DH Track Ideas and Music Video Ideas

The City; Ed Sheeran 3.56

Themes of isolation, city, nightlife, drugs
Performance through singing and piano
Urban locations (city)
Night is perfect timing for shoots, as fits with isolation theme and lyrics
Song does not really lend itself to a narrative, however does explore the feelings of isolation of one man now living in London

Tomorrow Morning; Jack Johnson 2.50

Themes of night, loneliness
Slow music but positive spin
Introduction play through radio, before switches to real (or old radio to modern)
Walking home throughout video, reaches just as the sun rises
Song does get repetitive after a while, but this could be used to our advantage.

Short change hero; The Heavy 3.57

Themes of love, heroism, lies
Long intro and outro, contrasting section Man walks onto stage during intro, sings throughout, during outro, is revealed he is alone and not singing, is only imagination
The song does not have much of a narrative

Good for you; We are the Ocean

Only cuts are at the beginning, flash forwarding to later events, afterwards the whole video is one continuous shot, which gives a greater sense of realism.
Focus throughout is on the singer, despite him never being acknowledged by the characters, giving the impression of a narrator, character prevalence is given to the blonde woman to give a central character to connect with.
Interesting lighting through the use of set and props like the flare.
Video introduction gives context of bank heist that is built on throughout.
Makes use of the contrast between quieter and louder parts to link the visuals and music very effectively.
Difficult to make out the story as the one shot makes it difficult to follow characters

Best I ever had; Gavin DeGraw

Very faced paced cuts and camera movement make the video very dynamic and match the upbeat nature of the music.
Prevalence is given to the singer, dictates his emotions, the only other character is the woman who features in the flashback shots and occasionally on the TV screens.
Images of the word are show in various interesting ways, through the blurry old TV screens which could represent memories, images are also projected onto the brick wall behind the artist, this does not only give an interesting texture to the images but this also brings the artist into the foreground, and sometimes when projected over him incorporates him into the scenes giving interesting contrast.
Even more contrast is shown when the artist is playing guitar and/or with the woman, all these (flashback?) shots have lots of plants in the background which is a harsh juxtaposition between the rest of the video.

The way I tend to be; Frank Turner

Prevalence is with the artist, his viewpoint of events, yet remains relatively expressionless
However the imagery and visual indicators build an impression of the artist, for example comedy through the use of the `golf sale` sandwich board for the end of the world prophesising, and the `born free` tattoo connoting a free spirited person.
The whole video uses the hole digging as an extended metaphor, in the video it generates great interest and brings people together, as well as being a very unusual event making it memorable.
The story appears to be about a man in a relationship, the woman following represents his partner. He knows his relationship is ending hence the sandwich board, and feels he is constantly digging holes for himself while his partner looks on. While she does help him up he decides to stop himself and move on. This viewer interpretation aspect means it can be consumed multiple times without it getting boring.
Interesting shots are created, such as the camera on the spade, and the news report.

Advanced Production - Group 12