Researching Influencing Music Video's.

Since choosing my music track "You're The Enemy" by Mirrored Theory, the next step is to research ideas that could help influence me into the filming. My first step into my research is to look at music video's which have the same genre of music to mine to see what kind of idea's and narrative story lines they include. My music track's genre is Drum & Bass, so I shall be researching British music producers and music video directors that focus on this genre.

Example - Watch The Sun Come Up (Devil's Gun Zeitgeist Remix)
Director - Ben Newman (2009)

This music video provides the audience with an Urban Mise-en-Scene, which is popular for Drum & Bass music videos. There are many landscape shots, shot using wide angle, panning & tracking. There are 3 main characters with 2 not coming in until half way through the video. The costumes used in the video, fit the stereotypical people who would listen to this music and would work very effectively in my own music video. Dancing is also a huge part of the music video and works well in this, with the main character dancing to the beat of the music.

DJ Fresh - Louder
Director - Ben Newman (2011)

Another music video that was directed by British Music Video Director, Ben Newman. This has a very different mise-en-scene, but works very effectively with the flamboyance that this video provides for the audience. It has a non conventional storyline, but as the music track is related to Drum & Bass, it's storyline features sports & hobbies of the stereotype's of the people who would listen to this music. It's an up-beat track which helps emphasizes the energy the characters are putting into the skating, biking & blading.  

Chase & Status ft. Plan B - End Credits
Director - Kim Gehrig (2009)

This is a very dark music video which tries and represents British gang culture. We come back to Urban Landscapes of subways, undergrounds, streets & buildings with most of the footage filmed in the dark. This could be a problem for me if I cannot get my hands on the correct lighting equipment. The Film Harry Brown features in this as well as the actor Michael Cane which helps promote the music video as well as using the storyline of the film to create this music video.

Magnetic Man ft. John Legend - Getting Nowhere
Director - Diamond Dogs (2011)

This is my favorite music video of the 4 and would be one I would get a huge influence off. It's another music video filmed during the night but light that is shown has been edited to make it brighter. If the audience hasn't researched into the music video itself, they would assume that this music video would be non-conventional, but when I researched into the video, I found out it has a HUGE meaning, using British gang cultures on bikes and representing them as the 'BMX riders of the Apocalypse'. The narrative creates an enigma code which I would like to make in my video.