2. Why?
I would like to use this song as a potential for my eventual
music video because I like the tempo and soft, calm feel to it.
It isn’t rushed, yet reaches a climax high enough to include
faster paced editing without breaking the nature of the song.
John Mayors version is a cover of the original, created by Tom
Petty. John Mayor has changed the dynamics of the song, and
I feel his cover has a more ‘pop’ genre style to it. After
watching Tom Petty’s video, I will use some of his styled shots
to keep some of the authenticity of it.
Furthermore, I feel the style of this song suits my location of
the countryside, and this is reflected in the acoustic sound of
the song.
3. The intro.
About 20 secs long
Acoustic
I would like to use the location of a field, using a soft
style of dance for the intro, which then returns in various
places throughout the song, when the lyrics begin I will
then cut to a narrative, of following one girl which the
audience will have the main connection too.
4. Verse 1
She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America, too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend, too
It's a long day living in reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
I'm a bad boy 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breaking her heart
I will use mainly close-up shots, using very rural locations and high
key natural lighting to reflect the nature of the song. I would also like
to capture some nature shots during the first verse, to show the
sensitivity of life. This will use Todorovs, ‘equilibrium’ structure.
5. Chorus
And I'm free, free fallin', fallin'
And I'm free, free fallin', fallin‘
At this point during all the choruses, I will cut back to my dancer
then back to the narrative structure. The narrative will include
activities, this will make visuals more interesting, and it is at this
chorus where – if I have two people present – will introduce
another person into the video. I feel this will make it more
interesting for the audience. (This could unintentionally introduce
Propps theory, and create an enigma code from Barthes theory).
6. Verse 2
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
They move west down Ventura boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
At this moment I will create a link between the visuals and lyrics.
Using low angled shots, and different locations. I intend to use a
sunset/sunrise/starry sky shot at some point (or continually)
during the video as I feel it will create a soothing effect which will
reflect the song.
7. Verse 3
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
I'm gonna leave this world for a while
At this point I would like to test out some different editing
techniques during post-production, using pragmatics to
convey various meanings to the audience through this. I will
use fades and perhaps a montage to do this. (during this verse
I will use a night sky, to do this I will leave a camera on for a
substantial amount of time to gather enough footage then
speed it up during editing, or film over a number of
evenings).
8. Theorists
I feel using this song will give me more opportunity to
use theorists views on narrative, and on genre. I will be
able to use Barthes theory to a full extent, included
hidden meanings and enigmas.
I feel the use of dance will heighten the narrative, as a lot
of meaning a purpose can be conveyed this way – this
will also conform to pop genre music video conventions.
