Rock Music in reference to our music video.

Within this blog I will be analysing a Glam Rock music video in comparison to the song that me and my group will be using for our music video. 
The first sub-genre I will be analysing is Glam Rock. The song I will be using will be 'Life On Mars?-David Bowie'. Firstly, the artist singing this song is male which means there is going to be an obvious difference when comparing the two. However, David Bowie in this video isn't dressed very masculine. Though he is wearing a suit and tie, the suit is a sky blue colour and he is wearing matching colour eye shadow. This shows that he isn't afraid to be over dramatic. To add to the drama, Bowie is seen with bright ginger hair of a large and volumised hair style. This draws attention to himself making sure that focus isn't lost off of the eccentric character he is playing. To match the hair, the striking colour is also used on the singers cheek bones to highlight a chiselled look.  As you can see in the picture on the right, Bowie is also seen with one very piercing blue eye which is thought to be the work of a condition called anisocoria. This gives quite a sinister feel about the extreme close up of his face because he is staring directly into the camera and if anyone else wanted to create this look they would have to use contact lenses. Another sinister look about this scene is that his whole face, due to the high key lighting, blends in with the white background. He then bares his teeth slightly also which shows a rather menacing/threatening look. The slight movement of his head bobbing gives a very strong connotation of how he may be angry and he is giving off quite a gutsy attitude and look about himself.

'Take a look at the wrong man, beating up the wrong guy'

Seconds later, Bowie can be seen to be standing in the middle of an all white room which is where he remains for the rest of the music video. However, at this point in the video he is standing very sternly with both arms crossed. This juxtaposes the next movements he makes with his legs which are where he lets them become looser. This once again shows a rather sassy/gutsy attitude that he is giving off. The fact that he is closing off his body shows that he has something to hide and that maybe he isn't too comfortable within that environment. This isn't something that I feel would work very well within our music video because we want our artist to be comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera and to be able to express herself rather than to close herself of. Bowie however, does go on to release his stern position and lets his arms hang loose. He is then seen pointing with an angry expression at the camera with his other hand on his hip showing his stubbornness and anger. He then goes on to continue the sinister look by rolling his eyes back very creepily.
This isn't the sort of style that we would like to use in our music video because although she is talking about a 'gangsta', it would be more of a dark and gloomy idea rather than scary and creepy. The idea how ever to use contact lenses to create a suspicious and confusing look has been discussed within our group. This then would give a darker feel about the music video. Low key lighting is an option to consider to conotate the deep and dark place that our artist would be in in order to want a gangsta to love her. This contrasts to the lighting that has been used within David Bowie's 'Life on Mars?'. He uses lighting to emphasise the attention on himself however, we would use things such as mise-en-scene and props to draw attention to our artist.