Noel Gallagher

Don't Look Back In Anger

Narrative music video
Set in the 90's
Band
Set at a big house - Money
Relaxed
love
Informal
Artist is the main focus - authentic
Careless, watching the girls not taking much notice of anything else
Voyeurism - Notion of looking
attractive women
Desirable women
Vintage black cab - symbolism of his background, working class London
Intertextual reference - John Lennon, British - The Beatles - Sunglasses
Protest - Song lyrics 1960's

How do you re-brand a shy guitarist as a solo artist?
Star in text - What character roles have we got?
Symbolism
Significance
Voyeurism
Intertextual References
Visual relationship to sound



The Death of You and Me

Set in the Wild West - Western Diner
Rebranded - not British, American
Confined behind window, Symbolic of being trapped
Old fashioned
Run Down
Horse & Trap appears at beginning and end - negative feel carriage, villainous gothic kart
Slow Motion
Star In Text - Girl In Blue Dress
Community
Symbolism of jumping into water - thoughts are going under - Purity - replenishing
"I can feel the storm clouds sucking up my soul" - Need to be freed
Voyeurism - Short dress
Intentional Christ Pose - Hand on heart - Intercut from pushing into water & counter, Could be death or re birth - Baptism, Religious figure
Red outline - could be rebirth or entering hell
Nieces of the devil - appear then disappear, sucked into camera
Giving Noel supernatural power
Visual of the trumpets being played, footsteps
Blue dress, bold from everyone else - doesn't belong there
Link between two people - Sign saying last chance
Vintage ring - Ruby
Sunglasses - worn in other music video, hiding himself
Song writer - Writing lyrics Star In Text - Father Figure - Adult style of dressing
Unattractive people in diner, lonk between kart and man
Has escaped, freedom from the cafe
Demonic - Gothic imagery
Demonic Carriage opening itself - entered happily
Guardian angel figure - angelic
To be continued - want to carry on watching the next music video



What a Life

How has this concept been developed?
Star in text
Voyeurism
Intertextuality

Black & White - Darker colours show evil side, devilish
Faster frame rate - Sped up
HappyRed inside carriage
Hyperreality - could be dreaming, not real
Russell Brand
Uncomfortable
Spinning
Fear
Struggling - Women holding her down who appears rom no where
Flashbacks - From falling into pool
Demonic eyes
In an open area being chased, escaping
Intertextuality - Same woman from other song in blue dress
Voyeurism - woman rubbing leg whist driving - sexual appearance in clothing, released from boot
infinite room in the kart, red background
Top hat - rare to see this being worn - Child Catcher - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mentions fear - girl unresponsive
Alice In Wonderland - Same Dress, Blonde hair, falling into hyperreality world - intertextual reference
Owls, purity, wizards black magic - Occult symbols
Upside down , antichrist
Corrupt her soul

If I Had a Gun - Noel Gallagher

More mature adults
More joyful tune
Strong lyrics about shooting
slow motion again like other videos
cross fading shots
Love
Wedding
Owl referencing
Brides attention drawn to appearing cowboy - past acquaintance
Cowboy stands out
Bride main focus - center of shot
Cowboy jumps into pool followed by the bride - freedom, escaping, been released or set free
docile house surrounded by wedding items
comforted by her dad - shows understanding of her struggle
beside side of pool - separated, water allows them to be together. - water symbolic of a link between life
Father figure similar to first video
Returning to diner - lost? trapped
First video shows being set free by the water - similar to this video
Noel - priest
Noel appears sad at wedding - cowboys appearance uplifts his mood.