INSPIRATION FOR MUSIC VIDEO

Here are a couple of videos from a particular artist whose style of music and videos appeal to me, first of all Jack Johnson who would fit into the acoustic, folk and occasionally soft rock genre. This is an example of a couple of his videos which stood out to me.

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In the first video the effect which appealed to me as being a good way to open the video and introduce the audience to the music and the artist is this shot. This is due to the fact that it enables the audience to get to know the artist with the close ups in certain boxes and also see all the different instruments which are being played. There is also certain boxes showing a cheering crowd at his gigs showing straight away that this artist is popular. The continual close ups of the artist also enable the audience to notice his emotions and therefore notice the mood of the music without even hearing it.The cuts from him playing at various different gigs to him with his friends first of all enables the audience to find out more about him. I also like the shots which are done in black and white which I would find aesthetically pleasing to add in my music video as it often connotes a sense of nostalgia, the artist could be remembering a pleasant past memory which could then lead the listener to do the same.