Música, audiovisual e interatividade: um estudo sobre videoclipe interativo a partir da banda Arcade Fire

Abstract

Initially had as an audiovisual product turned primarily to the television, the music video, in recent years, has expanded and gained strength in the virtual environment. Embracing the technological changes, particularly in the context of interactivity on the web, it culminates with the appearance of the interactive video clips. Those, in turn, combine aspects of various media such as television, film and digital art to create narratives in which the viewers can modify the results through their intervention in a digital environment. One of the bands that stands out in this aspect is Arcade Fire, who had, along its path, four interactive audiovisual projects carried out by two directors, Vincent Morisset and Chris Milk and, in some cases, in partnership with Google. Their music videos are: Neon Bible (Vincent Morisset, 2007), Sprawl II (Moutains beyond mountains) (Vincent Morisset, 2010), The Wilderness Dowtown (Chris Milk, 2010) and Just a Reflektor (Vincent Morisset, 2013). We propose an analysis of the interactive music videos produced for Arcade Fire, through the investigation of the music video (initially in its non-interactive format), the environment in which the experience of this interactive format flourished, its connection with the digital narratives, as well as a focus on the elements involved in the production of the band’s interactive videos.