Music Video Technique - Movement 1

Movement is an important part of music video, the human form can be shown in different ways, without abiding by normal film conventions, the same can be said for the environment. For example in the video for Portishead - Only You (directed by Chris Cunningham) the actors are filmed under water, rewound in different movements then using special effects placed in a street. The video, almost devoid of real narrative relies on the strange movements and placing of the actors to purvey a meaning, the strange lighting and "street underwater" is a triumph of movement in music video, a picture of how interesting camera work can lend to special effects, and use the human form to great effect.