Music Video Review: Shelter by Porter Robinson and Madeon

Visual style/Mise-en-scene
It is in Japanese animated style, very bright and full of vibrant colours which contrasts massively with how the song plays and how the plot progresses. It has loads of scenes and setting throughout the video that all hold a special place in the video and link back to her past in some way as well as show the audience how much time she's had as she is visibly making them throughout. The lighting and shading of the majority of the video contrasts with the meaning and plot of the video except near the end as it shows us the dark and dismal situation she is in. Most of the props that are used such as furniture and clothing all seem homely and familiar, except for the tablet and technology that is spread throughout which shows that it is based in the future, near future as there is multiple references, the tablet used to create the worlds and read messages. Then the ship in space which represent her loneliness as it is so vast and empty in space.  Some of the scenes are controversial as she is nude, but nothing is ever shown as is used to advance plot and show how she is connected to the ship. There were tons of jump cuts and close ups to show emotions and focus us on the main plot of our story while also panning across the entire the worlds at times to show you the vastness of the worlds.

Narrative and Techniques used
The plot to the music video is a daughter being saved from the apocalypse by putting her into a coma on a small spaceship that her father built for her as he knew the world's end was somewhere near, he built in mind of her growing up to still develop and gave her a tablet to edit her own world until she is saved. She is revealed to have been in there for near enough 7 years it is shown by how long it has been since she was last messaged. All of this is told through a short film and I feel this could have a massive connection with loneliness, because this she can spend all her time in these amazing worlds and yet she is with no one, she is clearly affected by that as she remembers all these memories of her father, shown in black and white flashbacks. She needs an emotional connection and someone to share all these thought with, but can't as she just expresses it as another world she's made.

Conventional/Unconventional
This is a unconventional and unique music video and it is what brought its success on the internet, because of how beautifully it was all crafted and the messages it sent to the audience. The plot was heavy and a lot for an audience to take in, but it fit perfectly with the pace of the song and contrasted on how simple the song was and how complex/deep the plot was.

This entire music video is about this inexhaustible hope and a metaphor for life, from the beginning, she is losing hope and the worlds around her are showing that, but her father had left enough for her to relive the memories of her life. Which always keeps her strong, waiting to be rescued one day when she knows it's impossible. It makes her want to disappear and never live again, while all her happy moments and times on earth keep her going when it gets tough, pulling her through. Just like life, it has it's ups and down, sometimes you feel like quitting could be better, but this loop keeps us going, the false hope of life.

What Works?
Lots of this video is colorful and vibrant, connecting with a more deeper meaning lying beneath that captures the audience and makes them think. The songs original tons had some what changed with the video, but it now symbolises a whole lot more, making it meaningful. Alot of the different scenes and worlds we are jump cutted to can be a little overwhelming at times, but nothing too bad as the visuals are stunning.