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Thursday, July 1, 2010

My favorite music video of all time

My favorite music video of all time is "The pretender" by a the American alternative rock band the "Foo Fighters" The music video shows the band performing the song in an airplane hangar with many strip lights on the ceiling. Behind the band is a large red screen, which is thick and solid. The band is then faced by what appears to be a riot police officer, who stands behind a black line on the floor. He has the number 21 on his bullet-proof vest. As the song progresses, he is joined by more riot police officers, and a panning shot shows us that to his left, the numbers on the officers' vests descend all the way to "05". Assuming that there are the same number of officers on the man's right side, it can be gathered that there are 41 officers overall. As the quieter bridge begins, the video slows down as the officers charge at the band. Just as the band repeats the song's louder chorus, the screen suddenly explodes and a red liquid pours from the red screen overwhelming the police officers. The band is effected much less and they are seen holding there ground. At the end of the song Dave Grohl is seen smashing his guitar on the ground as the song then ends.

The reason why this is my favorite music video has three main points that I like. The first is that I enjoy listening to the song and it is one of my favorite songs. The second and third reasons are that it is very unique and it surprised me because it has no storyline and the events that happen are very random EG: There are 41+ riot patrol officers that line up and attempt to take out a band of 4 members. Another example is the Solid red wall behind the band the first time I viewed this music video I did not expect it to explode like that.

1 comment:

  1. given that u intend a short film - please bullet popint any concepts/stylistic conventions/camera angles that u would like to translate into ur short film...

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