So here is the final Scene structuring list of the narrative scenes in our music video, I believe this will be helpful for us to know which scene includes which shots and therefore be easier for us to film the music video.
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Performance: Male Vocalist: Haider Ali Khajjak Female Vocalist: Areeba Mubeen Guitarist: Agha Hashim Narrative: The Female Protagonist: Mahnoor Tariq For the role of the protagonist , we needed a young girl, someone with the look and feel of a nice girl next door. therefore we went with her because we felt she would fit the narrative and be able to express the emotions we need in our music video. Old Man: Shakeel Khan Tin bucket guys: Muhammad Murtaza Mehmood syed Done by Humble Awan (Me)
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In our music video, the protagonist is a young teenage girl who happens to be concerned with whats going on in the society. Typically, teenage girls don't care much about what is happening around them they are usually just involved in focusing on their looks etc. Breaking the stereotypical image, Mahnoor is a girl who is upset with the current situation of a country and wants to break the unhappiness and discontent in the society; she goes in search of hope. The way we plan to show the girl is similar to the look of Jamie in A walk to Remember with her hair tied back and casual/ everyday clothing which gives off an extremely personalized feel to the music video and signifies that the emotions are real and not made up. In comparison to this, we see that generally teenage girls have no worries about society but themselves and are carefree and fun loving- they do not go into the depth of why a certain aspect of society is in a particular way. Hence, we feel that with our music video we are in a way breaking the stereotype of what a 14-15 year old girl is like. In this post i will briefly talk about the kind of representations in our performance part of the music video. Our band members will be represented as casual normal people, wearing normal clothes, the vocalist and guitarist wearing shirts and jeans and maybe a nice leather jacket giving him a more singer-type look, no such jewelry or tattoos or any other dark representations. The lighting will be slightly low key to give a more indoor feel and represent a studio setting, something like the picture below but slightly low key. The representation will also be similar, like simple T shirt which the guitarist will be wearing and the girl might also be wearing a nice jacket as well rather than just a shirt. On a deeper note the band will be representing the realistic middle class. Something that the real audience can relate to, especially those who are Hopeless, or going through something bad or suffering a hard time or even heartbroken, that is what the background of our band will be or the ideology of the band that they would represent these kinds of people and have a target audience, and since the music video will be about being hopeful even in the hardest of times so that would further add to the ideology and representation of our band. Done by Humble Awan(Me)
So, since we have decided and written down our synopsis, we have a clear idea of what our music video will look like therefore i did some research on the kind of mood and tone would go with our concept and also the texture and feel. for this i took three music vieos as reference these 3 are: We will be working on using a gray scale filter to give a feel of hopelessness or sadness as is used in all of the reference samples i have looked into. Further more since we will be using deserted land so the grayscale will give a better feel of loneliness and lack of hope. further to create the mood of the music video we will be showing a dark cloudy sky also signifying hopelessness and a leafless tree to show that nature has also stopped blossoming, another visual connoting hopelessness. towards the end of the music video when the sown seed starts to grow and hope is restored, we will bring in color to the music video to create a blissful and happy mood and give a nice natural color tone and a tree full of leaves and blossoming to show how there is always hope in the darkest of times with the clouds clearing out and the sun emerging as a signifier of better days and hope. the photos used above as references have been taken from the reference videos mentioned above, oh and here is a bit of evidence and mind mapping i did on my own.
My Immortal- Evanescence
My immortal is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album, Fallen. It is a piano rock song written in slow and free tempo. It talks about a spirit staying with you after death and haunts you until you actually wish that the spirit was gone because it doesn't leave you alone easily.
The mood of the song is quite dramatic and at the same time it is very melancholic, the way the whole video has been played in black and white, this makes it very sentimental. My Immortal is a song of pain and despair caused by the loss of a family member or very close friend and how it drove Amy Lee to the edge of insanity. Throughout the music video Lee is never seen touching the ground because she is a ghost, signifying that she is the spirit and is singing from the dead.
Smile- Avril Lavigne
Smile is a song by a Canadian recording artist, Avril Lavigne from her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby. Smile pays tribute to a special someone who was able to win her heart and put a grin on her face. Some shots of the music video are in black and white, throughout the black and white parts of the music video, we see Avril pick up pieces of red glass that stands out. At the end of the video, we then see her her with the glass put back together showing it was a heart and summing up the meaning behind the song. her taking away the pieces shows her taking away all the heartache these people are suffering from, and all the broken hearts, and by the end of it, she takes away all these people’s pain, and mends their hearts back together.
The way the music video has been made gives a strong impression, it is a pop- punk song described as being sassy and catchy. The editing and the use of natural light in almost all of the music video allowed audiences to relate to the song and enjoy it. It gave a sense of happiness and emotions of yearning at the same time, giving hope at the end that heartbreak doesn't last forever.
Broken- Seether Song ft. Amy Lee
Broken is a song by post grunge/ alternative metal South African band Seether featuring American singer Amy Lee. Broken is mellow yet confident, as the vocalist Shaun Morgan is able to find the courage to express himself openly without having to release a scream during the powerful song every few seconds.
There is no particular story in the music video at first and only two main characters, Lee and Morgan who wander through a dilapidated landscape, the camera movements and editing of the video is what made it look and feel so powerful. The underlying theme of the song is later understood that Lee and Morgan are trying to find each other but wont be able to, Lee knows where Morgan is but he does not see or sense her around him. The song yet again follows a story of two lovers but it has been portrayed in a very symbolic way without completely letting out the meaning in the first few shots, The shades used throughout the music video along with the edits are what made the music video extremely unique giving it a stronger meaning. |
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