Initial Ideas

For my initial ideas, I started out by looking at the three main narrative structures for music videos and finding music videos which used these structures as a way of comparing them and summing up which would be the best to use for my own video. I then looked at ideas for a plot/storyline that related to the analysed lyrics of my chosen song.

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Idea 1 - Continuous/One-Shot

My first initial idea was to film my music video as one continuous shot. My 'main character' would've been a young woman in order to match the voice of the song, with lip syncing throughout. The video which I used as the main influence for this idea was 'Hideaway' by Kiesza. However, rather than the video not following any particular narrative, I would try to incorporate a story that follows the interpretation drawn from the analysis of the lyrics.
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. . Continuous shots for a video as long as three minutes would be very hard to set up and plan, as well as providing very little scope for developing editing skills. These are problems which may make this idea quite impractical for the project brief and time limit.  .

Idea 2 - Lipsyncing/Cutaways

The second structural idea revolved entirely around a narrative that followed the interpretation from the analysis of the lyrics such as the previous idea, however uses continuity editing and cutaways rather than a single take. The continuity editing would tell the story of the lyrics like any other narrative video, however, the cutaways would most likely be shots of the main character singing the verses which would enable vast opportunity for development of editing skills. A music video which uses a similar editing style to this and therefore could be a useful reference for this idea is 'Bow' by Kasabian. The video also has several clips which shows the artist side-by-side to create unusual mirrored effects, which could work well as inspiration with the theme of my chosen song.
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Idea 3 - Abstract

The third narrative structure idea was to have an entirely abstract video most likely filmed in a studio. The videos which I used as main inspiration for this idea were 'Intoxicated' and '+1' both by Martin Solveig, both filmed in studio spaces with colourful backgrounds and abstract mise-en-scene. The video wouldn't necessarily have to relate to the lyric analysis as these two videos are examples of that, where the video holds no real meaning an each scene is intended entirely for artistic purposes.
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.. . However, I personally prefer videos with a narrative as they are more memorable to me, and I believe the lyrics of my chosen video would suit a narrative video rather than an abstract one.  .

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After looking at the typical narrative structures for a music video, I looked towards possible plot/storyline ideas that were based around the analysed lyrics of my chosen song and then presented it in a Prezi presentation, shown below.

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