Intial Ideas

I having had chats with people that have an interest in my music video and with my research. I gave come up with three different ideas for a music video to the song Mr.Brightside - The Killers. I have decided that all of the ideas will fit into the motive of the song which is about cheating in a relationship.

Idea Number 1

This idea consists of a rock/ indie band performing infront of an audience. In the audience there are a group of teenage friends (between the ages of 16-18), 4 boys and one girl,who is one of the boys girlfriend. Another male in the group of friends has a crush on the girl, as the song goes on it shows the girl cheating on her boyfriend with this boy in a series of flashbacks. Band scenes will be between cuts and shots of the storyline. Towards the end of the song, the girl's real boyfriend finds out about the cheating. This can then end as he finds out or after they have a small fight which depends on how dramatic I would want the video and also whether or not I should have violence in it which would then remove children and small adults from the audience of my video.

• What I would need to do fulfill this idea
  I would need a large amount of people to act out the audience watching the band.




• I would need to hire out a venue for the band to perform and find many actors free at the same time.
  


• The storyline could become too complicated for the audience , as the story has to been compressed down to 3 minutes and told through a series of quick cutting shots.
  

Idea Number 2

This idea is about another teenage couple who are going through a bad patch, they've lost interest in each other as the boy keeps going out with his friends and prefers staying in ,rather than going out with his other half. She then begins to start cheating with another boy and splits up with her boyfriend. Throughout the song again there will be a band performing in a room with cutbacks to the storyline, which show how the ex girlfriend and boyfriend are dealing with the split. Nearing the end of the video the girl decides to give her ex boyfriend one last chance to meet her, but the boy starts running late and as she thinks he is not going to turn up. She walks away to meet the other boy, this would be the end of the video.

What I would need to do to fulfill this idea.

• I would have to get a band together to perform.


• I would have to get suitable actors for the roles.


• I would have to use a wide range of settings and locations for the storyline which may be difficult if there is a number of days for filming.
  

Idea Number 3

This idea like the last two will feature a band performing running alongside a storyline. The band will not be performing infront of an audience but in an isolated room. The scenes would then switch between the storyline of a couple a bit bored at one of their houses. Until the female in the relationship recieves a text message from a boy who wants to meet her. The boy wonders why she is leaving but does not think much of it. He then decides to go down to the pub with a few mates, whilst his girlfriend has met up with another boy and they are also walking down to the pub. Finally when they are at the pub, the boyfriend decides to get some drinks for his mates. On his way to get the drinks he sees his girlfriend with the other boy, the girl notices and follows him as he is walking out of the exit in anger. Finshing with the girl stuck between her boyfriend and the other boy who she met up with who doesn't know about her boyfriend.

What I would need to do to fulfill this idea.

• I would need to get a band together to perform the song and find a room to do so.
  


• I would need to get suitable actors who can act out the roles well and realistically.
  


• Use a wide range of props and settings to give the video realism so audience members can relate to it.
  
  From these Ideas, I have decided to use Idea number 3 in my video. As i believe the storyline will be very easy to follow and gives a sense of realism. Also this would mean I could use local settings for the storyline which would help get filming done and move equipment about. This idea also would not need a large amount of actors so I can keep the cast down which gives more of a chance of people being free on certain days for filming.