Music video analysis

I like 'The Suburbs' by Arcade Fire because the video tells a story, although the video is actually incredibly confusing you get a vague idea of what is happening, from watching this video it's made me incredibly interested in the short film 'Scenes from the Suburbs'.
I like the way it was filmed, there's a lot of tracking and I like the way it's based around a young boys memories of summer and the innocent fun he had. I like the shots of the houses especially because normally when a person is shown looking distant or deep in thought they look in to the sky, this is just different and i like that it's not so cliché.

You can watch 'Scenes From the Suburbs' on Vimeo here




There's a lot I like about Lana Del Rey's video for Born to Die, firstly i like that half of it is filmed with a filter which kind of distorts the image a little, I think this adds to the controlling relationship shown in the video effectively. As I am a fan of Lana Del Rey I like her clothes and make up used throughout, they're very different to what seems to be used in the majority of music videos, for example her make up is very 50's looking and a lot of her clothes are certainly not styled from this era.
I like the lighting used from 2:00-2:18, I find the whole of this section is very moving, it shows both sides of dark and light.