Janelle Monae - Cold War

This is another video that we find inspiring. It's very similar to Sinead O'Connors 'Nothing compares to you' and thats a reason why i like it so much. Its a very powerful song which is filled with emotion. According to Craig Davis it would be classed as a 'Illustration' as the emotional video matchs the cold upsetting lyrics of the song. I feel like the extreme close ups of her singing are really effective as you can see how emotional she is, and her lip syncing is perfectly in time which takes skill. The video is so simplictic which is why i feel its so good as sometimes when artists fill their videos with too much it gets confusing and loses its effect. This video will hopefully be similar to ours, but ours will have some background narrative in the background - but the close up shots will reflect this video hopefully identically.