INDIE ROCK MV #3: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE

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ACT: The Smiths
TRACK: The Queen Is Dead/Panic/
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
ALBUM: The Queen Is Dead
YEAR: 19
GENRE: Indie rock
DIRECTOR: Derek Jarman
LABEL:  (owned by UMG)
SINGLE?: Yes

BACKGROUND/CONTEXT

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• An rare example of multiple full tracks being used for a video, a bit prophetic of what their disciples Suede would do with Night Thoughts

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PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE OR CONCEPT?

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Andrew Goodwin's Notion of Looking?

EXTRA SOUND:

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TITLES:

All in one, white on black in the middle.
Signifying this maybe more a short film than a music video, convergence and the director becoming an auteur.

NARRATIVE ENIGMA:

Withholding information from the audience. Do we get the full body of the singer in the opening shot. No, and often not the face immediately either.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LYRICS AND VISUALS:
Influence on Editing even like in Depeche Mode's I Feel You.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUND AND VISUALS:
EDITING

MISE-EN-SCÈNE

GENRE SIGNIFIERS:


INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCES:
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OTHER NARRATIVE THEORY:
Not a clear, linear narrative.

BRANDING:
Do we see the album sleeve hi

REPRESENTATION:
Morrissey as sex Symbol?

AUDIENCE REPRESENTED/TARGETED:

Arthouse Target Audience, similar to an independent short film?