For my short response i have chosen the track 'Islands' by The xx. The video is incredible as it is simply all done in one room with dancers repeating the same dance throughout. The only thing that changes or is 'out of sync' is the act themselves. This is because they are sitting in different positions each time the video cuts back to the start of the dance which takes about eight seconds each time. Towards the end of the video the lead female singer stands up and leaves the shot with the big x in the background on fire. This is when the video changes slightly but it is only for about twenty seconds or so.
The video itself is quite dark with a spotlight coming out of the main x in the background. The only other real light is the fire towards the end of the video.
The image above shows the start of each repeated dance. It always starts like this apart from the end of the video. This is good advertising for The xx as you clearly can see the 'X' behind the dancers and that is where most of the light is coming from, contrasting the dark atmosphere around the room when we cut back further. Both lead singers are lip synching on the sofa they are sitting on however we get the star image created as they come across as cool and laid back as they dont really partake in the events in the video.
The shot above is them on the sofa singing with the dancers on repeat. The shot always pulls back untill we can see the whole of the room and what is going on but as soon as that happens it cuts back to the beginning of the dancers again. This video is quite absract in the way they do this as i dont believe this has really benn done before so it comes across as new and interesting. When i first watched it I thought it was quite boring and i nearly changed the video but after watching the full video i think it is amazing how they have created a music video like this.
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