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1. Lighting and Effects
In Bastilles music videos they usually have quite dark or natural lighting as this
suits the general themes and styles of their music and their Indiepop genre.
There is only one Bastille video which is shotin a conventional studio setting
and that is Fake Itbut it still has very dark lighting and themes in it. Bastille like
to contrastlighting in their videos so if a video is shot outside in the dark they
will use bright lights and in the case of Laura Palmer lasers. This creates a very
interesting effect that draws your audience’s attention towards the action and
helps to build upon the feelings and the meaning behind the lyrics. This useof
dark lighting and themes fits with the general lyrics and narrativeof their songs
as most of their songs havea meaning of loss or depression with an upbeat
element to it.
Bastille have used quite a lot of filters and effects in their videos which also
helps to build upon the mise-en-scene of the song. Grainy effects and filters
are quite common to see in bastilles videos and covers as this reflects the
broken storylines in their songs. I plan on using these filter in my video as I
think that it looks really good and is a very common feature of Bastilles videos
and is a convention I think is essential in any bastille video.