Music Video Analysis

About three weeks ago, we started our studying of music and music videos. In one of the first lessons on this topic, we looked at the music video for Owl City - Fireflies. We came up with a lot of ideas on what the music video meant and how it connected to the song. The fact that there are toys children would buy in the music video dating from the 1980's to the present day suggests that the lead singer does not want to let go of his childhood, however it could also suggest that he is generally quite confused as these toys are lively during the chorus (which helps this part of the song stand out more) but they are walking as if they are trying to portray the feelings of the singer.