Analysis of Radiohead Fade Out Music Video

Analysis of Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)

British alternative rock band, Radiohead released a song in 1995 called "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" and the music video made its debut in February 1996. The music video was filmed over two nights in a desert near Los Angeles. The black-and-white music video was directed by Johnathan Glazer.

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This Music video is highly edited in a Radiohead Style

Each action shot has been altered to be either slowed down or sped up to fit the tempo of the music

The whole video is black and white which could is a controversial decision.

There are lots of closeups to a distorted lead singer who seems to have different layers of effects on his face.

The video features some very different and strange events, there is a boy and a dog who seem to be staring at each other in a meaningful way.

There is also a group of ballet dancers who are all dressed in black and are in sync with eachother almost to represent a flock of birds.