Maroon 5's Competition

These are some artists similar to maroon 5 that were either around at the same time and competing with them or have similarities to the band.

By looking at these videos we were able to draw more inspiration and ideas for our music video and came up with some concepts for the narrative of the video.

Muse

'Madness' has very similar characteristics to Maroon 5's style. This song is based around the front man who is mostly the main focus of this music video much like Adam Levine is in his music videos. The typical narrative of this music video is about anarchy shown through action and vibrant colours which connotes some form of pop element to the song which is very similar to Maroon 5's music videos. Also in Maroon 5's music video, there is always some element of love or lust with women who are featured in the video; In this music video there are actors who portray love and emotion even the dangerous situation that is happening around them. In addition, they show scenes of the band playing to convey that they are all part of this song and that they are real instrumental players.

The Script

'Superheroes' is very much based around the band singing our the the crown of poor people to give them hope and inspiration. This song is about making a change in this society considering that they have been 'fighting all their lives' for change to happen. The Script's songs are inspirational towards people with different needs in every day society however Maroon 5's songs speak about how to fix broken love or how to work with love in relationships. I feel that The Script sing about hope whereas Maroon 5 sings about love and romance. Therefore, they both have something that inspires them to create beautiful songs that are shared out to the masses which is something they have in common.

OneRepublic

The Fray

'How to save a life' is very much like Maroon 5's songs. This song talks about saving someone who you love or once did. This song have many shots of people who are crying and looking sad to emphasis the songs meaning. This is very similar to Maroon 5's music video because they include many facial shots of Adam Levine to portray emotion. Also they include many visuals shots of the band performing to show that they are 'real' talented musicians very much like Maroon 5.