G7: Similar Music Videos

• After out pitch we were advised to look at music videos with a similar narrative and think about exactly what would go on in each location of our music video.
• I though that the following videos had similar narrative and have similar ideas to those we are planning to include in our music video.

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Whitebloom, 2012)

• This video is based a couple arguing and breaking up. As the lyrics reminisce about the past in the couple's relationship, it shows past arguments they have had as well as some 'happy days.'
• In spite of the performance being part of the narrative, this is a similar narrative to what we are planning to achieve. For this reason I looked at some of the things that the couple do in this video that could be similar to our video.
• Some ideas we could take from this video include the couple arguing in a cafe, a location we were already planning to use, and the shots of the couple on the phone to each other. We could this last idea for the couple during the happy times of their relationship as well as arguing to each other later on.

Train - Drive By (Weins, 2012)

• This video starts before the song with a clip of the singer on the phone to his ex with her telling him that he should be sorry. 
• The narrative of the video shows the three band members and other in cars on the way to the place he met the woman. During these shots the singer also attempts to call the woman.
• This is intercut with shots from their brief relationship, showing them meeting and having fun together. It also shows the singer waking up in bed with her and leaving before he wakes up.
• This concept is very similar to ours, using shots from the narrative, the previous times of the couple's relationship and time from after they have broken up. For this reason we can look at the couple in these two different times and think about whether we could show the couple in our video doing similar things.
• In our video we were planning to use some of the same locations to show the couple when they are together and after they have split up. In this video the singer is shown in his car on the way to see the girl, followed by a flashback shot of them in the car together.

 

The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale (Mandler, 2009)

• Similarly to ‘Drive By’ by Train, this video shows a man in both the present and past. The past shows him spending time with a girl, before watching her cheat on him with another man. These scenes are intercut with a scene of the two men fighting as a result of this, ending with the main character stabbing and killing the other man. In the present, the man is thinking about this and returns to similar locations to those shown in the past.
• Similar shots are used to show the man in the past and present, for example him in his car and CU shots of his face. As we are planning to use some of the same locations for the flashbacks and post-break up scenes, we could try using similar shots from each time to create a similar effect.

 

 

• In the scenes of the couple together, they are shown in rural locations. In one shot, they are shown throwing stones into a pond. As one location we are planning to use (Dunorlan Park) has a lake, we could use this location in a similar way. These scenes also show the couple dancing and walking together, something we could also think about including in our music video.

Simple Plan feat Sean Paul - Summer Paradise (Stauback, 2011)

• This video shows the band on a beach and a boat with some girls. As this is a completely different location to those we are planning to use, we will not be able to do similar things to this video. However, rather than just showing the couple on their own, this video shows a group of men and women hanging out together. This is more casual than the more intimate scenes of just the couple on their own. We could do something similar to this by introducing a larger cast for some scenes.

• To do this, we can use any of the locations we have planned and think about how we can shoot these scenes and what the group of people would be doing. I think suitable locations for this would be these places in Dunorlan Park: 

The Grove Park: (benches)

And The Pantiles: