Audience Feedback: The Pitch

"Bleeding Out" Lyrics

Here, we have written our points as to when certain things will happen in the music video, a bit like doing a pre-storyboard, so we know when to film the singing and when to film the narrative (singing highlighted in green, narrative in pink). I think this will be really useful, as it means there will hopefully be no gaps in the filming process and it can run as smoothly as possible. 

-Janet

Inspirational Music Videos

Below are some music videos by artists who, I believe, have influenced the idea behind my music video, which I have chosen to be "Bleeding Out" by Imagine Dragons.





"King and Lionheart" by Of Monsters and men was inspirational for my ideas, because it is about adventures, being chased, and fighting for someone that you love. It also includes the theme of protection, which I think will be evident in my final product.
This video is more animated, even though it has real people in it, and it doesn't have the band in the actual video, which mine won't be like. 


 



Walk The Moon's "Tightrope" was inspirational behind our idea, because although it is lighthearted and upbeat, it has a group of Tribe-like people who have animal characteristics. Again, it has the idea of trying to escape and chaos. 






My final choice of inspirational music videos is "Rain" by Mika. I think this is the most like our idea, and watching it again has been really useful, because things such as the mise-en-scene, the setting, and the lighting. I really like the outfit Mika is wearing in this video, and I think it would be really good to try and get something similar for when we make our video. Also, the narrative is fairly similar to ours, in the way that he is in the forest being chased away.


-Janet

Initial Ideas!

So far, I have decided between two songs. The first is "Bleeding Out" by Imagine Dragons:

My idea for this song is to have a singer, plus a narrative running alongside it. The only thing I'm worried about is my idea being too ambitious, but I have thought in a lot of detail about how I want it to go. The plot will include a man (the singer) who is in a forest and is looking for something, and it will cut between him singing and him playing the character.
The man finds a flower, which is protected by a group of people who live in the forest who, for now, I will call Amazons. The man picks the flower, and gets chased away by the Amazons. Later on, he has managed to get away, and he sees a girl, who is the love interest, wearing a red dress. He tries to get to her, but he realizes that she isn't real- he's dreaming. Then there will be cuts to close ups of the Amazons faces, and I will probably use a canted angle to give the effect that he is having a nightmare.
In the final scene, he is going to arrive at the girl's house, and give her the flower. It all seems fine, but I want to have it end on a cliffhanger, so I will have an over-shoulder shot of one of the Amazons (maybe the chief?) who is hidden from view of the two people, watching them. The camera will then focus on his face, maybe an extreme close up, and on the last beat he will look at the camera and it will go to a blackout.

The second song I was thinking of doing is quite lighthearted, as it is a pop song:




My idea for "Unlikely Hero" by The Hoosiers would be more cliche, and possibly more simple than "Bleeding Out" as I was thinking of the protagonist being the stereotypical school nerd, who is in love with the girl who is dating the school Jock (the villain of the story).
The nerd will also be the singer, and the difference between my two ideas is that he will be singing as the character, as well as being either a single artist or a frontman for a band (I haven't decided yet...)
I want to make the video quite funny, and cliche, so the nerd is going to see that the Jock isn't treating the girl very well, so it's up to the nerd to overcome the High School social status that separates him from the girl he loves... and to save her from her evil boyfriend, of course.

-Janet