My Idea

My Idea
The idea for my music video is based around time and nature. A lot of artists incorporate nature into their videos to enhance the song. An example of this would be with Neil Halstead. His music may be off the mainstream radar but he is renowned throughout the world of acoustic music for his passion of the sea and more notably, surfing. His video ‘Paint A Face’ features extracts of himself surfing along with epic long shots of the coastline around Newquay in Cornwall.

Things like this are something that I want to use in my music video. I live in Jersey in the Channel Islands, which has no shortage of natural beauty and sunshine. So it would seem naïve to venture clear of the acoustic genre and not make the most of a setting that would compliment an upbeat song such as the one I have chosen.

Another theme of Halstead’s music video is that of the passage of time. One of the first shots shows a sped up shot of clouds. This message of time is repeated throughout the video in different ways, relating to the song. The message the song tries to portray is of how short time is and how one should make the most of it. Again this is something that I will be incorporating into my video, as it is a simple yet effective technique, which compliments the song.

The protagonist in my video will be Adam Heyes, a friend of mine at school who will play the role of the musician who tells his story of the importance of time and making the most of it. I will be visiting various landmarks around Jersey, including the well-known St Ouen’s bay where the footage of surfers will be shot. I’ll also walk across the road to the sand dunes to make use of the views over the bay to enhance the perspective of the song.
I will be switching from nature to a music studio where there will be various shots of Adam playing the guitar and singing.

I also plan to incorporate a driving time-lapse into the video.