ACT: The Killers
Track: Mr Brightside
Year: 2004
Genre: Indie Rock
Main Audience: M/F 15-25+
Director: Sophie Muller
Lyrics
Setting/ Location:
The main location is a cabouret + a stage (where the band performs)
The color scheme throughout is red+ gold to represent love and wealth as this song focuses on both of these themes because the artists is singing about an experience of his ex-lover cheating on him with another man (in the music video the other man is represented as wealthy and powerful- representative of the gold colour).
Another location found in the music video is when the couple is found outside by the bacony creating this idea of Romeo and Juliet as they are sneaking away to meet one another. (Reinforcing this idea of an affair going on). The color Schemes are blue + grey to create this mystery vibe as the visual being presented is a couple sneaking away to meet each other). However, the blue also connotes sadness as the girl quickly moves away from him reinforcing the idea that there is a barrier between them.
Performance:
Fx:
Director: Sophie Muller
Lyrics
Setting/ Location:
The main location is a cabouret + a stage (where the band performs)The color scheme throughout is red+ gold to represent love and wealth as this song focuses on both of these themes because the artists is singing about an experience of his ex-lover cheating on him with another man (in the music video the other man is represented as wealthy and powerful- representative of the gold colour).
Another location found in the music video is when the couple is found outside by the bacony creating this idea of Romeo and Juliet as they are sneaking away to meet one another. (Reinforcing this idea of an affair going on). The color Schemes are blue + grey to create this mystery vibe as the visual being presented is a couple sneaking away to meet each other). However, the blue also connotes sadness as the girl quickly moves away from him reinforcing the idea that there is a barrier between them.
Performance:
- Lipsynching + instrumental performance (conventional of Indie Rock genre)
- Dancing (ballet/ Contemporary) this goes with the narrative as it is told as a fairy tale and this style of dance is representative of a love story.
Fx:
Green screens have been used to change the location where the couple is found at. This is the most noticeable at the balcony scene from the video.
Smoke machines are used when the female protagonist is solo/ on the spot, to portray her as mysterious and the desired girl.
Mise-en-scene:
Props: Women are dressed in provocative cancan dresses (targeting the Male Gaze) Their makeup seems abstract as it's not done to represent them as elegant and attractive but more like clowns to reinforce this idea that they are entertainers, because the ambiance and the setting help strengthen this. (It relates to the song as its got an upbeat sound making it not sound depressing, although the artists is talking from a personal experience of his ex cheating on him. The clown like makeup is representative of the fun side of the song).
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