The Drums

Here is "The Drums" video for "Let's Go Surfing".

This video is very simple and would probably be too basic for a coursework piece at A2 because it only captures one camera angle. It shows that making a music video to this type of music is infact do-able because this official video does not have much to it regarding mise-en-scene, etc.

And here is Katy Perry's "California Gurls" music video:

This video is from a completely different genre, pop. There is a blatent difference between these two videos as it would be extremely difficult to make a music video of the standard of "California Gurls". There is lots of Mise-en-scene and superimposed images in the video. The costumes would have cost a lot of money, unlike "The Drums" in their music video who are wearing everyday clothing. Pop artists are often signed by major labels and can achieve success with more ease than artists on an independent label.

These two videos show the contrast between what some indie rock videos may be like and what some pop videos may be like. There is an obvious difference between the two and which would be more possible for students of an A2 standard to make. I chose to research the indie rock genre because of this reason and although not all indie artists have music videos as simple as this one, they do tend to be more do-able than perhaps a pop video.