Music Video

Prison Sex by Tool, my absolute favorite music video ever created, this video contains so many messages and meanings it's almost impossible to put into words. What I believe is responsible for this is the absence of any kind of narrative and how the viewer is responsible for their own interpretation of the video. The visual elements in this video are incredibly unique, stop-motion is used to animate ominous figures in a dark, mysterious location that can't be related to any real place. The video stays in this setting for the duration but explores deeper elements of it, for example the "drawers" that appear to be opened give way to rooms that are of similar size, almost relating to different dimensions. Some of the main moments of the video are when the main character tries to escape and explores it's surroundings in the process, finding finds things that really can't be explained and appear to shock the character. With no signs of an exit, it really gives the feeling that the character is trapped in a place he doesn't even understand. The whole video contains a very ominous feeling that many would consider as dark, and the camera angles represent this as well, they way the shots seem to become more frantic and the camera tends to shake much more when more frightening images are shown. This video definitely defines the song in a new way, it goes without saying what many people would interpret the song as, given the title and some of the lyrics, but the video serves to show that it is nothing of the sort. I've been watching this video ever since it was released and I still pull new things out of it every time I watch it, it's truly an amazing work of video art whether you are a fan of the band or not and I hope that everyone gets the chance to watch it at least once.