Music Video Pitch Ideas

We decided as a group on a 'home video'/solo road trip theme which ties in with the delicate, progressive style and genre of the 'alternative' music. We would create a story based video with elements of performance tied in to create contrast and variation making the video more intersting for viewing; for example like in the Sixpence None The Richer video for 'Kiss Me'.

Setting and Location

As for the settings and locations we have decided on using natural and spacious places which links in with the title of the song 'Daffodils', flowers which tend to grow out in the country side; going to places such as Milton Country Park, our back gardens and using the fields and roads around the village of Hildersham will help tremendously with what we want to achieve. Also because the music gives the impression of moving along, we will also be filming a lot of the road while traveling from one place to the next to amplify and reflect this element within the music.

Props
For the props, we will be using objects that can help explain the story and help the audience to better relate to whats happening while also having interesting twists on certain props for example, fairy-lights wrapped around the tree we will be using in a backdrop which will create interest. Other props we intend to use are flowers, a car for the footage of the traveling, an acoustic guitar for the performance side to the video, torches for added light and effect, clocks to immitate time moving and a car cd player to help start the music from the story point of view.

Technical Choices
For our video, we will add faded video transactions to create a fairy tale/dream like effect. Also we will use a sepia filter on some clips which adds and amplifies the 'home video' theme and maybe use a 'bad tv' (or similar) effect which will also help. For example in Torchwood-Small worlds, they use a sepia filter to reflect the fact that it's in the past and so the red would show up better. There is also "fairy-cam" -A high angle, point of view shot with blurred edges, which gives a mysterious feel.

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn's signature style became immediatly recognisable - it has a stark, serious and solitary atmosphere, yet, all his subjects seem at ease and intimate with the camera. There are generally men stood by themselves and occasionally in suacidal like/deeply reflective situations but they are amazingly at home there. The videos of 'Heart Shaped Box' by Nirvana, 'Viva la Vida' by Coldplay and 'One' by U2 are all examples of his work and include his visual signature.

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'Heart Shaped Box'

'Viva la Vida'

'One'