"Epilepsy Is Dancing" by Antony and the Johnsons

As a piece of art this music videos is an explosion of colour shown through the use of Misé-en-Scene. The way in which colour explodes onto the pallete is envoyaged with the grey, cold hue of the establishing scene. I could connote this setting as a communist state, as stereotypical as it is, the concrete, smashed glass and delapidated buildings connote rebellion and a distopian society, the females clothing ~(costume) is also suggestive of a cold space. The metaphor of the imaggery is obviously of an epileptic fit, subjectively managed by a bright light and a female figure having a reaction to the brightness of the environment, a dear symbolizes freedom that perhaps the figure desires. With the diegetic sound of birds taking flight and birdsong  that combat with the non-diegetic metalic scrapings like the mehcanicns of our females mind, there is a soundbridge between the setting of the communist state and forest scene.

Seductively the next scene is suggested as a dream like state of being. A contrasting scene from city backstreet to deep forest creates a mysticism that recreates iconic folklore like states of imagery (almost Shakespearrean). There are dancers represent animals like butterlfies and stags that interplay to tease and tanatalise our female lead. As a relation to image and sound the folk like tones of the song are the driving force for the fol like imagery. The forest location is warm (lack of clothing) and saturated in colour, the nakedness of the dancers is suggestive of innocence and liberation. More conclusively with the costume there is a strong sense of stylisation, the balletic minimalist clothing and dramatic combination of body pain, feathers, wood and metal create a plethora of textures on the eyes and add a sense of fullfillment to the audience who expect extravagence from the band, who are known for lavish productions.

Interplayed with the interprative dance, which in itself suggest sexual desire and freedom (flesh on flesh, intimate caressing and teasing glances) are segments of performance from the lead vocalist Anthony. This motion of Diegetic to Non-Diegetic sound interplays with the verismilitude of the situation, confirming its unrealsitic and heightend state of being. In cinematographic use there are alot of close ups and mid shots of figures that relate the audience to a sense of intimacy with the situation and again with the characters, this also increase the loneliness of the isolated female who we return to at a long shot.