This video is a Hybrid Music Video; it contains elements of both a conceptual, performance and narrative music video. The music video demonstrates it's genres characteristics; rock, the video follows a typical rock style setup. There is an electric and bass guitar and parts of the drum kit in the background. Thom Yorke also wears a leather jacket which has always been associated with music. There is also a relationship between the lyrics and visuals; the lyrics are highlighted through images. When the people are asking the man why he is lying down, eventually they find out and as a result they lie down as well. It represents the lyrics of the song, as the song is basically highlighting the flaws within human curiosity. They are so desperate to find out and get increasingly out of control, it does not bother them that it's something they may not want to know. The band are out lookers of the event that takes place on the street. There are elements of their performance throughout as it switches back to the band. The tone and atmosphere of the visual reflects that of the music. The song changes tone when it's the guitar solo. It sticks to the concept of human curiosity, he continuously stays lying down. The narrative; will he finally tell them why they're lying down? And again, the fact it keeps switching back to the performance.
Panic! At the Disco- I write sins not tragedies
This video is a Hybrid Music Video; it contains elements of a conceptual, performance and narrative music video. This song takes place over the duration of the wedding. It starts "Oh, well imagine; as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor," this is the oblivious husband nervous before the wedding begins. He is pacing because he is about to get married not that he is worried his wife is cheating, then the exchanging of words. The husband overhears what is said and almost freaks out, "I write sings not tragedies" links to the wife's infidelity. The concept of this video is the fact that it's like a circus, his family is actually turning the wedding into a circus because they are catching on to the infidelity. Circus's are generally like families as in they are tight knit even if unrelated which is probably why it was chosen as such, the groom starts off with a split personality (himself and his conscience) so he possibly suspected infidelity pre wedding. The video follows a narrative as it is slowly revealed of the wife's infidelity. There are also elements of performance throughout. This video is quite typical of the punk rock music genre, what the lead singer is wearing reflects the punk look; black hair, eyeliner, obscure clothing. The whole video is rather strange and obscure.
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