Background to the Video ‘From Paris to Berlin’ is generally considered Infernal’s signature song. It is a pop song that was released in 2005 on their album ‘From Paris to Berlin’. The song was written by Alan Powers, Raw Lagerman and Lina Rafn and received a platinum certificate in Denmark. It reached num- ber 2 in the UK singles charts. Sing Chew from Singapore did a cover of the song in 2006 as her de- but single but changed the title ‘From Taipei to Bei- jing’ but the content was very much the same. Type of Music Video The music video is a mixture of narrative and perfor- mance. The narrative is of the woman singer of In- fernal (Law Rafn) looking for the male member (Raw Lagerman) in a digital world and trying to catch him because the character she portrays loves him and feels ditched. This digital chase happens in discos all over the planet in the digital world mean- while the disco scenes contain the dancing conven- tions and all through the video she is singing the lyr- ics of the song as the performance. In the end she catches him and they drive off happy. Genre Specific Conventions The main location is conforming to the stereotypical music video of a pop genre– a disco– as this pro- vides the flashing lights and dance moves most dis- cos have. The main colour is green and blue, which are both vibrant and bright colours again conforming to the genre. The fact the narrative is a quest for love also conforms to the genre. Most pop music videos also contain performance elements and there is a lot of voyeurism in the video which is again conforming to the genre. The lighting is also very bright and eve- rything is clear and easy to see. Also her costume is a tight bright pink swimsuit conforming to colours and a pop video stereotypical costume. There is also a tight leather costume which conforms. July 2012 4th Analysis Infernal- ‘From Paris to Berlin’ Music video Analysis hp://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=b0EBqZFhfOY Bright blue and pink colours, showing conformity CD Cover
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Background to the Video
‘From Paris to Berlin’ is generally considered
Infernal’s signature song. It is a pop song that
was released in 2005 on their album ‘From Paris
to Berlin’. The song was written by Alan Powers,
Raw Lagerman and Lina Rafn and received a
platinum certificate in Denmark. It reached num-
ber 2 in the UK singles charts. Sing Chew from
Singapore did a cover of the song in 2006 as her de-
but single but changed the title ‘From Taipei to Bei-
jing’ but the content was very much the same.
Type of Music Video
The music video is a mixture of narrative and perfor-
mance. The narrative is of the woman singer of In-
fernal (Law Rafn) looking for the male member
(Raw Lagerman) in a digital world and trying to
catch him because the character she portrays loves
him and feels ditched. This digital chase happens in
discos all over the planet in the digital world mean-
while the disco scenes contain the dancing conven-
tions and all through the video she is singing the lyr-
ics of the song as the performance. In the end she
catches him and they drive off happy.
Genre Specific Conventions
The main location is conforming to the stereotypical
music video of a pop genre– a disco– as this pro-
vides the flashing lights and dance moves most dis-
cos have. The main colour is green and blue, which
are both vibrant and bright colours again conforming
to the genre. The fact the narrative is a quest for love
also conforms to the genre. Most pop music videos
also contain performance elements and there is a lot
of voyeurism in the video which is again conforming
to the genre. The lighting is also very bright and eve-
rything is clear and easy to see. Also her costume is
a tight bright pink swimsuit conforming to colours
and a pop video stereotypical costume. There is also
a tight leather costume which conforms.
July 2012 4th Analysis
Infernal- ‘From Paris to Berlin’ Music video Analysis