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Old Yellow BricksA2 Music video pitch
The song choiceO The song choice for my music video is ‘Old yellow
bricks’ by the arctic monkeys O The reason behind my choice is based around the lyrics
and the message of the song, which I then formed an idea around
O The song also features some interesting structural sections which I plan to take advantage of for technical and narrative ideas
The Idea“When you wished
for a thousand places better than
this”
The basic idea for the video revolves
around a modern retelling of the
wizard of oz’s story and its main
theme which links to that of the song , The longing for
somewhere/something better.
The narrative of the video will
revolve around a main character as
they journey through their home
town on their way to the train station
to leave for somewhere more exotic,
on the way they meet various
characters (inspired by those from
the novel) that too wish to find more
prosperous retreats
But similarly to the original tale,
ambiguity litters reality and is the
experience all just a dream? What
really is the main characters escape?
Intertextuality
Throughout the video I want to
incorporate intertextual elements
relating to both the original novel and
the 1939 film. The main reason being
that I want the viewers to pick up the
similarities and relate instantly and
upon recollection of the video. As well
as this I think that the main body of the
story is the perfect vehicle for the
message and must be the reason that
Arctic monkeys chose it as a metaphor.
Elements I plan to include are a shift
from a black and white image to a
colour one, representing the shift in
reality. I also want to include Dorothy’s
red slippers in the form of red trainers
and to have the scarecrow, tin man
and cowardly lion as common
stereotypes linked to the things they
desire, for example the scarecrow
wanted a brain so he would be a homeless man.
CharactersO Dorothy – Protagonist, the character that is
trying to leave the townO Scarecrow – Modern interpretation, a
homeless man, wants knowledge O Tinman – Modern interpretation, a
Banker/suit who lives to work, wants to find love
O Cowardly lion – A ‘ hoodie’ type character who is stereotyped as being tough, but isn’t thinks he wants to be able to threaten people
Shot ideasO Opening shot – Close-up of trainers standing
behind the yellow line on the train platform (Black and white), as music starts cuts to a tracking shot of the Dorothy character walking, pans up to reveal character (In colour)
O Low angle wide shot of all four characters walking together
O Closing shot back to opening shot of trainers, train arrives, clicks heels and cuts to black