Developments of Music Video Idea's

After much discussion, me and my group have decided that our idea of using a narrative of a guy chasing a girl is a cliche, and over used. As a result, we have decided upon tweaking the narrative and developing upon the idea of using a spookier theme that haunts the actor in our music video as he searches for the girl.


For example, we have come up with an idea of using face masks, (which are print of our actress's Izzy's face) and placing them on around 10 extras. Then these extras will haunt our actor and they will be recurring images which keep appearing throughout our music video; basically an idea of the man dreaming and entering a bizarre world. Furthermore, this idea of a warped and spooky image will be mixed in with an idea of reality, which is where the masks shall fade away, leaving Izzy just standing there, and our actor will continue to try and find her. We have also decided upon not using Norwich Train station anymore, yet instead we shall use these following locations:

• Elm Hill - The cobbled streets shall give a feeling of wariness and shall enhance a spooky atmosphere, as Elm Hill is very traditional and has a very authentic aura. Elm Hill will juxtapose the idea of illusion and reality, which is what our group mean by wariness. For example, Elm Hill is a perfect location to mix up the idea of what normal really is, and whether or not it is just an illusion.



• Colgate Street - Again, this street in Norwich is very old, and has the ability to draw our audience into the atmosphere of a spooky theme, as using any modern street in Norwich will look out of place.



• Mulbarton Ally - A member of my group live in Mulbarton, and this ally is particularly nasty, with a really thin pathway big enough for just one person to walk down at a time, with grime brick walls either side, giving the appearance of being rather shoddy. As a result, filming in the dark will increase this warped atmosphere.

More locations will be added as we go along, as we are planning more trips for location scouting. However, we have decided that the ultimate theme we are basing our music video around is the switching between "dream scenes" and reality of the man chasing after the woman; with recurring images of masks with Izzy's face on them, as a way of showing how Izzy taunts him permanently. In another blog post I will be showing clips of Dream scenes from American Beauty as that is what influenced our idea of defining the difference between reality and dreaming.