Influential Videos

There has been many music videos that have influenced my pitch and idea for the music video that I am going to create for my A2 media project. One of the main influential music bands that has really inspired me is a band called Seether. Seether are a grunge band that was formed in 1999. The band are a grunge genre band and have made many music videos through out their band career. The lead singer of the band is Shaun Morgan. The band uses the specific instruments such as the guitar, bass, drums. These are the normal standard instruments you would find in any kind of rock/grunge/metal band. This band has influenced me about my own music video idea because of the style they use. I believe that the lyrics they use in their songs are very emotional and you can relate to normal day life if you listen closely. For some people, this may not be the case. Seether have released a few albums since they have formed. The first album that they ever released was called Fragile and Disclaimer in 2000. Now I will show you some of the music videos that Seether have produced during their production of music video.

Seether - Truth (Karma and Effect)

Seether - Remedy (Karma and Effect)

I find that Seether have a really unique way of making their music videos. Some people may find some of the music videos "weird", but I myself find them interesting. Seether have won many awards even though they're not a popular band and well known by people. The awards they they have won are awards such as MTV Africa Awards, Billboard Charts and Media Base. When coming to making my own music video, I would like to include some of the theme and mis-en-scene that Seether have included in their music videos as I think it entertain the audience with something different and not the same as other rock grunge bands.

Another artist that has really inspired me and my group is Marilyn Manson and his style of music. Marilyn Manson is well known for his gothic and sexual videos worldwide. My group and I have been inspired by his style of music video, but we found that some of his videos were too explicit. Here is an example of Marilyn Mansons style of music video:

Marilyn Manson - (S)aint ( WARNING: Contains Explicit Footage)

As you can see in the music video, Marilyn Manson has used a lot of sexual movement, blood and dark colours which represents the gothic theme. There's also sexual movement of the woman on top of him and with the licking and kissing of the neck in the music video. My group and I found that Marilyn Manson was very extreme with sexual movement and voyeurism in his music videos. Even though I was inspired by his style of music video, I thought a bit too much was shown in the video (breasts etc) even though it had a strong sexual image.