This is the ideal costume I have chosen for the girl to wear. I did research into punk rock and often I found the girls wearing grey or black zipped and hooded jackets, black skinny jeans and black or grey plimsolls. The grey jacket gives off the impression that she doesn't try hard with her appearance, and isn't bothered if she impresses or not. The skinny jeans contradict the jacket by complimenting her figure, but the not bothered impression still comes off strongly. The plain black plimsolls are far from glamorous and do not stand out, which adds to the rest of the dull outfit and helps her go unnoticed to others.
Music videos often contain a number of different elements:
- Narrative
- Symbolism
- Performance
- Theme
Music videos:
- Visual equivalent to music
- Encourages repeated consumption
- Provides an open polysemic experience for the viewer
- Encourages identification or desire for the artist
- Are visually stylish/have an artistic mise-en-scene
- Contain a 'rhythmic' montage fragmented style
- Are fast pace
- Have an experimental use of cinematography/editing
- Intercut
- Often break the rules of continuity editing
- Use conspicuous lighting and cinematography
- They promote a particular song and usually an album
- Also promotes an artist or band
- Helps to create a 'star image'
- Entertains as a product in its own right
- Reinforces, adapts or undermines the 'meanings' of a song
Literal or Symbolic?
I am outside the music is slow at this moment, we want her to be calm and collected
And I've been waiting for the sun sunset
With my wide eyes close up of her eyes
I've seen worlds that don't belong parents arguing
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize close up on her lips
Tell me why we live like this her watching her parents argue
She has been waiting for redemption and she doesn't feel she belongs in this world
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers her hugging her boyfriend, crying in his arms
Tower over me
referring to God
Yeah
Cause we are broken flashback of her holding her boyfriends hand & her dad saying no
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole
she's sinned and wants to be forgiven
Lock the doors her locking herself in her room
Cause I like to capture this voice her on the phone to her boyfriend
it came to me tonight looking out her window at the stars
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights her under a red light
I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war the army in afghanistan
We live like this a man waving a flag
God spoke to her that night, and she now is proving to herself that she didn't imagine it. She's also saying we're at war with our society
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
Cause we are broken flashback of boyfriend driving away because her dad made him
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole
Tower over me boyfriend returns
Tower over me
She's asking God to always watch over her
And I'll take the truth at any cost she sings that to her dad viciously
Cause we are broken she sings whilst holding her boyfriend, they are happily "broken"
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole
