Images 1-6 are from a professional video (Fields- by Still Parade), I have analysed these in relation to similarities to my own video.

Images 7-10 are from my own video and these are analysed in terms of differences to the professional video.

Similarities

1) Cross dissolve- This is a print screen of a cross dissolve effect being used in my inspiration video. I thought this skill was really effective in making the video flow. In our own video we used this effect frequently to make the video eyrie and also to give the illusion that the teenage girl is not actually there.

2) Open outdoor location- This type of location is common in a lot of indie music videos. For our music video we wanted it to convey a feeling of freedom and escape. We wanted to represent the brothers feeling alone and isolated, also the idea that they have finally got over the death of their sister and they are letting go.

3) Shots of people on their own – We included shots of all three of our characters on their own as this is a convention of indie music videos.

4) Use of sunlight- The use of sunlight varies in our own video. In some shots it is simply used to look aesthetically pleasing. However we also used sunlight to create a silhouette shot of people singing; this is a really cool effect and makes the video more interesting to watch.

5) Hand held shots- The hand held shots in both the videos make it feel more personal.

6) About love – Both the videos are about love and this is represented through shots of people close to each other.

Differences • 7) No lip-syncing in fields- The lack of lip-syncing in Fields is not unusual in indie music

videos, However we decided to include it to make the emotions seem more real and make the audience connect with the characters on screen.

• 8) Our use of old footage- We used old childhood footage in our video in black and white, this gave a really clear representation of the brothers reminiscing and remembering the good times they had with their sister before she died. We feel this is a really strong feature of our video as it provokes emotion. It is also a unique selling point as it is original and unlike any other indie music video.

• 9) Love between siblings (unique selling point)- Another difference between the two videos is the fact that ours is about love between siblings and Fields is about romantic love. This gives our video a unique edge as it is an uncommon story line for an indie music video. We chose to make our video about siblings as we thought it would be really original and so fit into the indie genre, we also thought that it would evoke more emotion from our audience that a romantic love story.

• 10) Ours has no close ups of unrelated inanimate objects – In Fields there are a lot of close up shots of inanimate objects. We did not use this idea in our own video as we did not think it would make it any better, we thought that it would cause confusion and pull away from the narrative of the story. However we have included some close up shots of a guitar to fit into the indie conventions of a music video. We also included shots of grave stones, we did this to emphasis our narrative.