Initial Planning Ideas

1) After considering the resources that are available to me, one of the ideas I have is to use my friend's band 'Tyrnats'. They have recorded 3 songs so far, therefore I will analyse the lyrics to each song as well as looking into which one is the most diverse to help me pick which one I would like to use.
If I was to go with this idea, I would make my music video a narrative video with some live performance throughout as the song builds. The narrative would depend on the song that I choose but I would probably decide to have a more metaphorical narrative rather than one that is a direct reflection of the lyrics as I think it would show more creativity and imagination as well as making the video more interesting to watch.

2) I also have back-up ideas, one of which would be to use Mariah Carey's 'Emotions' or Christina Perri's 'A thousand years' and have a video with a 1930's Old Hollywood, glamour music video of a singer performing the song all in black and white.
In order to create this theme I would need to use an old microphone and have my performer in a long gown with pearls and feathers in order to immitate actresses such as Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. I would also show clips of old films through super-imposing them onto old film posters or photographs as the actress sits in her bedroom and reminisces on a past love.

The actress would be sitting at her dressing table with her elbow resting on the table and her face resting on her hand. She would then go for a walk through her room and photographs, movie posters and things like tickets would remind her of her love, then the shot would cut to a clip of her and her lover experiencing things like going to the cinema or having a picnic etc.

History of Music Video

Resource Audit

• Actor - 1 male, 1 female
• Dancers - up to 3 males, up to 4 females
• Band - Tyrants
• Locations - Waterloo grafitti park, central London, dance studio, garden (ethereal theme), 'studio' looking room

Production Log

Production Log

There are many different types of music videos that range from narrative videos with storylines such as Taylor Swift's 'Mine' and Katy Perry's 'The one that got away' to more creative videos that may be very effective even though the concept may be simple, such as Bruno Mars's 'The lazy song'.

After considering the different resources that I have available I have come to the conclusion that I could do two different types of videos. The first would be a more traditional video with the artist singing into the camera with a narrative running asewll. This would be used with a song by my friend's band, Tyrants. If I was to use their song, I would not have to worry about copyright issues as I would be able to get their consent in writing easily as the band are not yet signed up to a record label.
The other resource I have is many professional dancers. As a dancer myself, I know many dance groups as well as individual dancers that would be willing to participate in my music video. One of the most interesting videos that I have seen that uses dance in a creative and effective way would have to be P!nk's 'Try' which I have posted below.

I believe this video is more unique than other music videos where dance is the predominant feature as it tells a story through the type of dancing, much like many forms of ballroom dancing. It is more interesting and different than the normal choreographed dance or flash mob as it expresses the passion and meaning behind the lyrics, which is very important in a music video.