My inspiration

Hello everybody!

We are just about to begin the filming process, which will mean many long hours of filming, re filming, and 're re filming' in order to get the best shots we can, and I know we will be pushing ourselves hard to make a good finished product.
I have decided to show some of my favourite music videos, as well as some that have features I would love to implement in our own product.

The first is the iconic video to the song 'The Scientist', by Coldplay.





So this video has been critically acclaimed on many occasions, partly due to the storyline, but mostly due to the fact that it is all shown in reverse, that is, we begin at the end, and the world moves 'back to the start'.
Coldplay have made the most out of a video in reverse, Martin often jumps back over walls, bicycle tricks are  performed backwards, and most of all the sadness of Martin' character is not revealed until the end of the video itself.

This is among my top ten music videos of all time, and I would also love an oppurtunity to use reversed footage in our own video, as I love how the effect looks.


The second video I want to show is 30 Seconds To Mars- Closer To The Edge.
This is actually my favourite song, ever, and although I love the video, I do not see very much in there that I would like to try and implement into our own.



The video is comprised entirely of stock footage from the bands concerts, as well as a few short clips of themselves out and about (Miami, Grand Canyon). I can personally say that just by watching this video, it makes me want to go to on of their concerts. The spotlight on lead singer, Leto, drummer, S.Leto and guitarist Tomo helps to promote themselves as a label, as they are drawing attention to themselves, something important in this genre (alternative rock).

We intend for our video to mainly be a narrative, however with aspects of a performance style video on the sidelines, as making sure the story is easy to follow is very important.