Tim Pope was born in London in 1956. Despite having directed feature films and even having a brief pop career, he is most famous for directing music videos, most notably for The Cure.
The thing that strikes me as most impressive, and most inspiring, about Pope is his ability to be consistently innovative. The way in which he was able to come up with so many unique ideas on a regular basis, and then project these ideas onto our screens has left a long lasting effect on his audiences.
Another challenge was to strike a relationship with The Cure's music, which was innovative in its own right, and create a music video that represented the song both visually and musically.
The main feature throughout this video is self-reflexivity. The video oozes it from start to finish, starting with the director shouting 'Cut!' (a strange opening typical of both Pope and The Cure) to the physical changing of the background and the setting up of the different sets by on screen workers. The video has the mentality of 'You know it's a music video, we know it's a music video, so why try and pretend it isn't a music video?', which in my opinion is a very refreshing idea, and one that we could use in the production of our video to give it the same wacky, unconventional style that worked so well for Tim Pope and the Cure.
Good linking to our central idea of Postmoderism. Try to also analysis the music videos for their technical features (camera work, lighting, editing) and the ideas of Goodwin. You could also comment about how this might influence your own work.
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