I decided I'd talk about a music video that I knew very well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM80F_J-QHE
Mutual Core is something I listen to everyday. It's a piece that I've interpreted over and over and keep finding something to appreciate.
An interesting feature is that this music video provides the audience with visuals related to the lyrics. A mutual core is the common ground between tectonic plates. Aside from the obvious there is something hidden in those lyrics a meaning behind the words and the image.
Toward the end two semi-human figures made of fire and earth arise back to back. Their relationship as the tectonic plates meeting suggests this song is about something more than earth and lava. It seems like a song of passion between two people sharing time for love.
This is a good start but I want you to give more detail on how the concept is presented. First Bjork is part of the designed landscape. We never see her lower body. She is part of the earth that moves around her. She also seems to have the power to control the movement of the sand and the rocks. The rocks are puppets that change throughout the song. Bjork becomes the plates at certain points. Special effects are used to create lava and explosions. Warm colors are used throughout. Red becomes the primary color after the explosion. The edit rhythm becomes very fast as the lyrics, landscape and cuts erupt.
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