Blue Monday - by The Duvet Brothers (1984)

This short film is a music video known as a scratch video made up of archive footage in a sort of montage. The film itself is intended as a political statement about the class divide in England in the time that it was made. The footage is cut very well to the beat and the song by New Order is very fitting to the video itself. I like films with a political message because with them there is always a deeper meaning behind what they are doing and usually means the choice of shots are very carefully considered just like in this film. For example there is a shot of a Dictator and then it cuts to a shot of the Conservative logo, this is a very suggestive thing to do as the audience will quickly make a link between the two. Also because of the lyrics it has a feel as if the video is addressing the people it is complaining about directly and this makes the film feel more effective like it could make a difference.