The song I have decided to feature
in my music video is Local Natives' ’Sun Hands’, which appears on their
debute album, Gorilla Manor. Local Natives are an American indie
rock band from Silver Lake, Los Angeles, formed in 2005. The band
consists of Taylor Rice, Kelcey Ayer, Ryan Hahn, Matt Frazier
and Nik Ewing
Gorilla Manor was self-funded by the band and
recorded by Raymond Richards in his own Red Rockets Glare Studio, in West Los
Angeles. It was produced in collaboration by Richards and the band. Local
Natives’ music has been defined as "afropop-influenced guitars with
hyperactive drumming and hooky three-part harmonies". Clash Music has also
described their style as psych folk, or new-fangled folk.
The
reasoning behind why I elected this particular song to work with is down to its
varied rhythms and tones providing a psychedelic nature. This allows the
inclusion of both an abstract narrative and elaborate mise-en-scene, rendering
the music video aesthetically stimulating. Additionally, the lyrics of ‘Sun
Hands’ are poetic and figurative, which encourages an atmosphere with a strong
sense of imagery attached. Finally, the beat is a dominant feature in the song
and is consistent throughout (every 0.5 seconds); meaning that editing to the beat of the song will
be straightforward and therefore more professional in exterior.
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