'Everlong'), all containing some of that classicly bizarre Gondry feel.
Another example of Gondry's video's relating to this project is the one for Daft Punk's 'Around the World', a carefully choreographed dance routine with seperate sets of dancers in costume representing each instrument, meaning the video is literally interpreting the sound that influences it.
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