Research: We the Kings- Say you like me- Slidely

A2 music video analysis by Slidely Slideshow
The We the Kings- Say You Like Me music video follows a very typical plot which adheres to Vladimir Propp. I.e., the idea of a hero, a princess and a villain. In the music video, unintentionally, the girl is perceived to be weaker and needs to be saved, yet this still results in a twist towards the end. When the girl takes over and saves herself. Which then adheres to the idea of liberal feminism- as she doesn't need a man to look after her.
However, the music video, yet following a traditional plot, is incredibly modern, and follows a video game like system, and is a combination of both real life actors, (the girl and the band members) and cartoon elements (pop art style backgrounds, video game elements and the story villain. It suggests that the video is aimed at a younger audience, due to its heavy references to popular culture, however, it also creates intertextuality as it is all reference to popular video games- such as Guitar Hero- the music video provides the message that young teenagers are heavily effected by the games they play and the films they watch on TV. The music video also uses lots of split screens and freeze frames, providing different perspectives as well as more time to take in what's happening on the screen. I like the use of the split screens, however, I feel that it would be difficult to make this look professional when making our own music videos. Also, the locations in the music video would be difficult for us to replicate, as the majority is filmed in a built up area of America and a beach hut, both of which we don't really have access to in North Lincolnshire!
Finally, I like the image created by the artists themselves, they are alternative, but quirky and young, all of them showing off tattoos and some with long hair and piercings- providing them with a popular, quirky, youthful image. I feel that their looks would be fairly simple to replicate, they were natural makeup, checked shirts- and temporary tattoos are easy to find. I feel that I would like to explore band image more in my work.