Bat for Lashes - 2009 - Daniel

Directed by Johan Renck.

I guess everyone loves this video and it's old, etc. But, I like it too, so I guess I should put it in the blog where I post music videos I like, correct? Yes.
What I most like about this video is the camera work and overall cinematography, and there shouldn't be much debate on that. I think it's impressive how the color pallete matches the mood and synthish nature of the song.
Editing is pretty normal, but there are some moments where it touches awesomeness, especially at the beginning, praising the melody without being too over-the-top. I also like the order they chose to connect the last three shots, considering it's such a poor choice to have a cliché hug moment after freaky dark "things" dancing around. Also a good choice to end with a close-up instead of a medium or long shot, even tho I don't like Natasha's expression. She's overall GREAT in the rest of the video, fortunately.

Patrick Wolf - 2009 - Vulture

Directed by Patrick Wolf and Rory Broadfoot.

Talk about nice editing. When I first saw this music video my opinion was immediately favourable, because I am a sucker for good editing (keep that in mind). But there's so much more than just that, mainly the b/w cinematography and costumes. Also, Patrick Wolf is very good at acting or at least at the art of expressing oneself visually and he truly knew how to express is own song: as excessive as the song. Both video and music also match very well because they share similar levels of rhytmic construction and the digital distortions in the image connect with the digital nature of the song. What I mean is that we have a yin and yang here: video and music in perfect harmony. Another opinion I have is that the mood of the video gives more credibility to the song, but I guess that's truly debatable.

Salyu - 2007 - Liberty

Directed by Ookita Masaki.

Reverse play? Yes, I like. But that's not all, nor is it the editing. The camera work and singer/actress performance are the highlights of this video, besides the overall nice art direction (the sets are ok, but kind of generic). The careless and bored way Salyu moves around is so contrasting with the power of the song that the end result is pretty much yin and yang, aka perfect. The camera moves with Salyu, but usually not very focused on her, more like she's part of the set or a strange creature: it gives her so much more importance because we want to observe her instead of the camera forcing us to do it. The ending part, with the spot lights background, is very generic and I don't really know where it came from, but I decided not to let it make me have a bad opinion about the video.

Shiina Ringo - 2009 - Shun

Directed by Kimura Yutaka.

Editing of this video is ok, but not the best part. What is great is the art direction, which invokes a completely adequate mood to match the song's. It also pleases me that the visual innuendo isn't explicit, but gets the message across. Highlight is the ending sequence, where the silent singer doesn't need to do anything else besides being there while the band finishes the job and her music is playing.

Florence + The Machine - 2009 - Drumming Song

Directed by Dawn Shadforth.

This is one of the best videos I saw this year, mostly because the editing job makes me have multiple eyegasms. Also the art direction and choreography are top notch and completely adequate. One of the things I don't like is that some times the images are "louder" than what the song actually requires, which makes them somewhat disconnected. But that's the only aspect I would polish up.

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