Royz - 'Noah' Highlight

 

Once again, we see a dirty-looking room in a music video, ‘Noah’, of this genre. This time, the room looks to be that of the inside of a possibly-abandoned-warehouse, or a large garage/shed. The light, again, is entering the room through large windows. Other than that light, the room is rather dark -- this has been the case for the vast majority of the dirty-looking rooms that have been used in the music videos I have seen thus far.

The GazettE - 'Reila' Highlight

I really like the use of focus in the music video for the song, ‘Reila’, by The GazettE. Throughout the guitar solo, specifically, the shot constantly changes from in-focus to out-of-focus. However, this is not entirely (possibly not at all) done by using the camera lens’ focus tool. It looks as though the blurriness was achieved with the use of a post-production editing package. Adobe After Effects’ ‘Blur’ tools could have been used.

This effect is a simple effect, and easy to achieve, but it looks very nice and adds “texture” to shots.

(Skip to '3:10' for the guitar solo; finishes at '4:20')

Metallica - 'One' Highlight

I quite like the fading transition from the band performance to the narrative of the music video for ‘One’, by Metallica. Usually, the fading transition is used in film to imply that a somewhat extended amount of time has gone by, however, in this video, the fading transitions are more of a theme than an implication of time passing by as the fading continues as the music begins to increase its pace. At the point in the video that this screen-shot is at, the song is at a fast, low-pitched strumming section -- my track has a lot of this.

Alice Nine - 'Blue Flame' Highlight

The location/set used for the band performance in Alice Nine’s music video for their song, ‘Blue Flame’ appeals to me as the track that I have chosen has quite a “Grungy”, and “dirty” sound, and this set looks quite dirty. The set is an empty room with damp-looking grey walls; the room looks derelict and abandoned. Tall windows let the outside light from the Sun in.

The GazettE - 'The Invisible Wall' Highlight

I find the use of silhouettes in the music video for ‘The Invisible Wall’, by The GazettE, to be rather interesting. In this case, they had the guitarist standing on the other side of some traditional Japanese sliding doors, and added red lighting. They most likely did this to make reference to their nationalities culture, as The GazettE is a Japanese ‘Rock’ band. However, this is an interesting concept, and I could use silhouettes in my music video, but use something other than Japanese sliding doors.