Soft Cell's Frustration music video fascinated me a lot. The whole graveyard scenario and having the idealistic stereotypical man was pure classic. I love how Marc Almond is just in the scene singing almost like narrating really. The angles he was in and just seems like some kind of spirit just talking the day way about this man. The man is portrayed by Dave Ball, he plays the person that is obviously stated in the lyrics to the song. What shocked me was that the main character just simply fell out and supposedly died, but didn't die. Even then, Marc was still popping out and narrating, and the part him sitting on the coffin gave me that eerie feeling of how a low life person would get into if not careful. I also love how Marc was going nuts on the gravesite, that was pure acting right there people! My favourite scene of all though was the "Frustration I want to DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" bit, where Dave is awake in the coffin and screams or lip scream because he was being buried alive! Classic! I love the location and usage of props and actors and the quality of film they used, it was organic and original, I believe they used Super 8 films for this footage
My name is Jaleen81. I write observations of Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell/Marc Almond music videos, books, or any art related topics. Since I am an upcoming artist, I love to practice on my writing skills and futhermore, just have fun free writing on what I enjoy. I get inspired everyday. "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." - Samuel Johnson
"When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts negative associations." - Marilyn vos Savant
Monday, October 24, 2011
Soft Cell - Frustration/My art observations about Soft Cell's Frustration video
Soft Cell's Frustration music video fascinated me a lot. The whole graveyard scenario and having the idealistic stereotypical man was pure classic. I love how Marc Almond is just in the scene singing almost like narrating really. The angles he was in and just seems like some kind of spirit just talking the day way about this man. The man is portrayed by Dave Ball, he plays the person that is obviously stated in the lyrics to the song. What shocked me was that the main character just simply fell out and supposedly died, but didn't die. Even then, Marc was still popping out and narrating, and the part him sitting on the coffin gave me that eerie feeling of how a low life person would get into if not careful. I also love how Marc was going nuts on the gravesite, that was pure acting right there people! My favourite scene of all though was the "Frustration I want to DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" bit, where Dave is awake in the coffin and screams or lip scream because he was being buried alive! Classic! I love the location and usage of props and actors and the quality of film they used, it was organic and original, I believe they used Super 8 films for this footage
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment