Editing Queen (band) (section)

===Music videos===

[[File:FreddieMercurySinging1977.jpg|thumb|left|185px|Mercury in a Harlequin outfit. He appears in a half black, half white version in the 1977 music video for "[[We Are the Champions]]".]]
Directed by [[Bruce Gowers]], the groundbreaking [[Bohemian Rhapsody#Promotional video|"Bohemian Rhapsody" promotional video]] sees the band adopt a "decadent 'glam' sensibility".<ref name="Rock VH1"/> Replicating [[Mick Rock]]'s photograph of the band from the cover of ''[[Queen II]]''—which itself was inspired by a photo of actress [[Marlene Dietrich]] from ''[[Shanghai Express (film)|Shanghai Express]]'' (1932)—the video opens with "Queen standing in diamond formation, heads tilted back like [[Easter Island statues]]" in near darkness as they sing the ''a cappella'' part.<ref name="Rock VH1">{{cite web|last1=Hamrogue|first1=Sasha|last2=Bottomley|first2=C.|url= http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1489621/07222004/bowie_david.jhtml|title=Mick Rock: Shooting Up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808005629/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1489621/07222004/bowie_david.jhtml|archive-date=8 August 2007|publisher=[[VH1]]|date=22 July 2004|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

One of the industry's leading music video directors, [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]], directed some of their subsequent videos. Some of their later videos use footage from classic films: "[[Under Pressure]]" incorporates 1920s silent films, [[Sergei Eisenstein]]'s ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]'' and [[F. W. Murnau]]'s ''[[Nosferatu]]''; the 1984 video for "[[Radio Ga Ga]]" includes footage from [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927); "[[Calling All Girls]]" was a homage to [[George Lucas]]'s ''[[THX 1138]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-queen-videos-freddie-mercury-brian-may-roger-taylor-john-deacon-bohemian-rhapsody|title=The Top 10 Best Queen Videos|first=Chris|last=Chantler|website=Louder|date=5 July 2016|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828013252/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-queen-videos-freddie-mercury-brian-may-roger-taylor-john-deacon-bohemian-rhapsody|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 1995 video "[[Heaven for Everyone]]" shows footage from [[Georges Méliès]]' ''[[A Trip to the Moon]]'' (1902) and ''[[The Impossible Voyage]]'' (1904).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lemieux|first1=Patrick|title=The Queen Chronology: The Recording & Release History of the Band|date=2013|publisher=Lulu|page=40}}</ref> The first part of Mallet's music video for "[[I Want to Break Free]]" spoofed the popular long-running British soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]''.{{sfn|Sutcliffe|2009|p=180}}

The music video for "[[Innuendo (song)|Innuendo]]" combines [[stop motion]] animation with [[rotoscoping]] and band members appear as illustrations and images taken from earlier Queen music videos on a cinema screen akin to the dystopian film ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1984).<ref>''Queen – Champions of the World'' video (1995)</ref> The music videos for "[[Flash (Queen song)|Flash]]" (from ''Flash Gordon'') and "[[Princes of the Universe]]" (from ''Highlander'') are themed on the films the band recorded soundtracks for, with the latter featuring Mercury briefly re-enact the sword-fighting scene with the titular character.<ref>{{cite news |title=17 Music Videos Starring Movie Characters |url=https://screencrush.com/music-videos-with-movie-characters/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |agency=Screen Crush |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625233400/https://screencrush.com/music-videos-with-movie-characters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Queen also appeared in conventional music videos. "We Will Rock You" was filmed outdoors in Roger Taylor's back garden during a cold day in early January 1977.<ref name="McLeod"/> Filmed at the [[Gillian Lynne Theatre|New London Theatre]] later that year, the music video for "We Are the Champions" features the band—with Mercury in a trademark Harlequin outfit—performing in front of an enthusiastic crowd who wave Queen scarves in a manner similar to English football fans.<ref name="McLeod">{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=Ken |title=We are the Champions: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music |date=2013 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |page=124}}</ref> The last music video of the group while Mercury was alive, "[[These Are the Days of Our Lives]]", was filmed in black and white to hide the full extent of his illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury's Final Bow: Director Rudi Dolezal Recalls the Queen Legend's Poignant Last Video |url=https://people.com/music/freddie-mercury-last-music-video-rudi-dolezal-interview/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |magazine=People |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205331/https://people.com/music/freddie-mercury-last-music-video-rudi-dolezal-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>