Folk Music Video Analysis: Ben Howard – Old PineBen Howard’s video for Old Pine represents the Folk genre with the natural scenery of the UK. He is trying to relate his acoustic Folk music to something you associate with the countryside and in a sense making his music as natural as his surroundings. The screenshot on the right really does portray the rural habitat Ben Howard is on, whilst the one on the left shows the beauty of England's coast. These shots are making it clearer for me that my video, should be set out doors perhaps in a forest, an agricultural area or, if I get the chance on, a beach with cliffs to get footage from. Although the scenery and environment of the video do relate to Folk music this video features no instruments, like a maybe an acoustic guitar, to go with the Folk genre that this song and video are in. However, Ben Howard’s clothes fit in with the genre. A dark greenish brown hooded jumper blends in with the natural background. The clothing Ben is wearing relate to the genre conventions of Folk music. Although this video has no real anecdote, it has the meaning of enjoying England’s outdoors.

Folk Music Video Analysis: Frank Turner – The way I tend to beLike the video for Old Pine, Frank Turner’s video for ‘The way I tend to be’ highlights the beauty of the rustic setting in which this video is filmed in. Throughout this video Frank Turner carries a shovel and eventually finds a place to dig. This video doesn't have much of a story to it, but this video probably has metaphorical meaning or hidden message. The way Frank Turner looks can relate to Folk music, with his beard and his dark green jacket. Like Ben Howard’s hoodie, the green jacket links to the Folk theme as green is a natural colour, so therefore it fits in with Frank’s surroundings as well. After viewing this video and the Old Pine video it is becoming more obvious that my video should be set outdoors in a natural environment, with beauty in the landscape. Similarly to Old Pine though this video has no instruments which represent Folk music. Although song features many instruments this video focuses it’s attention on Frank and the undomesticated scenery around him.

Folk Music Video Analysis: Laura Marling – Sophia Unlike the other two videos that have been analysed, Laura Marling’s Sophia video is simply set in a church or a cathedral, with Laura playing the song out firstly with just her acoustic as you can see in the left sided screenshot, and with the band in the background, and eventually as the tempo of the song becomes more upbeat she wanders over to the band and the band come into the song. I have been constantly commenting and the previous videos that there are no instruments to represent Folk music, yet Laura Marling’s video includes instruments such as an acoustic guitar, a chello, drums, a bass and an electric guitar which all relate to Folk music. Although this songs lyrics have a meaning to it, the video doesn’t re-enforce that meaning. These videos have presented me with the idea to try and mix all three of the videos together. For example, I will create anecdote, which is set in a rural natural area, and will frequently reverse back to the artist playing the song and singing on a acoustic guitar.