Music has always been influenced by politics, often being used as a form of activism. In this video essay, Hagen Maddock looks at some of the most vocal artists from the past decade and how their music video work reflects social and political issues in society.
Young video essayists comment on popular audio-visual culture. Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University and brought to you by Making Waves Film Festival.
Released Tues 16:00 4th Oct 2022
Music videos are one of the most watched short film formats nowadays. In this essay, Alice Dukes delves into the story of this subgenre of filmmaking, which some critics say has the potential to attach meaning to a song and increase the critical value of the medium. Alice takes a closer look to “Next to Me”, from Imagine Dragons – a piece that is the perfect hybrid of the short fiction film and the music video formats.
Young video essayists comment on popular audio-visual culture. Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University and brought to you by Making Waves Film Festival.
Released Thurs 16:00 29th Sept 2022
Are music videos limited by the nature of their format when it comes to telling a story? Does a music video undermine the song, or can it bring more character and nuance to it? In this short essay, Fergus McLean examines narrative-based music videos, paying special attention to the suite of videos from Radio Head. He argues that music videos are part of the storytelling spectrum and that when “these two art forms come together, they create something ‘more’”.
Young video essayists comment on popular audio-visual culture. Produced as part of the BA (Hons) Film and Television degree at Solent University and brought to you by Making Waves Film Festival.
Released Tues 16:00 27th Sept 2022