One of the songs that we came across was Blinded by light, by The Streets. We listened to the song over and over again, without watching the music video and really started to like the idea of using it for our own music video. Together, we thought of ideas and the storyline that could be used for the music video.
Our First Idea
In the storyline, the main character has taken a lot of drugs and is walking around in the night along Brighton beach and on the pier. The lyrics of the song tell the story of a man out for the night partying getting very drunk whilst trying to find his friends. He is also taking drugs and in the song his feeling are constantly described and how the atmosphere relates to his state of mind. We used this idea and created one of our own which consisted of linking the feeling of drugs and being drunk to lyrics such as 'lights are blinding my eye'. We thought of the idea of using quick flashes of the main character showing the state he is in with the camera following the character around, along the streets and in clubs. We all became very fond of this idea until we found a few implications with it.
The first problem that we came across was the lighting. In order to follow the storyline and to gain the music video's full potential, we would have to film it in the dark where all the partying is about. This became a complication as we discovered that the picture will be dark and unclear and we would not be able to gain sufficient lighting to make it better. Another problem that we came across was the not all of the members in the group will be able to get into a club to film the music video as we are not all legally 18 years old. Adding to this, the club or clubs may not been too keen with us wanting to film footage from inside the club to use for a music video as they may not believe that it is just for a school project and therefore will deny us permission to do so.
Due to these three main complications we then decided to move onto another idea that will prove to be more sufficient and appropriate for our group.
Our Second Idea
Our second idea was very much like the first idea instead we decided to go for a song within the Dance/Club song which was Flash Back by Calvin Harris. The storyline is slightly different as the main character is a man working in an office and is daydreaming, having 'flashbacks' of the weekend before went he went out to clubs. There is still going to be quick flashes to show the state of mind of the character with the camera following him around on the busy streets and in the clubs. The lyrics of the song work well with this idea such as, 'this is like a flashback, this is like a dream' as this supports the idea of the main character having flashbacks of the weekend before.
Although this seemed like a good idea, like the previous idea, it had the same complications such as the age issue of getting into the clubs, getting the clubs permission to film and the lightening for film.
Our Third Idea
With our second idea we went back to the The Street's song, 'Blinded by Lights', as we liked it and felt we could find another storyline to work with. We still like the idea of using flashing lights and images to go with the lyrics of the song in the chorus, 'lights are blinding my eyes'. We came up with the idea with going to a beach, such as Brighton, and film on the pier where there is a funfair with bright lights, spinning rides and a busy atmosphere. We were going to have a main character again, either on drugs or just looking for a good time on at the funfair and arcade, with all the lights flashing and the camera following him around. However we also came across a few implications with this idea.
The first complication that we came across was that we intended on having about 10 people in our film, one being the main characters and others acting as general members of the public passing by or acting as friends as the main character. Brighton is about an hour to an hour and a half away from us and we when we spoke to the people who we wanted in the video, they weren't keen about travelling down to Brighton as it is a bit far. Another problem that arsied was the fact of it being so cold in the winter that it will be even colder down by the coast so not many people will be on the pier or the fun fair may even be closed. This would therefore rule out the busy atmosphere that we wanted for our video and therefore defeat the whole purpose of the storyline.
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