2. Impressionist music
videos
An impressionist music video can be used to make the audience/
viewer feel a certain way and will use seemingly unrelated, random
and peculiar shots to express the themes of the video. However the
shots will often relate to the current lyric in the song when the shot
is shown. The shots could include people, scenic locations, everyday
objects to more obscure objects and abstract features. There will
usually be a particular theme of synergy which will connect the
unrelated shots together. For example Jay-Z music video ‘On to the
next one’ uses synergy in the way of three. The number three is very
appropriate as it links to the name of the artists, Jay-Z’s album; The
Blueprint 3.
3. Impressionist shots
When creating my own version of impressionist shots I decided
to focus upon a theme of love with the synergy theme of red.
Each shot presents a symbol of love that can tell a story. The red
as a representation of passion vividly stands out to emphasize the
power of the emotion. Although each shot links together through
the main theme they all have their own focused genre within the
original theme; whether this be passion, romance or sensual.
