MUSICVID #18/ARTIST VID #1: Beautiful Ones

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:

• Some direct representation of lyrics, not all the way through

TRACK: Beautiful Ones

ALBUM: Coming Up (third studio album)

YEAR: 1996

DIRECTOR: Pedro Romhanyi

GENRE: Alternative rock, Britpop

LABEL: Nude Records

SINGLE?: Yes, second one, released six weeks after the album

CONTEXT/BAND’S CURRENT SITUATION

Suede are an alternative rock band, formed in 1989. This is undoubtedly their signature track, having the most clicks on Spotify. A single from their third album, this is when according to Anderson Suede were taking a more commercial direction into pop music away from the art and glam rock.

SYPNOSIS:

A constant cross-cut between performance and literal representation of the lyrics in the form of vignettes, which is divided in black + white and colour respectively.

REPRESENTATION OF THE BAND

The camera movement subtlety gives Brett Anderson's , the lead vocalist, entrance is of importance, as he suddenly walks into the frame after the camera has moved to reveal one new member after a time, even now when I’m awaiting his entrance he’s suddenly there without me having known it was going to be exactly then.

Following on from that we get regular lip-synching from Anderson for the large majority of the performance.
Goodwin's star image.

INTRO + OUTRO

The from 3’50 to 3’19, with 30 seconds of the Lalalalala having been cut off. but there are no extra sounds or silences added. The video starts with a fade-in from black, (from one band member in MS to MLS) and ends with a fade-out to black. (the whole band in ELS)

RELATIONSHIP OF LYRICS + VISUALS:

There is a direct representation of the lyrics, in both visual sense and that they are titled, so in a way it is a lyric video.

AUDIENCE REPRESENTED/TARGETED?

We have some adolescents/20somethings people, linking to the image of youthful rebellion.