Blue Song, Mint Royale

In class, we watched the music video for 'Blue Song' by Mint Royale, directed by Edgar Wright. This served as an influence for the opening sequence of 'Baby Driver' and the two share more than a few similarities. Noel Fielding, joined by fellow bank robbers Nick Frost, Julian Barratt and Michael Smiley begin seated in a beat-up family car in a non-descript car park. It is immediately set up as a bank robbery, with the door in the back ground and their conspiratory talk at the beginning, which in true Edgar Wright fashion, is snappy and comedic. We then watch as the three enter the bank, and the driver begins to dance in his car after selecting the perfect getaway song. The camera moves around the car dynamically, swooping from door to door and headlight to headlight. The cuts are, at times, synced to the beat of the sing but not to the extremes of 'Baby Driver's intro. The editing is snappy, pairing with the scant dialogue, and the sound is primarily just the song. We do see elements of the character of Fielding's driver, but he says very little and what he does say is sarcastic, comedic but makes him seem like an irritating person to be on a job with, such as his final remark- "That was more like three minutes." However we see he is unprepared and essentially winging the heist, when he doesn't know how long they will be and only just manages to pull off a hoax on the security guard. The narrative development is similarly simplistic and minor essentially being far more about the music than any other element, as you would expect for a music video.