Teenage Dream Ideas (Seven)

After having a long group discussion we felt that it was best if we did challenge the conventions of the song and pop music video, instead of portraying schizophrenia we decided to make the girl obsessed with the boy. This creates a twist on the 'normal' teenage love story which are usually shown in pop music videos for instance most of Taylor Swift videos. I think that we should have the song with the couple but then at the end make the audience see that she is obsessed with him and the relationship never existed, this reminds me very much so of 500 Days of Summer Expectations VS Reality although we would not edit it like the example on the right. I love the idea of Expectations VS Reality as in one image the couple is together and there interacting with one another but on the photograph opposite the man is by himself or the women is being friendly towards him. Kids in Glass Houses- Matters At All shows a woman's obsession with a man who she does not know her, the video is shown below.
Kids in Glass Houses Matters At All

However, I think that we should create an Alter Ego for the artist as we can have dramatic make up and flamboyant clothing which will convey that side of her as superior and independent. The realistic portrayal of the girl will not have as much make up but she will be 'girly'. I feel that this idea will suit our song as we wanted to challenge the pop genre which is shown by the girls obsession. Beyonce created an album which was inspired by an Alter Ego and the photograph on the left shows the natural and feminine Beyonce, which contrasts with the dramatic and powerful Alter Ego which conforms to the pop genre. I think we could use a split screen of the alter ego and the actual girl but I do not think that we should have a split screen throughout. I got this idea from Lauryn Hill- Doo Wop (that thing) music video (right) both of the screens are located in New York City although one split screen is set in 1967 and the other screen is set in 1998 which shows the difference in location, time, clothing and society.
Lauryn Hill- Doo Wop (that thing)

I think that close up shots of the artists faces and close up shots of certain features of the artist's face which suits the idea of the alter ego and it conforms to Andrew Goodwin's Dancing in the Distraction Factory "The demands of the record label will include the need for a lot of close up shots of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work.". Close up shots will create mystery and a shadow across the face will create and eerie feeling which is shown in You Me At Six- Save it for the Bedroom (right) and in the left still shot Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah- Miama 2 Ibiza (left). Below are the videos to both of the still shots.
Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah- Miami 2 Ibiza

You Me At Six- Save it for the Bedroom

We should use the editing technique Image in Image as it creates a sense of distortion and an illusion which suits the alter ego and the girl, I really like the affect of the image in image as we could add more clips in the video. We used Image in Image in our Year 12 opening to a film and we loved that we could fade in and out clips and make the clips transparent, it seems that in a lot of recent music videos there has been image in image such as Biffy Clyro- Booooom, blast and ruin (left) which is shown below.
Biffy Clyro- Booooom, blast and ruin

I think that the end shots of the video we should have one wide shot of the Alter Ego holding hands with the male character, after another wide shot of the actual girl holding hands with the same male character and then a split screen of both of the girls walking in to the shot alone and then a point of view shot (the actual girl) looking in front of her this represents that the alter ego was a figment of her imagination. In Pink- Sober the audience see that there is two of the same woman in one place at once which inspired me, the video is about being 'crazy' and dealing with problems such as depression. I think we should use this video as inspiration as I feel that the clothing and the editing will suit our music video.
Pink- Sober