Research Into Other Videos

In my research into related music videos for the heavy metal/hard rock genre I found that they contain various intertextual references. Those references are outlined and discussed underneath their respective video; however, I have also picked-up on other uses of mise en scene and cinematography:



Slipknot's 'Spit It Out' music video references and parodies The Shinning - it copies the plot only make the most horrific scenes of the film, eg. Jack Torrance chasing his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, with a knife; and making them humorous with manic movement and strange costumes.  The humor broadens its appeal to another audience, offering them both self-satisfaction (from guessing the intertextual references correctly), as well as humor. This video also uses both live and recorded material, but both contain the band. Both contain discontinuity editing with repeated jump cuts, but also the live performance seems to have a low colour contrast.



'Honey Bucket' by The Melvins has a performance within a narrative; however, the narrative isn't clear and is also humorous with its zany, sometimes dark jokes - eg. they spend the entirety of the performance in a sheep pen (presumably in a slaughterhouse) only to end it by enjoying a large lamb steak.
   There is a relationship between the lyrics and the video because they're nonsensical...

   "Eight times of fel-an-fo-fi 
   Like cobalt cast and clean
   I got a mojo felt the wheel
   Real fashion feel
   Tri-Jack it, black it for more
   Handcuffs with special keys
   Triple locked and been down defiled   It's a V. S. I."



'Coming Undone' by Korn uses a high level of CGI (Computer Generated Images) throughout the entirety of the video.

In conclusion, I have found that music videos use a number of techniques to attract attention, including; intertexuality, humor and CGI. I can select and chose to use one or all of the above to broaden my audience and add to the success of the video.