An analysis of an indie music video

The Kooks- Naive

At the beginning of this video it starts off very symbolic of indie videos as it is in the street near a brick wall, a lot of indie artists do this. It starts off very dark and unhappy. The song is about them singing about girls this is also very symbolic. The main focus of the video is of the main singer Luke, he is always very central. He looks very Indie by his clothes and long, scruffy hair. His house looks very basic and simple which helps us to relate to him more as he looks more down to earth. It is a very basic video this may of been because indie artists are quite low budget. He does not get any attention he is just acting like a normal boys in his twenties.

The Kooks- Seaside

This video is done in black and white which i think works really well and would like to do that for our own video. It makes everything seem quite vintage and retro. It then focused in on the main singer playing the guitar, but draws more attention to the guitar because it is in color. This is very symbolic to indie music as they always have a guitar. They are also in the street which is very symbolic to indie music.

Ideas


So far from doing research i have a few favorite ideas. Firstly i would like my actors to be typically indie dressed with indie hair. Secondly the video to be in black and white. Thirdly they need to have a guitar is a nice rural area.