Parallel and Contrapuntal video.





I have used slow and romantic themed music as I thought it was easy to find videos which were parallel and contrapuntal to the song. I've used videos connoting love, family and relationships which are parallel to the emotion filled song and I have used videos of violence aggression, abuse and partying which are contrapuntal. This is because they are the total opposite to what you would expect to see alongside slow romantic music.

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