Music video research 1

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Beautiful day-U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=co6WMzDOh1o U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). The song's video showed the band walking around in Paris' Charles de Gaulle International Airport, with scenes of the band playing on a runway interspliced with large jets taking off and landing overhead.ncorporate influences from many genres of popular music. This music video proves Andrew Goodwin’s music video as it has live performance, A relationship between the music and the video and also relationship between lyrics and the video.

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Beautiful day-U2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).

The song's video showed the band walking around in Paris' Charles de Gaulle International Airport, with scenes of the band playing on a runway interspliced with large jets taking off and landing overhead.ncorporate influences from many genres of popular music.

This music video proves Andrew Goodwin’s music video as it has live performance, A relationship between the music and the video and also relationship between lyrics and the video.

The Killers – Human

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZdjT1472Y

The Killers are an American rock band that was formed in 2001, by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards) and Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals). The music video for "Human" was released in mid-October 2008 and directed by Danny Drysdale.

The killers audience is people aged from teens to 50s. The majority of the age range of their audience is probably teens to mid-20's which like similar alternative/indie rock artists.

It features the band performing the song in a dersrted place (Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.) The portraits of the band drawn for the album by Paul Normansell are shown in the video, such as when the band members hold the portraits in front of their faces.

Various animals are also shown throughout the video, such as a tiger, and an eagle. It's been noted to have heavy similarities to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii concert film, such as the band playing the song in a desert landscape amongst various amplifiers and other stage equipment and mostly in much of the camera angles. The video ends with the band watching the sun setting in the desert, which turns into the album cover, also drawn by Paul Normansell.

Coldplay – Yellow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=1MwjX4dG72s&NR=1

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London.

The video was directed by British directing duo James Frost & Alex of The Artists Company.

They don't aim at any specific demographic. They have said they write music that they and most people love. 15-50 would be the most popular age for the bands audience. The music video was filmed at Studland Bay in the county of Dorset( South West England.) The video is minimalistic, featuring only Martin singing the song as he walks along the beach. He is seen wearing a raincoat with his hair wet, suggesting that it had just rained. The video is one continuous shot with no cuts. The entire sequence is in slow motion.

There is total normality though this music video I went on to do some research as to why it was such a simple music video if there was a reason it was like this and I found out that Originally, it had been intended for the whole band to appear in the video, in a sunny setting. However, Champion's mother's funeral was held on the day of the shooting, so it was decided that only Martin would appear in the video, which was also the immediate explanation of his mood during this part. The weather also opposed the original plan, with harsh winds and rain instead of the sunny day that had been envisioned. It had also been originally intended for there to be moving stars in the sky, as if in a time-lapse. The directors however agreed that the moving stars would distract the focus of the video from Martin. The plan of time advancing was still kept, however. The video begins with the beach being somewhat dark until sunlight arrives nearly at the video's midway point.