This song is not only super catchy but is also accompanied by a really cool and artistic video clip. As a student, I’m really interested in the musical side of media and how this has developed and expanded, particularly in music video. A discussion about certain types of shots used in modern video clips seems to have come up quite a bit this week in my learnings. My reading for Cinema Studies this week focused on abstract/ experimentalist films. The chapter stated that many avante garde styles and concepts have transgressed into music video, particularly in the late 1970’s. I found this really interesting because when I first watched the “Bugatti” clip, my initial thoughts were that it was almost a recreation of 1970’s stereotypes and that the editing was reminiscent of films created in the era.

On top of this, we watched the “Nights of Cydonia” video clip by Muse recently in my Music In Pop Culture class. Here, I also noticed elements of the 70’s, especially the shots regarding extreme close-up’s after a zoom.