For example, Donnie Darko will be a main intertextual reference for our music video because our plot is similar to the beginning of the film. Our character will wake up outside in the woods and not know where he is or how he got there, much like Donnie at the beginning of Donnie Darko.
The film opening shows Donnie waking up lying on the road near the forest, much like our initial ideas for our film. We are however thinking of having our main character wake up in the actual forest rather than near it.
Radiohead's No Surprises is another influence for our music video because the fact that it only stars one character. However this isn't very relevant to our music video because this music video is completely performance based with the whole video being lip-synced. We plan to have a narrative element to our video which creates a more detailed and in-depth music video.
Another strong influence is Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine.
The second shot on our storyboard is a close up of our main characters eyes opening. This can also be seen in Cosmic Love.
Florence's eyes open to the beat of the music while in a close up. This idea has already been planned in our storyboard and now I have witnessed it being used and worked well I will ensure we include it.
The music video also features similar ideas that we have had in mind, for example, the use of foliage and the mystery of walking through natural settings.
This post has helped us because to gain ideas for our music video we need to have inspiration from other existing music videos. As well as this, we have seen some of our ideas from our music video being used in existing music videos, validating our ideas and encouraging us to experiment with them.
By Jack Jolly
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