Ideas and Concepts
- 1. Ideas and Concepts Four Possible Song Choices and Interpretations
- 2. Christina Perri - Human Key Features: Close ups, mid shots, birds eye, high angle. Story Line: with a setting of a plain white room several girls will sit and express their body and talents. Aesthetic: Contemporary theme of isolation. In this still from Christina Perri’s video for the song Human the singer is shown through a mid shot with low lighting behind her so that she is simply a silhouette. When looking closer at the shot, you realise there are links to the lyrics of the song as her arm has transformed into transparency to show bones, linking to concepts of everyone being of equal value and at the core we are all the same. To apply this to our possible idea for a music video, showing different girls expressing their talents will contrast with how individual everyone is.
- 3. The Fray – You Found Me Key Features: Reverse filming, time lapse, dissolve shot, close ups. Storyline: hidden meaning that is revealed at the end of the music videos. Imagery and concepts are conveyed through the lives of different individuals. Aesthetic: Urban, buildings, people. In this exterior establishing night time shot the main singer of the band is seen standing on a roof of a building, a very urban setting lit with lights of an office block. To interpret this in my own way I have decided a possible way to shoot and create similar effects I could film the a time-lapse of London streets at night where the lights would create an atmosphere of city life.
- 4. Jaymes Young – I’ll Be Good Key Features: Flashback, bokeh, close ups, mid shots, hand held shots. Storyline: a young man will reflect on the relationship with his dad. Scenes of flashbacks and hand held shots. Aesthetic: Black and white theme. In this shot from the I’ll Be Good music video it is a mid shot of the singer shown at a side profile, the effect of the shot means the viewer is able to see the extent of his emotion. To interpret this we have chosen to use a black and white based music video and have flash backs of home videos.