The Killers - Mr. Brightside

The artist and song that me and Rebecca have chosen to research and use in our coursework is The Killers - Mr. Brightside. We chose this artist because The Killers fit in very well with the genre of Indie, we are also familiar with many of their songs so we can relate our video to others of the band. This will make sure that we follow the key generic features of an indie music video. We chose the song, Mr. Brightside, because we felt that the lyrics gave us a lot of lee-way with what we could include in the video and can be interpreted in many different ways. This meant that we would not be limited when planning our video. The lyrics also tell a story so we could include a narrative as well as having it performance based, which is typical of the indie genre.

The Killers (Wikipedia) -
The Killers are an American based band, formed in 2002. The band consists of Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. The name 'The Killers' comes from the bass drum of a fictional band in the music video, New Order - Crystal. They have released 4 albums, Hot Fuss (2003), Sam's Town (2006), Sawdust (2007) and Day & Age (2008).
The record label, Lizard King (UK), now known as Marrakesh Records, first signed The Killers. Other record labels that The Killers have previously and currently been signed with are, Island (US) and Vertigo (UK).

Mr. Brightside (Wikipedia) -
Mr. Brightside was released in August 2003 from the album Hot Fuss and reached the top 10 in the UK. There are 2 videos for Mr. Brightside, the UK version is the original version and was The Killers first video; due to the fact that the band were on an independent record label the video was done with a low budget and was subsequently very basic. When they were signed by Island Records in the US the band decided to film a higher budget video: the American video for this song stars Flowers, Izabella Miko, and Eric Roberts in a love triangle, taking place within the context of a burlesque show. Directed by Sophie Muller, it was inspired by the 2001 film Moulin Rouge.