Before I got started on the task I needed to consider two things: one was whether I would choose to do a short film or a music video and the second was who I would work with. Luckily neither took much time to think about. Before the summer we were assigned the task of creating a short film based on one or two emotions with the brief of including a range of camera shots. Whilst we enjoyed the experience of making the film, I felt I wanted to evolve into something else; trying a music video but taking on board the skills I had learned from the short film into the process. Suella, a member of my group on the short film task shared my views and after the film task we had vowed to work together on a music video which solved the latter matter.
With a partner, a new school year and a summer to consider what kinda of music video we were going to make, Suella and I were keen to get started which meant finding a song we could interpret a narrative around with some performance elements and making sure it did not already have an exisiting video that we would conciously or subconciously be influenced by. It's not secret that Suella and I have very different music interests but we undestood that the video wasn't supposed to be a reflection of our personal tastes but a showcase of the skills we have learnt during our course. With all this in mind we began to brainstorm various tracks we could use (some were well-known artists whilst some were more obscure) from various genres. We compiled a list of possible tracks that we knew fairly well and looked at their opening lyrics to decide which one stood out. The list went as follows,
Possible Tracks
"Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode (remix by Mike Shinoda)
"Bang Bang Bang Bang" by Soho Dolls
"Vienna" by Billy Joel
"Life on Mars" by David Bowie
"Memories are made of this" by Dean Martin
"I've Just Seen a Face" by The Beatles
"She's a Rainbow" by The Rolling Stones
"Out of My League" by Stephen Speaks
"Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin
"Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
"Grounds for Divorce" by Elbow
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
"She's in Fashion" by Suede
"Cherrybomb" by Joan Jett & The Runaways
"Venus in Furs" by The Velvet Underground
"Moi je Joue" by Brigitte Bardot
"Wrapped up in books" by Belle & Sebastian
"Hard to live in the City" by Albert Hammond Jr.
"Eighties Fan" by Camera Obscura
"La Foule" by Edith Piaf
"Jimmy Mack by Martha & The Vandellas
"Laisse Tomber les Filles" by France Gall
"Jeepers Creepers" by Hayley Mills
"I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper" by Erika Eigen
Despite the extensive list it was pretty clear that we were both very enthusiastic about creating a music video for Billy Joel's "Vienna" which has no existing video and which has some beautiful lyrics which we could create a story around within the video. With our track down we needed to start considering research into Billy Joel's back catalouge, the history of the song, potential actors, filming locations, schedules etc.
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