Video Inspiration

I have recently done some research on music video's that might give me some inspiration for my own. When doing this I realised that most of the best videos and my own favourites (examples below) involve quite a lot of dancing in some way or another, sometimes being the main theme. This is even more relevant to me due to the name, lyrics and message of the song being about Dance.

For example the music video voted the best ever made was all to do with dance:

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)

As well as my personal favourite Jackson music video which involves all dancing:

Michael Jackson - Black or White (1991)

 

The song and video won many awards including the Billboard Music Award for Number 1 World Single. Which means that other people are interested in the idea of equality through dance which is what I am trying to get across to my audience.
Click here for Michael Jackson's Black or White lyrics relating to equality.

Another video that tries to narrate the meaning of the song through dance is one of my favourite music video's:

Sia - Chandelier (2014)

 

Although the video is very controversial (as explained in my post about this video link here) it does translate the message from the lyrics well to the audience just through the medium of dance. And I would like to try and replicate this in my video.

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

 

Another song made famous by its conceptual dance music video. This song by Fatboy Slim was accompanied by a conceptual dance video that starred Christopher Walken. It was so popular simply due to the usually reserved and posh Walken dancing weirdly to a song not easily associated with his acting roles. A good song made viral by its unique video.

After a good amount of research on dance videos, I have come up with an interesting idea for my video to accentuate the theme of equality in dance and therefore equality in life. I will post my idea and plan for it in the next few posts.