Developing IdeasBy George Tuvey

Idea One: Mr Blue SkyMy first idea is to do a music video for the song Mr Blue Sky by the Electric

Light Orchestra. Because this will be my last media project I would love to

create a happy music video that makes people smile and I think that this would

be a great song to do this with because it is very happy!

If I were to choose this song, I would want to create a performance-based video

that also has elements of a concept video. I would like to get my ‘artists’ to

perform in various places (at the beach, in a field, in a classroom, etc.) and then

piece it all together. I would like to change the colour filters of the shots to make

them look bright and sunny. I could also use green screen in order to put my

artists in spectacular places like the beach!

In order to make my music video unique, I would quite like to put a ‘personal’

touch on the video - have the camerawork slightly more handheld, and looking

less professional perhaps. I would also like to have my characters performing

alone and in large crowds of people.

Because my video is going to have such a happy, sunny theme, my characters

would also have to wear very summery clothing. For example, swimming

shorts, sunglasses, vests, etc.

My characters could also be seen playing the instruments used in the song. All

of these clips could create a compilation of clips that I can string together in

order to create my music video.

Idea Two: My ImmortalMy second idea is to create a music video for the song My Immortal

by Evanescence. This is a ridiculously sad song in comparison to

Mr Blue Sky. The song is about somebody who has been

heartbroken and so I would like to reinforce the lyrics of this song by

creating a narrative music video.

Although I do not have a definite plan for this narrative yet, I would

like it to be the story of a boy and a girl who fall in love (the little

cuties) but then shortly into the video, the boy breaks the girl’s heart

and the video looks at how she suffers because of it.

Unlike my first idea, this idea would use a lot of urban locations, and

would most probably use darker night-time locations. This is a

completely different mise-en-scene to the first video but would be a

lot more appropriate for the theme - and so is creating a relationship

between the lyrics and the visuals.

I may, however, look into challenging the conventions of a music

video by having the girl break the boy’s heart instead.

Idea Three: Brown Eyed GirlMy third choice is another happy song - but so old that it does not

even have an original music video. I would be interested in creating

a video for Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. If I were to choose

this idea, then I would create a narrative video that, instead of

showing the deterioration of a relationship, instead shows the

flourishing of one.

I would like to film this video in more quiet, remote locations but

then I wouldn’t mind if they were urban - like in a quiet library or

something like that.

I would want my characters to be fairly young and youthful - maybe

16 or 17. This would reinforce the target audience of my video

because it would be something that some teenagers may be able to

relate to.

I would be interested in doing this video because it doesn’t currently

have a music video but I think that it would be a good song to

create a beautiful story to.