Analysing Videos - The 1975 Girls and The Sound Performances

In the music video for 'Girls' by The 1975, the band performance really captures what we aim to achieve in our video. The band are enthusiastic whilst still looking 'cool' as is typical of the indie genre, they even go so far as to mock the video in an intro before the music starts saying that everything is "too pop". The way the band members interact with each other and use the space in these performance sections above is something we would like our band to be able to achieve when we film them. They are also all wearing black clothing which makes them look like a group and a collective. Although we can dress our band in black if we use a black background we will try and have a theme in all of their clothing.

In their video for 'The Sound' the performance is very strong. They put a lot of effort and energy into the performance and look like they really believe what they are singing about. They use lots of short takes and a very wide variety of camera angles and shots and movement, including lots of fast pans and use of the dolly. Finally, they switch between pink and white lighting throughout as pink is a colour associated with the band. In our video we will make our band give a high energy performance and perhaps use blue lighting to fit with the name of our band.