The song that we chosen for our music video is Arcade Fire's My Body is a Cage, we have chosen this song because of the fact that it is a fairly emotional song that seems to pick up to a crescendo halfway through. We feel like this is an important aspect of a song choice because we will be able to do quite a lot with the song and create a music video that will be very impressive and dramatic. Also because it is a man singing and also a woman in the background, it means that we have have both a male and female singer which we think will balance the video out nicely and hopefully create a nice narrative between them in the video.
The video idea that we have had is very dramatic and hopefully will turn out very powerful and emotive. It will start with a man sitting on a chair in a bare room that is dark with a side spotlight on him so you can only see the left side of his face (it will be a very soft focus light), next we will be able to see the woman standing next to him facing away. It will start with a long shot as well at this point and slowly but surely pan into the duo to create a dramatic and emotive moment. When listening to the song you can hear that it is very slow and quiet, for this moment it will continue to be the opening shot and be a long sequence with no cuts in it. Again this will slowly be panning into the duo. For this song in particular we think that this idea of keeping the opening of the song quite soft and personal. As the song picks up so will the video, however the video will hopefully pick up before the song because the video might turn out quite boring and slow if it doesn't, however this is something that we can alter and see what works when we start filming.
The video will include some form of dancing and also include quirky transitions that will add an element of confusion to the video, this is because we were thinking that we will transition through the video by sweeping to the next shot. This will give a sense of the room being a lot bigger than it is and we will have the duo, or whoever the band may turn out to be, in different places doing different things with different sets behind them.
We think the video probably sounds more ambitious than it might turn out to be when filming, as we will have nobody actually performing with instruments in the video it is important that we make the video interesting and engaging. We are very conscious and committed to producing the best video that we can and hopefully with this idea and hopefully what will end up being the final product be will seem very professional.
There are a lot of other songs as well that have caught our eye however we think this is the best song and the best idea that we have had so hopefully this will be able to go ahead.
We think it is important to remember our limits and that we are not professionals, however it is about believing in the video enough to make it seem very professional. We all believe that this idea can be really impressive.
