White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane is a extremely good example of a music video displaying the psychedelic genre. Released in 1967, drug culture was prominent, and this shows throughout the video which is solely based on, and includes comparisons of the hallucinatory drug effects of psychedelic drugs, such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms (Magic Mushrooms.) Despite the somewhat obvious references to drug culture, White Rabbit became one of the first songs to sneak drug references past radio censors. Therefore, the song fits exactly into the genre we are aiming for.
It is also extremely related in the fact that it uses hallucinatory/kaleidoscope like patterns in the background of the piece throughout; as this is what we are aiming to create whilst using the Green Screen. The vivid colours and patterns heavily portray not only the use of narcotics, but also the areas of emotions due to the choice of colouration; and this can be done with our video through the use of depressive and anger like colours.
Similarly, Pink Floyd's The Wall also has reference to hallucinations, particularly by the proragonist Pink (Bob Geldof) who also reflects a depressed and detached emotional nature - equal to our protagonist. These effects could easily be duplicated for our piece. The film also relies heavily on animation; this, however, is not something that we could successfully re-create, for obvious reasons.
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