Monday 14 October 2013

A Step In The Right Direction...


After tirelessly surfing through different ideas, changing and shifting the content, after arguing and not understanding each other, we came to conclusion that a simplified idea will be exactly what we need.
 We were influenced by the film called A Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We would like to use the concept of many different windows which would take us to many different people and different events. However, instead of using already used idea of windows, we would everyone on different rooftops (this can be achieved by using green screen). The events on the rooftops would be:
1) A couple fighting.
2) A drummer practicing
3) A man with binoculars spying on people(presumably we see everything from his perspective)
4) Girls sunbathing.
5) Bass guitar player practicing.
6) A couple kissing( Supposedly same one which was arguing)
etc.

We have also improved our performance element. Instead of just singing on the rooftop, we decided to have Rosie in a studio with many different aspects such as: Lights, smoke, party poppers etc. We believe that for our performance element, we should convey a lot of energy, although our artist says that this song is not very happy. By using many different effects and fast paced editing we can convey sense of energy and hype. This we believe is very important for Rosie at this stage because we need to her to be able to interest people and create an energetic video who everyone would like.
  One of the main elements would be shot on an actual rooftop at sunset in London. This would be done because Rosie loves London and we would like our audiences to see that she is English and as she says herself, she is very inspired by London. As it turned out, one of our classmates has access to the rooftop in London. To say more he has a patio up on the roof with the cityscape of London. This perfectly matchers our ideas about the video and to say more we would not hesitate to use this chance. Therefore, we would first film all the different scenes and performance in the studio, but the big finale would take place on the rooftop of London. However, it is not to be said that our idea is perfect at this stage. I personally believe that just having Rosie on the rooftop for the grand finale is not enough. In the end we should have some certain aspect which would link up all the narrative strands and perhaps be better memorised by our audiences.
 To sum up, our video is not planned out yet. We are currently breaking down the lyrics creating a clear plan for what is going to happen each second in our video. Soon, more is to come.

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