DYSTOPIAN MV #2: Halsey - New Americana

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE

• Use of found footage recording
• Narration, to hint at location
• Diegetic interruption of Halsey screaming for help
• The trailer, and the extra interference interruptions added

Halsey

New Americana

Badlands, 2015

DIRECTOR: Jodeb

SINGLE?: Yes

LABEL: Astralwerks

MARKETING:

Trailer:

INTERTEXTUALITY:

Comparisons of the dystopian setting with The Hunger Games

This article on the trailer:

it looks like the newcomer is going with a Hunger Games-themed scenario

The latter is on the way, however, and :

But as the good-looking group is sprinting to safety at the end, one can’t help but think of the typicality of it all. The video straight up looks like it’s from “The Hunger Games”  if Urban Outfitters had been the executive producer. In a time where sexy sci-fi tales of young-adult upheaval are more than overdone, Halsey’s originality is best suited to a far less clichéd format.

The guards look similar (white uniform and helmets) to the Peacekeepers in the franchise:

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