This music video seems to follow a very vague narrative, mixed with some elements of performance. The narrative consists of a young man having aspirations to fly after seeing various things in flight, such as birds and planes. The vast landscape and long shots in the video provide an insight into the grand scale of the imagery and mise-en-scene; linking to the idea of freedom in flying, The narrative often cuts to a live performance of the song by Pink Floyd, thus creating a relation and sense of reality to the audience viewing the video. The video seems to have a fair variety of shots, but most showing an extreme long shot and its relation to the main protagonist of the video. Furhtermore, the helicopter/plane shots provide a link to the overall theme of the song and video, flight. The genre of this song is Progressive Rock, though songs of this genre are often seen not to have an accompanying video, particularly in Pink Floyd's music. Though the choice to have a conceptual narrative and scenes of performance adhere to the idea and theme of progressive rock. The vivid colours and landscapes used in this video could appeal to the audience because it allows for a sense of engagement and visual grandeur. The mise-en-scene in this video delivers the theme and concept of freedom; with the vast scenery, light emphasis on costume design and natural lighting. In addition to this, the feature of a performance in the video shows the sense of proffesionalism and importance of the band. A lot of flight imagery is evident throughout the video with various long shots of birds and multiple POVs of planes and the protagonist himself actually flying.
For inspiration, I will use the theme of the narrative and variety of setting for my video.
Learning To Fly was a single released in 1987 for the album 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVhNCTH8pDs
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