SYMBOLISM! The history and how i've used symbolism in my end product

I think symbolism is important in music videos, because it shows and changes feelings and emotion. Symbolism can manipulate the mind into feeling the emotions the the symbols represent. Music videos about 'love' all have some extent of symbolism, they make you feel a certain way due to the images used with the words. In my music promo I am going to show this, through the use of symbolism and how it manipulates peoples emotions. Symbolism is something that is becoming more and more popular, and so are love songs, the majority of music in the modern pop charts are about love and the deterioration of love and relationships. I will incorporate symbolism in my music promo to show how i interpret the lyrics of this song. I will be using a dead tree to symbolise the deterioration of the relationship. A candle which represents the flame in their relationship which blows out and the camera angles will all be done in a symbolistic way. Tom(male actor) will hold Rebecca(female actress)  up in the air with her head towards the clouds, him feet will remain on the ground. 'keep your feet on the ground when your heads in the clouds' this shows how rebecca is head over heels for this boy, she is blinded by what he actually is because of love, whereas Tom has his feet firmly on the ground, he is not blinded by love. I am going to use symbolism in a way where it shows what people are thinking in their minds, showing things they can not say.




Symbolism was largely a reaction against naturalism and realism, anti-idealistic styles which were attempts to represent reality in its gritty particularity, and to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality, the imagination, and dreams.