PLANNING - INSPIRATION

To begin my process of production I began by looking at music videos of the pop/indie genre to give a better insight to the codes and conventions they use as well as look for inspiration for themes, narrative ideas, camera angles etc which I could incorporate in my own video. For my brief I would like to aim to create a music video motivated by a combination of the following:




INSPIRATION 1

DADDY ISSUES-

TAKE ME TO CHURCH-

These videos, both creatively shot in black and white, fit with the ‘indie’ theme I would like to aim my video towards as I wish to hybridise pop and indie for my project.

The long, drawn out and slow shots in ‘daddy issues’ contrast the sudden violence from the girls hitting the car. This oxymoronic style is interesting and something I would like to also explore

The narrative of ‘take me to church’ is haunting and packed with truth to make the audience ‘think’ which a potential aim for my music video is, as well as keeping in mind the need to aim my video for fun loving, 16-25-year olds.



INSPIRATION 2

DON'T DELETE THE KISSES-

SLEEP ON THE FLOOR-

YOU-
 

Within These three videos I am interested in the narrative of each couple and how parts of their story are portrayed in short cut shots with a variety of angles, mainly being close ups, which crates and attachment to the characters and their life in the video. The Expression of each actor/actress for example such as in ‘don’t delete the kisses’, brings the piece alive for me as the audience and makes me intrigued in the main concept shown of ‘young love’.

For my Video I would like to possibly take inspiration from the narrative standpoint of this ‘young love’ and explore further the use of transportation in the video which gives the videos a feel of constant ‘moving’ and may connotate to how love is always changing and moving.



INSPIRATION 3
BUDDY HOLLY-

SUPERSOAKER-


‘Supersoaker’ by Kings of Leon has clear intertextuality to the era of the 50’s/60’s as the clothing, makeup, style of filter and colour suggests. This nostalgic vibe gives the video a bright tone and plays into the playfulness of the song. A periodically set, intertextual video appeals to my potential plans for my own project as I believe the contrast of modern to old would be interesting to an audience similair to thi video. Furthermore, I could create pastiche to ‘grease’ which is a well-known classic film, inspiring an audience to watch to see these ‘Easter eggs’ of intertextuality.



INSPIRATION 4

THE SCIENTIST-

BREEZEBLOCKS-

ROBBERS-

‘The scientist’ and ‘breezeblocks’ both portray narratives like ‘robbers’ but however play this in reverse, creating this sense of confusion and intrigue to an audience wondering the root of either video. All three videos come from songs with an underlyingly morose or sorrowful tones despite two of which being upbeat in tempo – creating a conflicted state in the piece itself.

I find the narrative in ‘Robbers’ interesting and inspiring as it portrays a raw love story alongside murder, robbery and drugs – conflicting emotions in a way I believe is very memorable.

Furthermore, the idea of narrative in reverse could be interesting for my own piece as it is more memorable and stands aside from regular forward playing narrative pieces.

Another note I made from ‘breezeblocks’ was an interesting use of deep blues and purple as the colour theme which as well as set the tone, was attractive to the eye and complimented the theme of the video well.