Music Video Analysis: Colour

With a song title like 'Green Eyed Monster' colour was always going to be very important in our music video and we concentrated on this heavily.

Our main character, the detective, is pretty much void of colour. He has none of it. The other characters and surrounding however have plenty of colour, and we did this to mark differences between the detective and his environment and peers. The detective is out of his depth; this is clear from the narrative and is mirrored through the absence of colour in his person. His surroundings and peers, such as the green parks, the 'woman' in the red dress, the colourful library and even the band themselves are opposite to him. They are colourful, vibrant and fluorescent, a huge contrast to the detective.

The colour green is used multiple times in the video, linking with the title. This links back to the song which is being promoted by the video and makes the audience concious that they are listening to a song as well as watching a video, which could be seen as heavily postmodern due to self-reference.

Green is used;

• When LipSynching

• In settings such as the park/golf range

• In the ending 'EXIT' shot

Green connotes jealousy as well as nature and relaxation. Dark Green connotes masculinity. Both greens are used in the video through setting, character and narrative. This makes the video easy to watch whilst linking with the song and its lyrics. Also its good to be masculine, it is technically a boy band after all ;D

Other Colours

Other influential colours used in the video include pink and red. These are shown below;

PINK T-Shirts

The pink on the band's t shirts contrasts heavily with the green mentioned in the song. This clash matches the lyrics of the song, as although the song's tempo is up beat and sounds rather cheery, the lyrics suggest jealousy and aggression. The colour clash of green and pink is violent and unsettled, which mirrors the lyrics better than most aspects of the video. Pink is also a colour that has become increasingly popular in the last few years and has strong links to femininity, modern clothing and punk rock, which is quite a variety. These aspects of the colour pink help to bring in a greater audience, and increase many attributes of the group, including sex appeal, concentrated genre and target audience.

RED Dress

The red dress worn by the very attractive young lady (that would be Matthew) in the dressing/changing room scene contrasts to the detective heavily. It reinforces the thought that he is out of his depth in the whole situation, as he is in a woman's changing room and is so different from its only inhabitant, the woman. The colour red connotes passion and love which is ironic as this is clearly not going to happen here between these two characters. What is even more ironic is the fact that red also connotes danger and warning which can also be applied here seeing as the apparent woman is a man in drag. This all adds to the humour and fun of the video and worked well we think.