Initial Group Ideas

As a pair we discussed all the different ideas that we had, and decided on the most realistic yet unique one which we both felt would make our music video look professional and exciting. Our ideas included:

• Having a narrative/performance music video which involve the band and their dopplegangers, this sort of idea stemmed from Thirty Seconds To Mars' video "The Kill", we both felt that this sort of idea would intrigue the audience into wanting to watch the video. We decided on showing the band while they travel to a studio and how they get on and what they get up to, the camera would go back and fourth between the band and the dopplegangers who were already at the studio and recording the bands song.
• We'd decided on using a filter for the video to make it look more indie and different, giving the video a retro feel to it, making it more interesting.
• Filming some of the music video in a field and showing the audience the bands relationship with each other, and how they interact with one another.
• Having the band and the dopplegangers meet at the end of the video, we thought this might be effective because the audience don't know what's going to happen next between both groups.
• The band and the dopplegangers wear different clothing and have different hairstyles so the audience can differentiate between the two groups, this also shows the audience that everyone has another side to them and their personality.
• Narrative camera shots, such as a point of view shot and over the shoulder shots, this will help the audience to relate with the band as they'll be able to see things through their eyes.
• Editing techniques such as fast forward and slow motion when the band are travelling to the studio, this will give the audience a chance to see how busy but also how laid back their lives are.

As a pair we also discussed other ideas, because after receiving feedback on our initial idea we realise that it might not be as realistic and professional as we once thought. So we thought of another idea which seemed more professional but also unusual:

• Having a narrative/abstract music video that involves different people waking up and getting ready, but all putting on the same clothes. Once these people are ready they leave their house and start travelling to an unknown location which then turns out to be a forest, upon their arrival the people realise that they're all dressed in the same clothes and that they're all going to the same location. Once they get into the actual forest the audience realise that the people are following the sound of a song that coming from within the forest, the people then arrive to where the band are playing and they all start worshipping the band and dance along to the song.
• We decided that using low key lighting would work best with this music video so we were going to film it during the early evening in order for the music video to look mysterious and unusual.
• Filming on the transport the people use will help the audience to understand that they're different to everyone else and that they're sort of the main characters because the music video revolves around them and their journey to the forest.
• A long shot can be used to show the audience the people walking into the forest, this makes the audience wonder what they're doing and why they're going into the forest.