Previous Music Videos (The Good, The Bad and The Average)

Previous Music Videos:
GOOD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-0mXKOY1s&feature=related

This music video has a great audio-visual match. The miming of the instruments is realistic, and they don't just mime playing, they perform - making a much more interesting visual experience. The acting was also good.
The editing was absolutely fantastic, with a great use of overlapping images and super-imposed images. The cuts are also well timed with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHL39JmbWs&feature=related

Really sinister-looking mise-en-scenes in the opening shots - although unrelated to the song, the tangled branches already make it slightly creepy.
The acting isn't as good as it could be, but it's not half-arsed - and the use of make-up and gratuitous gore is great.
I also particularly liked the use of strobe lighting (around a minute in), and the final scene was cleverly done to give the effect of the bath water fading red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFWrhZpx_M&feature=related

fantastic syncronisation between the drumbeat and the change of shots, and likewise with the lip-syncing. The performance, make-up, costume and set are incredibly clear, absolutely superb - within moments you can see she's a mental patient at a hospital; the shots of her in a red dress is her delusional imagining of herself; the shots of her in school is a flashback of what sent her mad!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2zrRi06Rb0

This video makes great use of Green Screening and quick editing really well synchronised editing and playing. It also makes good use of CGI in the beginning, setting the scene and introducing the song and special effects.
At one point, it even puts the song in the background - drawing attention away from the song and towards the 'narrative'.

AVERAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3rjif0RCmc&feature=related

This video follows the narrative of the song quite literally. The editing is quite good, but perhaps a little slow for such an upbeat, high-tempo song. Although the acting really suits the tone of the song and the narrative, the lip-synching often goes out of time and the singer does look a bit reserved and shy in places - understandable, but it does look a bit naff.


BAD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZjiqKLfsco&feature=related

Although mimed instruments is a good idea: fun, original, quirky - it's badly executed - even in the first 10 seconds, the drummer is seen completely out of time. The 'green screen' doesn't work either - they could have changed it to anything, or used it as a completely matte background, but instead they left it as it was, and it didn't even cover the whole background.
However, the narrative area of the film is alright, the acting is very corny and the editing is good, if a tad slow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7yWB_DI6tE
Unfortunately, this video has been changed so that it cannot be embedded, however this video is a prime example of how bad a music video can be. The acting is dreadful (although you can't fault them on enthusiasm), the instruments are obviously being mimed and the shots are way, way, way too long for such a fast-paced, upbeat song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxhqaiAyZvI&feature=related

The editing is way too slow for such an upbeat and fun song. The person singing is in time, but it still doesn't look right. On the upside, the narrative is relatively clear, but the acting is terrible!!