R&P Post 8: Possible Tracks For The Single

LYRIC ANNOTATIONS

Green Card by Oh Land

Initial thoughts: As soon as heard this song, I fell in love with it and a vision for a music video to it came to me instantaneously. 

My main idea: Performance/narrative. It is about a relationship. The artist is the strong one in the relationship and her partner is the weak one. Essentially, she is trying to convince him of her love for him, which is a good enough reason for him to stay with her. The artist sings and acts. Each verse begins with a narrative e.g. insecure gesture on her on screen partner's part, followed by the artist reassuring him. This would then cut to her performance shots and the love scenes would be placed at the chorus i.e. "Stay with me.."

PROS:

1. The lyrics are beautiful and so it would be an opportunity to make something beautiful, with cute, love scenes.
2. There's opportunity to have a narrative, performance shots and landscape/nature shots. 
3. It is a great song for slow motion which I am obsessed with in music video. 
4. We only need two actors: the main female artist, and a guy.

CONS:

1. Some may find the song repetitive
2. It may not have that defining 'WOW' moment, where the whole song changes and it becomes really exciting.
3. It may be difficult for non-professional actors to act to. 

Porcupine - Iration ft Lincoln Parish

Initial thoughts: I liked the use of instruments in this song and the general, upbeat tone of it. I also had a vision upon the first time of listening to it.
My main idea: Perfomance/narrative. It would be a four piece band and the singer would be the main actor. There would be different scenes such as: 1)The singer would be chasing a girl, the object of his desires, through a forest 2)Band shots - lots of energy, especially from the main singer 3)Bar shot - he sees looking at her 4)Photo shoot shot - she is a model so she is posing; includes wind machine/camera flashes. Essentially its about a girl being to good for a guy. Possibly it could end with the forest scene and the girl's outfit releasing spikes like that of a porcupine.

PROS:

1. The use of live instruments means that we can incorporate band shots
2. The beat and tempo heavily support my idea of a chase as it sounds like one is happening
3. The different shots are all achievable and interesting.
4. We can have narrative and performance.  

CONS:

1. It may not make the video particularly exciting 
2. It may be difficult to film in a forest and to get the desired hand held effects
3. It is a short song so it is harder to get a good sense of progression in the narrative

Dance All Night by Dirty Heads

Intial thoughts: I love the dance-like feel of the song, the beat and the general vibe of the song. It was already a song which I liked.
Main idea: Narrative. It is predominantly dance. It begins with a scene at a dance event and they look at each other. The girl then leave s the dance floor and he follows her. The challenge to dance with her begins. She dances as she moves, it is slightly fantastical as she dances over different landscapes, there are several longshots: across fields/pavements etc, he is always slightly behind her. In the "One last dance part of the song, h finally reaches her, they have their romantic dance, she leaves him and then there is a deja vu moment as we return to the beginning where they are both looking at each other, this time smiling. We are likely to add in performance shots if we develop this idea.

PROS:

1. It would be fun to make a video for the song because it is so upbeat and dance-like
2. It has many romantic aspects which go well with my idea
3. It's got a youth feel to the song, making it easier to use actors of my age

CONS:

1. If we went with my idea, it might be difficult to find a choreographer or choreograph the moves
2. The song might seem a bit repetitive
3. There's almost too much that you could do with the song e.g. big dance scenes, two people dance scenes, performance and you do not want to spoil it by putting too much in