On the special day with visiting professor Ballinger, we saw
some amazing music videos. I believe that music videos speak more truly to an
era, a snapshot of the culture in a certain day in age. The day began with the
first music video aired on mtv. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” was
an iconic song that ushered the era of video entertainment. It set the
framework for many music videos to come.
It consisted of shots with dressed up musicians playing their
instruments accompanied by artistic, interpretive dancing shots. Giving the
video a feel of a long montage.
Another memorable piece was Carpark
North’s “Human.” This video was still pieced together much like a montage
although there was more of a narrative aspect to it. Even though the shots seem
entirely disparate, as the video progresses we are able to piece together their
character and their struggles to truly understand what it means to be Human.
Lastly, “Sometimes the Stars” by
Adelaide is a wonderful song that is accompanied by an animation as its music
video. It follows a girl in a fantasy world as she travels on a trolley. It is
very much a narrative. Without dialogue we understand the girl through the
song. Even though this genre of music is not my favorite, the music video
brought it up to the top of my favorites list. Definitely one of the most memorable days of DM 101.
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