1st idea
Originally we came up with the idea of making our video appear through the eyes of somebody, preferably male, who was on drugs at the time. This would enable us to work more freely with the setting, props and appearance of the video as we could make it as random or as normal as we wished. This is because an affect of drug use is hallucination. An idea was to begin the video with the actor waking up in bed and finding something significant from the night before, however he has no recollection of what has happened. Only the viewer knows as the rest of the video is a rewind of the night before. The video would consist of the main character walking, high on drugs, along Brighton pier and beach. We came up with the idea of using Brighton as the setting because of the many different bright lights and groups of people. We also thought about using a number of quick shots of the main character as the camera is following him from club to club.
For this idea we came up with two songs at first:
- Coldplay - Speed of sound
- The Streets - Blinded by the light
As well as these two song choices, as a group, we all also liked the idea of using the song 'Flashback' by Calvin Harris, even though it is a different genre. We felt that the lyrics, such as, "this is like a flashback, this is like a dream" would link well with our idea of him not having any recollection of what happened the night before.
However, having brainstormed this idea in more depth, we came up with a few implications, the first of which was the lighting. In order to follow our storyline of the main character being out clubbing, and to create the video to its full potential, we would need to film it at night. Creating sufficient lighting to film at night but also prevent the images becoming too dark and unclear became a complication. Furthermore, another implication was to do with our ages. Not all of the members of our group will be 18years old when filming the video therefore wont be legally allowed to access any clubs to actually do the filming. In addition, clubs may be reluctant to grant us access and permission to actually film within their premises as they may not believe that filming footage inside a club is associated with a school project.
Due to these complications, as a group, we came to the conclusion that more brainstorming is required.
2nd idea
Our second idea was again using the song 'Blinded by the lights' by The Streets. We kept the previous idea of using flashing lights and quick images to support the chorus lyrics, "lights are blinding my eyes." We also kept a similar idea of filming on a beach such as Brighton, however this time, instead of using a clubbing scene, we wanted to use a funfair with all the bright lights, fast rides and busy atmosphere. Our main character was either going to be on drugs not knowing what they are doing, as before in our previous idea, or just be a normal person with their friends looking to have a good time at the funfair and arcade. This idea wouldn't have the problem of lighting as we don't necessarily need to film it at night, but even if we chose to do so it still wouldn't be as much of an issue as in a our first idea because the funfair would be all lit up anyway.
As we did with our previous idea, we came across a problem. Due to the weather being cold when we will be filming, it is unlikely that many people will be down by the beach and the funfair may even be closed. This would therefore ruin the busy atmosphere that we wanted for our video and defeat the object of the storyline and song. Also, we wanted at least 10people to star in the video, whether they were the main characters friends or just members of the general public, and we felt that getting everybody to Brighton may cause a problem as not everybody can drive.
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