After a couple of group discussions we have a clearer idea of our narrative side to the music video, as well as a few brief story boards that we can work on in more detail over the following few days. These Ideas include;
• The idea of a montage either as the pre-song narrative or as part of the narrative. This could include a very fast paced flick between argumentative scenes between the two characters in contrast with more happier, romantic moments. This could be placed just before a chorus where the tempo speeds up , so that our cuts are in time with the beat of the music.
• We also had an idea for the leader singer possibly lip syncing in the same set as the character, this would include a freeze frame of the characters and then eventually them resuming there argument. We spoke about experimenting with a more black and white colour on the shot of the lead singer lip syncing and when the characters screen continues, the colour fades back in. This technique has been done before by many successful artists, here are some links to video's who have experimented with this technique;
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbw_BxDwdjk
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLK3dYBduOE&ob=av2e
• We discussed ways in which we could ensure our video was unique or clever. We spoke about using a photo frame with a moving picture of the two characters and possibly them jumping from frame to frame. This is something we will shoot and play with on premier and choose whether to include it based on our decision on, if it is effective enough.
• Similar to our paused freeze frame idea of the characters we thought about shooting a scene in slow motion such as an argument or a vase smashing, this could be followed by some clever editing and transitions. This is something we experimented with in AS and we felt we pulled of, as it was one of the most effective parts of our video. This is something we experimented with on our Brighton reccie and was one of our most successful shot which we defiantly did want to incorporate into our final video.
