The Cure - Caterpillar: The Top
In this video there are many different camera angles, the composition of the shots continuously changes and they use the background, foreground and middle-ground interchangeably. The song is about a girl that he loves that changes and, as he puts it, she flies away. It starts off in a minor tone being very dark and creepy then it transfers into a major tone and becomes fun and happy. In the beginning the camera starts off low, then tilts up and pans across the top of the room. Next the camera shot pulls you into the video by making it seem as if you are looking through a window at a Japanese dragon out in the court yard. There are many different clean and dirty shots ranging from WS to single head shots. The scenes are nonlinear and jump from one scene to the other rapidly without warning. They use the foreground, background and middle ground in a way that makes you feel like you are being pulled into the room . I enjoy the movement, cool colors, lighting and artistic expression in this video. The whole mise-en-scene makes me feel happy-go-lucky.
The Cure always offers a vast array of interesting sounds, lyrics and creative visuals in their music.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what you mean by - they use the background, foreground and middle-ground interchangeably or minor and major tones. You may mean low key and high key. The video is mainly performance with some concept elements included like the caterpillars, moths and greenhouse location. The camera is in near constant motion and some of the movements are used to create transitions. This is so 80's and a personal flashback for me. Thanks for the memory.
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