FIRST 3 IDEAS FOR ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC VIDEO
IDEA NUMBER ONE IDEA 1 ....
A MIXTURE OF BOTH NARRATIVE AND PERFORMANCE. IT WILL FOLLOW A STORY OF A COUPLE AND BE FILTERED WITH FOOTAGE FROM A BANDS PEFORMANCE. THE NARRATIVE PART WILL FOLLOW A DISFUCTIONAL COUPLE WHOS RELATIONSHIP IS FALLING APART. IT WOULD BE A MONTAGE OF CLIPS, AT FIRST SHOWING THEM HAPPIER, THEN AS THE SONG CONTINUTES THE RELATIONSHIP START FALLING APART. DURING THIS TIME, CLIPS OF A BAND PERFORMING WILL BE EDITED IN, IN TIME WITH THE BEAT.
KINGS OF LEON – SEX ON FIRE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS MIXTURE OF BOTH, PERFORMANCE AND NARRATIVE, IS THE KINGS OF LEON MUSIC VIDEO SEX ON FIRE. IT SHOWS THE BAND PLAYING INSTRUMENTS/SINGING AND ACTING. ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THIS VIDEO THAT I FIND APPEALING IS WHEN THE CHORUS STARTS, THE PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE IS SHOWN.
IDEA NUMBER TWO IDEA 2 .... FOR MY SECOND IDEA, THE VIDEO WILL ONLY BE NARRATIVE BASED. IT WILL FOLLOW A GIRL WHO HAS SOMEONE TIED UP IN HER BASEMENT. MISE EN SCENE WILL BE A KEY FEATURE IN EXPLAINING MORE ABOUT THE NARRATIVE WITHOUT ME OUT RIGHT STATING IT. THROUGH MY RESEARCH AND LOOKING INTO THE IDEA OF PROJECTION, I WANT TO INCLUDE THAT TECHNIQUE HERE. SIMILAR TO THE MISE EN SCENE, IT WILL BE USED TO SHOW MORE OF THE NARRATIVE AND BACKSTORY TO THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE.
ARCTIC MONKEYS – WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THIS ARCTIC MONKEYS MUSIC VIDEO IS A EXAMPLE OF A NARRATIVE BASED VIDEO. NO PERFORMANCE IS SHOWN AND THE ACTORS IN THE NARRATIVE ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE BAND.
IDEA NUMBER THREE IDEA 3.... FOR MY THIRD IDEA, I AM GOING TO USE CONTRASTING LYRICS TO THE IMAGES/SHOTS THAT ARE BEING SEEN. FOR EXAMPLE USING A SONG WITH HAPPY, POSITIVE LYRICS BUT THE PERSON/PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO ARE IN A DANGER/DEADLY SITUATION. FOR THIS, IT WILL BE A NARRATIVE BASED VIDEO AND A KEY ELEMENT WILL BE LIGHTING. FOR THIS, DRAMTIC LIGHTING WOULD BE BEST TO CREATE A LARGE IMPACT ON THE AUDIENCE OR VIEWER. THIS IDEA WOULD USE THREE – FOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO MUSICAL LINKS TO THE SONG (NO BAND MEMBERS). THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO WILL BE TEENAGERS/YOUNG ADULTS AND ON THE SURFACE APPEAR TO REPRESENT THE EVERYDAY PERSON. THIS MAY HOWEVER CHANGE AS THE VIDEO PROGRESSES.
RATBOY – SIGN ON ALTHOUGH THIS RATBOY TRACK DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS IDEA, THE PEOPLE AND SHOT TYPES ARE WHAT I WISH TO INCLUDE IN THIS IDEA. LOTS OF HANDHELD, CLOSE UPS AND TRACKS TO USED TO HELP BUILD ON THE AUDIENCE’S ENJOYMENT.