INITIAL IDEASBY BEN CHAISTY

TYPE OF VIDEO For our first idea we would like to follow a narrative/Performance style video. We want to follow this format because we think it allows us to show case a range of skills and allows us to show a story line throughout our performance. In order to do this we would need to cut between scenes, and use a range of locations and outfit to go with the lyrics of the song.

SCREEN GRAB EXAMPLESHere are various examples from songs such as ‘let her go’ and ‘We are young.’ These music videos use a similar format to what we are thinking, using both the Narrative and Performance style, and cutting between scenes. Both songs also go along with the lyrics and the narrative follows with frequent cuts between the performance and the narrative.

POSSIBLE SONGS The song we would choose would be around 3-4 minutes long.

Let her go by Passenger would be a possible song choice for us, because we have found a lot of inspiration from the lyrics and the video and feel we can find a narrative that fits the song.

We are young by Fun. Is another possible choice because like Let her go we have found inspiration from the lyrics and believe we can base a narrative around the lyrics.

Paradise by Coldplay is a song that we think we interpret and add our own twist to the song through the video.

Lego house by Ed Sheeran is our final choice. Although the music video for this is purely narrative we believe we can create a story line that goes with the song and cut between it with a performance eliment.

GENRE The genre of music we may choose is ‘Pop’. However the songs we have chosen perhaps with the exception of Paradise are all slow. The songs all have a deeper meaning and requires the listener to dig deep into the lyrics in order to find meaning. We believe this then allows the listener to relate to the song and the video on a more personal level.

IDEA In our video we would like to follow both a narrative and performance element with frequent cuts between the two. We would like to do this because we believe we can shoe emotion behind the song and relate the song to the lyrics easily. We would try and film in a range of setting and try our best to incorporate a verity of musical instruments to make our performance more realistic. The possible songs we have chosen are emotional ones and we would like to carry this theme into our music video to the best of our ability.