My Top 5 Modern Music Videos

5. Katy Perry Waking Up In Vegas - Dance Remix

I like this video as it has both a good sense of narrative and a good cutting sequence, sticking to the beat of the song. New shots are also included that were not used with the original video, these are mixed in with the original video shots to refer to the first video. I think the colors used are visually exciting and entice the viewer to watch on and listen to the track.

4. Killswitch Engage - Arms of Sorrow

I like this video as it is half narrative half performance. The narrative in the video is not necessarily supposed to make sense, but is interesting nonetheless as you get to see what is happening in everyone's normal life as the man falls to his presumed death. This, crossed with the energy of the band and there good use of slow motion shots in contrast with high octane band shots makes this video really pleasing to the eye for the audience.

3. Muse - Supermassive Blackhole

I love this video. The combination of the band playing with the strange figures wandering around and the creepy mise-en-scene make this a must watch video. The effects and lighting used are especially well as they add an eccentric aura to the video, making it alluring to the audience.

2. Fightstar - Never Change

This video is fantastic. They break so many modern rock video conventions. One of which, and possibly the most important is the introduction of female dancers preforming a routine while the band is playing behind them; placing the dancers at the forefront. The simple colours are well used and highlight the brilliance of the production as they do not need awesome visuals to make this video brilliant. The ending is fantastic as the girls drag the lead singer Charlie into the stage which becomes white liquid.

1. Paramore - Decode

This video was bound to be fantastic as it was part of the Twilight Movie franchise, the song was used in the movie as so Paramore were allowed to use shots of the movie in their video. They did a really good job, using the same forest setting as some of the movie is set in, in a half performance half movie style; this allowed them to add huge depth to the video. The shots used as very much like in the video, height difference shots and panning were used throughout the movie as well as a lot of close ups to show reactions of characters; Paramore replicated this in the video.