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It was hard to pick a particular favourite song or music
video for this however in the end I decided to go with the iconic ending of Fast
and Furious 7’s ending with the song of ‘See You Again’ by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie
Puth.
The reason this is my favourite music video is because of
its link with the film of Fast and Furious which created a very emotional end
to the film especially with the passing of Paul Walker who passed away in a
tragic car accident at the same time as the film was still being made. The Music
video from this song has clips from the film as well as clips of the artists as
well, this song gained a lot of popularity due its involvement with the film
and now has over 2 billion views on YouTube making it the second most viewed
music video on YouTube behind PSY’s Gangnam style.
The reason this song had such an impact on the film was due
its nature of the lyrics matched with the visuals as throughout the song at the
end of the film you can see flashbacks of Paul Walker from some of the previous
Fast and Furious films before eventually best friends in the film Paul Walker
and Vin Diesel split up and take different roads as they drive off into the
sunset making this one of the most memorable music videos for me and is
definitely up there with some of my favourite music videos.
My personal favourite music video would be ' Somebody Else' by The 1975. This is my favourite music video for a number of reasons. As The 1975 are one of my favourite artists this music video caters to me as a big fan of them. This is through the numerous references and throwbacks to some of their older songs and so I have a high respect for the length of time and detail that the band and the directors of the music video went through to make the video a more enjoyable experience. For example, having a sign in the background of the song which has a quote in french from their older music video 'Chocolate' which is only on the screen for about 1 second. I also like the tone of the music video and I like how there is a mixture between serious and comedy. I like how the song links with the video and I also like how the music video is fully narrative based as I personally prefer this for a narrative based song. It is also the last music video from the band's second album ' I like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It' which is an album which signified a big change in the band's style and I personally really enjoyed the album.
This will help us as we will be using some influences from each video into our work and we will be looking to recreate things we like in hope that our target audience also like them.
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