Alex Day - Georgia
Alex is a well known video maker on YouTube and make a video one day explaining how he found a piece of paper on the floor at a post office which had the question "Do you want Georgia to leave?" with two columns both titled 'Yes' or 'No' with various peoples names written in both columns. He explains this in further detail in this video:
He goes on to perform a song that he has written about the piece of paper and the unknown girl 'Georgia'. He then recorded this song and added it as track on his album 'The World Is Mine (I Don't Know Anything)'.
My music video for this song would follow the lyrics and try and tell the story of Georgia, trying to reanact the moment where the piece of paper was possibly passed around the classroom with actors, mixed with performance shots of Alex singing the song at a gig. I would try and keep the video fast paced to go along with the fast beat of the music, using erating, creative shots and possibly having a cut on every beat.
Snakes Hate Fire - Heartbreak Beautiful
As this band have broken up, I would be unable to film them performing so the video would have to narrative or concept based. I interpret this as a song about looking back on your life and wondering whether you've taken all the chances you could and made the right decisions. I would like to amplify this idea by using split screen showing two alternate realities: two different sides of one situation, one where the character acts out her expectations of what her life would be like and the other side showing the reality. This idea has come from seeing the film (500) Days of Summer, in which at different times in the film we see main character in a split screen, showing his expectations of situations and the reality of whats actually happening. This can be seen at the beginning of this video:
(unfortunately it is not the best quality, but you can see the basic idea)
This would be a good idea as it could tie in with the theory of intertextuality and movies and it also an original idea which I haven't seen in a music video before. I would also like to ground the video by regularly cutting back to a scene where the main character is in a tranquil location, such as a field, as this will represent her looking back on her life now she has come to peace with her reality. The large open space will represent her freedom. In these shots she will be lip syncing to some of the lyrics, or possibly writing them down in a diary of some sort of which I would do close-up shots of. The song has quite a serious tone, and I think one interpretation could be her looking back over these past events and how they have shaped her into who she is now. However, as it may not be possible to do split screen with the editing equipment I will be using, I have decided to plan for another song by the band as well just in case.
Snakes Hate Fire - Innocent
If I were to choose this song, the music video would be narrative. Unlike 'Heartbreak Beautiful' which could be interpreted in many ways, 'Innocent' has a definite story to it. The lyrics portray the thoughts of a girl whose boyfriend has just cheated on her, and how she comes to terms with the fact that she needs to leave him, realising that she doesn't need a man. In my music video I would amplify these lyrics. My main focus of the video would be the girl moving on after her she has left her boyfriend, having fun with her friends, however like in my idea for Heartbreak Beautiful I will be regularly cutting back to the character lip synching along to the words, however this could be depicted in two ways, she could be in a different place every time it pans back: like journey.
For instance, it could start with her sitting on her bed with a text from her boyfriend saying he's sorry, then cut to a flashback of how their relationship was and how she found out he was cheating, continuing with interchanges throughout the video of scenes where she is hanging out with her friends and having fun whilst getting over her relationship, meeting new people and possibly seeing her ex with a new girl. When the camera pans back to her, she is walking down the street etc.
Each time the camera pans back, it could show her at a different stage of the journey she is making and eventually end with her knocking on a door, or arriving at her destination, and meeting her friends looking happy to show that she doesn’t need a man. The journey that she takes from her bedroom to meeting her friends could represent the journey she has taken from being in an unhappy relationship to finally being happy single.
However, another simpler idea could be to just have her staying in her room for the parts where she is lip syncing, and interchange this with shots of her going out with friends, having fun whilst they help her get over her ex, etc. As this song is more upbeat that 'Heartbreak Beautiful', I think I would prefer to make this video more light-hearted and fun, focusing on the character being happy single instead of on the actual break up.
For instance, it could start with her sitting on her bed with a text from her boyfriend saying he's sorry, then cut to a flashback of how their relationship was and how she found out he was cheating, continuing with interchanges throughout the video of scenes where she is hanging out with her friends and having fun whilst getting over her relationship, meeting new people and possibly seeing her ex with a new girl. When the camera pans back to her, she is walking down the street etc.
Each time the camera pans back, it could show her at a different stage of the journey she is making and eventually end with her knocking on a door, or arriving at her destination, and meeting her friends looking happy to show that she doesn’t need a man. The journey that she takes from her bedroom to meeting her friends could represent the journey she has taken from being in an unhappy relationship to finally being happy single.
However, another simpler idea could be to just have her staying in her room for the parts where she is lip syncing, and interchange this with shots of her going out with friends, having fun whilst they help her get over her ex, etc. As this song is more upbeat that 'Heartbreak Beautiful', I think I would prefer to make this video more light-hearted and fun, focusing on the character being happy single instead of on the actual break up.
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