'Don't Look Back In Anger' is probably Oasis most successful song, and I think that this video is their most creative as I think it's very quirky but still has elements of a rock band music video. It is pretty obvious that they were inspired by 'The Beatles ' by the props they used like their glasses and the drum kit floating on the water as they play it. This is also another video that is moderately old, however still has connotations of a very good music video by using a variation of shots and angles, and continuously keeping their audience intrigued and also avoided viewer fatigue. I would say that Oasis music would target probably adults and teenagers, even though I would more say mostly adults. The music video connotes well with the concept of the song as the video I would say is very calm, and even though this is a rock song I would say that it is more mellow and chilled.
The first shot is a mid shot of the band in the back of a car, looking quite miserable and unhappy. What I like about Oasis video is that they use the stereotypical imagery of a rock band in their video's. For example, rock is stereotyped as drinking, drugs, girls and sex and this is often displayed in their video's. However, unlike most rock video's theres is quirky and interesting. The second shot is a close up of the lead singer (Noel Gallagher) singing into the camera. His expressionless face and withdrawn body language connotes with the concept of the song, as the song is about losing someone that he loved. The props used (like his glasses) are to represent the influence of his music which were 'The Beatles.' Also, he could have worn the glasses to hide any emotion that might of been behind this song.
In the third shot the idea of 'The Beatles' being their inspirtation is reinfornced by them making their music video very british. The long shot used of the typical british black cab emphasises what I said previously said about this music video being pretty disimilar to other rock video's as it's very calm and you could almost say peaceful. The fourth shot is also inspired by The Beetles with their instruments on the water and the use of the long shot is to frame the location of the background without drawing any attention anyway from the foreground image which is of one of the band members.
The fifth shot is my most favourite shot of the whole music video. It has a focus pull shot and is focused on a woman standing on the left hand side of the frame. Behind her follows a line of other women who are out of focus and slightly blurry. As the song is about the break up of women, you could assume that these are all of his ex girlfriends that he has left. They're all pretty similar, as they're all wearing outfits
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