Luke Smith Film&TV BLOG

Filming music video day 1- Filming music day 2-

I will be analyzing one of my favorite music videos, this one being "Cry" By Michael Jackson! Music video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj3MfUR35C   The story behind the video is simple, which is why i love the message behind it.     The music video for "Cry" was directed by Nicholas Brandt whom had also directed other various work for Michael Jackson. The visual relationships with the lyrics include the Lyrics "You can change the world, i can't do it by myself", the visuals for the majority of the video show people in unity all over the world which can represent the fact that we are all human and that we all have feelings. The lyric also has a truth to it, this being that nobody can change the world for the good all by themselves. During the video, the people in the video begin singing and dancing along which can be seen as them all agreeing with the previous statements. The relationship between the music and visuals are quite vague...

The text seems to be blanked out for some reason therefore you will need to highlight it all.  My placeholder Music video Idea is based off of "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. Here is the base idea . Official music video-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU Unofficial Lyric video-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIW_Ca8OWTo Lyrics- Whoa, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh                      -  Scenic shots of trees and landscape Whoa, oh, oh Whoa I'm waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust               - Waking up in woods, extreme close-up of eyes opening,      I'm breathing in the chemicals                                                                  ...