Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jul-15 05:59:04 UTC
-
@mrmattimation That's a tough question, because since music videos are already mixed media there are a ton of factors contributing to what makes them successful or not for a given person. Generally speaking (and this isn't some kind of universally applicable model and more of just some personal advice) the music videos that really work for me are the ones that expound on the ideas presented in the song, lyrically or otherwise (I mean this in the sense that a music video doesn't specifically have to tell the "story" of the song it's accompanying, it can also just be an interpretation of the specific prose the song is using or atmosphere the song is creating). Creating a music video is a lot like creating a regular short, but instead of a script you have music. A lot can still be told through visuals that is mere subtext of the music, and vice versa. The two can work in explicit tandem, but can also play off each other in the abstract as well.
