Things My Father Said by Black Stone Cherry

i enjoyed this video because its a great song thats a tribute to the singers father who died, and the video is a tribute not only to his father but all fathers out there and how each and every one not matter how have an effect upon everyones life, the narrative follows the band as they return to there hometown, to the place where they used to practice when they were younger and how they spend time amongst there loved ones, it also shows the effects of fathers upon people and how much they each miss them, with shots of people who have lossed there fathers holding pictures of the fathers up or have an object that they hold dear to them because it was there fathers, they also show shots of the band interacting with there fathers, some performing peices of music with them, an indicator of how there fathers encouraged them to play music, the use of pictures of peoples fathers in the video of them holding the pictures or haveing the pictures laid out is very effective, and the use of the band with there fathers or with there friends is very good, the song is a tribute to there fathers and how people should stay with the people they love and care about and i think its shows this perfectly, the video is made using simple camera shots, with little effects apart from the camera effect where it appears to be shot on an old camera like a super 8, the target audience is for people who have lost there fathers which can range to any age, this is a beautiful video, it is heartfelt and a great tribute to all fathers out there.

Save Me by Remy Zero

i enjoyed in the video how during the narrative the singer is walking around normally but everyone else is in reverse, and how during the performance there are clips projected behind the band of disastors and animals fight and eating but they are all in reverse as well, as if the bands are the only ones who are normal, or possibly the weird people who are in reverse, but during some parts it is obvious that the lead singer is acting in reverse its being filmed and then played backwards, the singer acting in some parts just doesn't flow right, feels blocky and awkward, especially when he has the children follow him, the narrative follow the song lyrics, the lead singer needs saving, he is in a world where everything is in reverse, but one the other hand the world in reverse means that all the disasters are reversed so the people that it affects are brought back to life or saved, i thought bringing the children into the narrative was effective as the children are the future and will have to save the world effectively the lead singer is almost crying out for them to save everyone, the video is not massively adept as its simply shot and then reversed, the narrative very effectively amplifys the lyrics, they aren't literal but the idea of needing to be saved is very much amplified, the target is teenager about 14-20, to encourage them to work at saving the world, showing what a state and disarray the planet is in and how we need someone to step up and save not just the individual but the needs of the many.

The Past Recedes by John Frusciante

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i enjoy how the video is half performance and half narrative, the song itself is about the artists life and mostly the past and how it is gone and but not forgotten, the whole music video is filmed in the artists home, with him performing the peice in his living room surrounded by his guitars with his most iconic guitar sitting just to his left just in reach, through the video the narrative side has the camera following him around his house, showing a glimpse into his lifestyle, to everyday things like sleeping and tlaking on the phone to shots of his swimming pool and the view form his house in the hills above LA to his recording studio, at some points during the video the audio and visuals aren't matched up so the lips and vocals are out of sync and some shots are blurry and hard to comprehend, the themes throughout the song are about his past and how he is moving onward and forward to a better future, so the image of his iconic guitar next to him, the one he performs and records with when playing for the red hot chili peppers, and just the fact that it follows his everyday routine offers the image of a man living each day as its own, past froma life of drugs abuse, the location and the fact that his guitar are all his own and how is informally dressed, as if he has just got out of bed all add to the music video and the themes, the video isn't massively technically adept there are no blinding special effects are weird camera angles from a helicopter circling his house, the music video is like the song minimalistic, the shots are simple but very effective, and illustrate how in this instance how less is more, the video simultaneously contradict and illustrate the lyrics, the song itself is about his past and how he is moving onwards, there are no shot illustrating his past, even though the song is largely about his past, but they augment the parts about moving forward and how the past is exactly that, the intended audience is for fans of the red hot chili peppers, the older fans mainly who would be around 35-40 who know about the artists past and drug abuse, and the intense fans of the chili peppers who have read up about the band, all in all i think this is an extremely good music video which is paired wonderfully with the song.

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