This music video by the band "Dye" pushes boundaries in its imagery and themes. It features shots of nude and distressed girls meant to portray feelings of not fitting in. Strange deformed creatures representing how the band sees certain humans as monsters are shown attacking the main character. Throughout, slanted camera angles and a building sense of tension and unease are used to give the video an unsettling horror film aesthetic and leave the audience questioning what will happen next.

1. Thismusicvideoisan alternative,synthesiserbasedsongbythe band“Dye”and it iscalled
“Fantasy”I will be takinga lookintothe techniquesused.
The video,aftera shortintroducingsequence, startsoff withagirl withherpants downandthen
tellsuswhatthe song isand whoplaysit.The screenpausesatthismomentwhichtellsusthatthe
bandand musicvideoisnotafraid toshow nudityand pushboundarieswhichmaytargettoa
rebellious targetaudience.

2. Anothershotisfocusedonanothergirl withthe boyin the shadowsandthe lightpredominantly
facingher.Thistellsthe audience whotofocuson andsignifiesherimportance asa character. Her
arms are crossedandshe looksunhappy.Thismaytell usthat she is uncomfortable orthatshe feels
different.Feelingdifferentisacommontheme inalternative musicbecause itcancorrelate with
howthe audience feels.
In thisshot,the girl is presentedasafraidandalone.Thissdone by notbeingable tosee herface,
hershadowbeingbiggerthanher,and her beingoutof the shotslightly;emphasisingherdifference.

3. Thisshot isslantedtogive a feelingof uneasinessandshe ispresentedasthe smallestone inthe
shot.Thiscouldrepresentthatshe doesnotfitin withthe othersbecause she isnotequal with
them.Her face showsangerand isslightlyhiddenbyherhairwhichshowsdistress.
Charactersare deformedandare not humans,thiscouldshow how differentthe musicvideois
whichemphasiseshowthe bandare not afraidto pushboundaries. Camerasslantedagainwhich
givesoff the impressionthateverythingisn’tok–uneasiness.

4. Creature hashuman featureswhichcanbe usedto representhow the bandseescertainhumansas
monsters.So,the bandmakestheirpointbyshowingtheirhate towardspeople whichfurtherstheir
desire tobe differentwhich,again, canconnectwiththe audience.
Nextshotfeaturesgore withsexual appeal init.These twothingsshould,notoriously,notgo
togetherbutDye pushesore boundaries.Creature attackshumanwhichanrepresenthow the band
feelsattackedandtherefore different,orthatthe band can attack otherswhichmakesthe band
seempowerful.

5. All shotsfromnowon are slantedtoemphasise the dangerinthe situation.Girl hastearsstreaming
downherface and wantsto getout,this can builduptensionbecause the audience will question
whethershe will getout.
Thisshot isquickand soonpans off the creature’sface whichisa technique inhorrorwhere theywill
not showall of the ’monster’because theywanttobuildtensionforthe audience.Therefore,this
musicvideohascorrelationwiththe horrorgenre.
As the musicvideoprogresses,the creature becomesmore andmore grotesque.Thistechnique
buildsuptensionbecause the audience wondershow muchmore grotesque canthe creature get,

6. thismakesthe audience keepwatchingandtherefore drawsthemin.
In thisshot,we see our maincharacter lookingatthe horrificcreature butthere isanothercreature
behind,thisbuildsuptensionbecausethe audience doesn’tknow whetherthe creature behindher
will getherbysurprise or not.
The creature squirmsand isa differentkindof ‘grotesque’.

7. The shot immediatelyafterthisfeaturesthe othercreature attackingthe maincharacterandthisis
made apparentby Dye usinga Povshot whichcan make the audience jumpand frightened.Itis
unconventional foranaudience tobe scaredby an alternative,synthesiserbasedsongastheyare
oftenquite melodicand‘nice’tolistento.
Our heroine prevailsandjumpsintothe pool.The audiencewouldfeel relievedbecausetheywould
have connectedwiththe characterearlieroninthe videowhere she waspresentedas‘different’

8. and the audience wasmeanttofeel compassionateforher. Shotisslantedagain.
Thisshot feature slowpacededitingandispresentedaspeaceful,this canbe usedtogive the
audience abreakfrom the actionand can be a sense of relief.

9. In thisshot,the maincharacter is representedassmall andan insignificant‘being’thisismade
apparentby the fact that she isslightlyinthe shadowsandwe cannotsee herface.
Thisshot issuddenandunexpected.Thisgivesthe effectthatthe heroine ispatheticornot the
heroine we thoughtshe was.Thisgivesthe audiencethe question,whokilledher?Furthermore
drawingthe readerin.
Thisshot showssome of the character pantswhichthenmakesherinnocence obsolete asshe was
representedatthe startof the video.

10. Our heroine isseenslumpedatthe groundsof whatlooksto be a monsterthe size of a god.
As the camera pansupwards,the screenfades towhite andwe see more of the “thing”.Fadingto
white hasconnotationsof purity,heaven,peace,god,etc.Thiscanmeanthat thiscreature is godly
and ‘good’ratherthan the evil villainwhichcanalsomeanthatour heroine wasnotwhatshe
seemed.