Tuesday, March 11, 2008

project proposal

While i am really unsure as to what i am going to analyze, i have a great interest in analyzing a music video from a band that i have recently grown to love - Coheed and Cambria. This music video portrays their latest single, "Feathers". Coheed and Cambria has been known to construct some very interesting lyrical pieces. Interestingly enough, all of their songs have strummed along to a comic book they have created. Coheed and Cambria have their own style of "rock" music and produce very unique rock anthems. The unique and fresh musicality of Coheed and Cambria provides musical videos with interesting story plots and "Feathers" is one of the more fascinating videos Coheed and Cambria has to offer. The video is sat back to the 1950s and coheed and cambria are presented as the common "delivery men" : milk, meat, mail, etc,etc. They all get invited into this women's house. Apparently, the family is all out of food so she decides to eat the members of the band. But as the lyrics go along with the video...interesting connections are made. Thus, i hope to try and successfully take bits and pieces from the video and relate them to the lyrics and see what they band/lead singer is trying to convey. Also, to show how such a video portrays the lead singer's/band's view towards women. Of course, i will answer the questions why do i think this video was made in such a way, what is being conveyed, when was the video taken place, etc, etc. I may possibly even compare this video to other previous videos to nit pick at common trends and whatnot.

Should i stick to the one video
Or should i do an assortment of videos??

2 comments:

gheene10 said...

I think music videos are a great thing to analyze. These days most directors try to go outside the box and do more than just tell the story that's told through the lyrics. It might be a good idea to try and go through and compare how the lyrics match up to the video

Andrea Stemaly said...

I think with as much detail as you can go into with just one video, focusing on more than that may make it unfocused.