We did a small exercise during our first class. We watched Depeche Mode’s four music videos that were directed by Anton Corbijn and we were asked to take note for each video.

Here are my rough notes:

Strong love:

• Strange
• Cool
• Simple
• Women and Sexual
• City
• Short stop-frame animation
• Megaphone

Never let me down again:

• An elderly
• Friends
• Countryside
• Dark and light
• Megaphone

Behind the wheel:

• Women
• Love story
• Village
• Uses of shadow
• Megaphone

Personal Jesus:

• Colourful
• Cowboys
• Horses
• Ranch
• Women and Sexual
• Brothel

Personally, I like the Behind the wheel music video the most. I love the way how Anton Corbijn used light and shadow in the video especially in the last part where the couple dance in front of the light. The black & white footages are fairly simple, but Anton Corbijn as a director knows how to convey the story/message behind each song.