Alternative Rock - Music Videos

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Coldplay - Clocks

This music video's image fits well with genre the music actually is. The video starts off very dark with some beams of light shining through  to make it seem eerie and different, with this genre you often see things like dark lights so this works well. Once the music has started you can see that the band are on the stage performing to a crowd which is also very common with Alternative Rock music videos as they are showing that they are 'real' and that their music is real rather than having a video with a story instead that is shown while the music is played along to it. The lighting throughout the video stays quite dark but the colours change, so there is dark blue lighting at one point but then it changes to a dark red then green. I have noticed that there is a lot of focus on the instruments because they are a very important part of the music than just the lead singer. The clothes they are wearing are fairly plain, they appear to be dark but that could be down to lighting, and very casual, the clothing doesn't directly fit with the typical style of Alternative Rock however they are dark and not following the route of popular clothing.

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Green Day - American Idiot

This music video is similar in some ways to the Coldplay, obviously the music is fairly different but they still do class as Alternative Rock because it is such a broad type of music. I think the angle the cameras are pointing at the band emphasise their image, for example there are a lot of low angles/worm's eye view shots, these are probably to make the band seem more intimidating or important. The colours in the video are all quite dark, like the Coldplay video, and even though two of them are wearing ties, they don't look smart. The colour of the clothes being worn by all three of them are mainly black but there might be a small bit of colours, such as red or grey. Also, I've noticed they all have tattoos which is common for people that are involved in this genre and the lead singer is also wearing a lot of black eye liner, which is uncommon for men but this makes them different to other bands or artists as well because they are doing things their own way. The lighting and colours in the video are very dull and dark which is common for Alternative Rock.