1. Task 3: Three completely different ideas for a music
video, from Different tracks and different bands or
artist.
Narrative. This is a story about a man who gains
consciousness but has no recollection of how he has
ended up where he is. The video follows him trying to
piece together the chain of events leading up to him
being locked in a glass tank, which is slowly filling up
with water. The film takes viewers on a journey that
follows the man’s mind as he has flashbacks of events
and gradually remembers what has happened over the
preceding 24 hours.
Stylist Element. The track that I want to use is called
Waves by Mr Probz! The lyrics of the track describe a
man who is drowning, and give the listener an insight
into his thoughts he realizes his predicament. The video
follows these disjointed thoughts, and describes the
initial feelings anguish of someone who is fighting to
stay alive, to a subconscious realization that he is about
to die, and an acceptance that there is nothing that he
can do to prevent it.
Inspiration / Idea. The track / song has two different
beats, one much slower than the other. My idea is to
match slow motion video to the slower elements of the
track. I recall seeing this idea being put into effect in
another music video called “The Pursuit of Happiness”
by Kid Cudi when everything that the artist does is in
real time while all around him is in slow motion. To
portray the scene of the man drowning, I recall seeing
some incredible underwater photography in another
music video called ‘All of me by John Legend’. Although
this video shows and man in a pool, it nonetheless
helped me come up with the idea of a man trapped a
water tank.
