Shortlisting 2 Concepts and Further Development

Our development group

It was challenging moving from 9 ideas and picking two to shortlist as everyone was interested in each others ideas as the majority had a great message. However, we discussed the most practical ideas and the ones that we believed would work the best. The shortlisted concepts was the boy in the woods which was a mixture of Ksenia and Ben's idea, Distant Past idea which was my idea, and also the golf range idea that Ben had.

The Boy in the Woods

This idea, to put it simply, is about a mysterious woodland boy who is dancing in the woods. Previously, we didn't know how to link the narrative to the song of 'Too Close' by Alex Clare. However, we came up with the idea of having the boy living in the woods and he has adapted to his surroundings. The reason he is dancing may be due to the fact he is so happy and free being in the woodland. From the development process we were also thinking of having a girl to play the lead as well so the boy and the girl are going on a hunt to find one another.



Here is a video of the boy, Josh, dancing and the kind of style that would be expected to be seen in the music video.

OK GO style (golf range and car wash)

 This is our second collaborated style video which is about 4-5 lads who get up to mischief, using props such as leaf blowers to create comedic effect, paint, BMX etc to make a really good looking video. The song for this has been undecided, but we wanted a jazzy and hip-hop feel to the video such as 'Uptown Funk' which would create a cool and interesting vibe.

As a group we were inspired by OK GO style videos as they are so simple yet so interesting to watch and you never find yourself getting bored watching one. Such as the one below.

Distant Past- Everything Everything

Our final shortlisted video is Distant Past by Everything Everything which was my idea. I pitched the idea to the group in which it came back with a positive outcome. However, the complexity of the video such as the drone features and the treadmill has created apprehension in the group in case something falls through such as locations and then the music video would be hard to do. Therefore we only have a few post-it notes for this one.