In my music video I do not plan to have any talking or sounds other than the song. I feel this is the best as the song is about quite a serious subject and so having any talking would take the focus way from the lyrics, of which are a major focus of the song.
From the research I have done, however, I found that most music videos that do have scripting in have very little and is usually done at the beggining of the music video or the end. Although some have a few bits of dialog in the middle also.
Here is the music video to 'Lifestyle For The Rich And Famous' by Good Charlotte which includes scripting, that adds to the effect of the video and song:
In Misfits, a British science fiction comedy drama television show broadcasted on Channel 4, has a number of scenes in it where the character Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) has a power that means he can travel back in time.
They portray this by having a close up of Curtis' eye whilst the past scenes rewind in the pupil of his eyes:
I will use a similar technique in my music video to show the transition between the sections of the song, connecting the elements and the transitions between them. This will allow me to make extreme changes to the environment around the character without making it seem unbelievable or odd. However, as this may turn out a bit to challenging to edit together in a way that they have done, so I may do mine by over lapping two shots; one of the character's eye and the other of the person failing about.
This is the video to 'Spanish Sahara' by Foals. I am looking at this video because through out the video it has a recurring clip of choppy icy water. This is a recurring theme that emphasis the subject and emotion of the song and creates a cold feel to the video. These shots could be seen as a metaphor, as the song seems to be about someone that has drowned, for the inevitable fate of the person subjected in the song; the place they're headed, and because of the recurrence of the shot, the place they cannot escape.
The 1996 film Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Lurhman also uses this idea of recurring things, in this case also using water. Here is the trailer:
Here is the music video to 'Disco 2000' by Pulp, watch it then have a read of my comments and thoughts:
This music video has a running story going on in the video that is different to the one being told in the song, however, there are parts that link to each story, such as the part where the man in the music video sees the singer of the band on the tv. This creates a contrapuntal feeling with story lines, creating much more interest.
I could use this idea in my music video, having possibly two stories going on that could, in the end, enter into each others stories and connect into one bigger story.
Below is the music video for 'Charmless Man' by Blur, give it a watch then read what I have had to say about it and how it can help me with my own music video:
In this video I think that there is a good use of character relations to the band. Throughout the video the band are seen near the character of the song's story but you are not quite sure if he can see the band or not. However, at one point it is made clear that the character can see them as he interact with them, pushing the singer over.
This makes you question whether it is just the character that can see the band or whether they are actually there, if they are actually just part of the characters imagination or conscious.
This intern then makes us question the characters sanity.
In my music video I could do a similar thing with the relationship between the characters, showing the band to be where ever the character is, almost as if they are performing to this character, but the character does not acknowledge their presence. The aim of this will be to get the audience asking what the band are to this character, if they are a metaphor or even ghosts.
