F.O'C - Summer music ideas research

‘For you’ Lucy Rose 2015 

• · A boy (character A) around our age or early 20s is acting as some sort of guardian angel for a character of the opposite sex of the same age (character B). Character A anonymously does things to help character B e.g. moving things B was about to trip over, places B’s car keys in B’s jacket pocket.
• ·Character B is sad.
• · An important scene would be where character B is crying for an unknown reason (possibly sitting on the edge of a bed), she needs a new tissue to cry into so she reaches next to her (without actually looking) to grab another tissue however the box is actually a few inches away from where her hand is. Character A gently pushes the box into where her hand is so that she finds the tissues. The importance here is that in the first half of the song the audience can see something has happened that has made B upset, mournful even, and that character A is doing little things to look after her.
• · At no point does character B acknowledge A or show any signs of gratitude towards A. This seems slightly odd, but also entirely plausible.
• · Throughout the song, there are cuts to a time when character A and B were very close; they cuddled, made each other laugh and were happy. A greyscale would be put into the present day scenes to show the contrast between the past and present.
• ·Character A helps character B become less of a recluse. He does this by giving her opportunities and motivation to go out with friends e.g. leaving her phone on the table, her friend’s number open on screen. B looks at it, slightly confused, but decides to ring the contact on the phone. The friend comes over and they sit together, B being comforted. A meanwhile watches from a distance, possibly from the doorway.
• ·  Around the 2 minute mark where the music starts to build, we see character B shyly walking into a house which seems to be the location of a small gathering of friends for drinks and conversation.
• ·  From 2:12-2:39 character B is smiling and laughing while chatting with friends in the house over drinks. The cutting rate increases. The shots of character A and B in the past are increasing as well.
• · At 2:40 character B is going out to different places with friends & is seeming generally happier. The shots of character A and B in the past are increasing as well.
• ·  Character A is becoming less involved in character B’s life, viewing from further away distances as though his work is almost done.

•  At 3:02 as the music starts to slow and fade, sounds of the world and birds tweeting slowly fade in, we see character B walking with some flowers through a cemetery (location – Highgate cemetery – London). She walks to a grave (we need to find one of a boy aged around 20 – same age as character A) and places the flowers down, not crying but looking thoughtful and solemn. Character A is a few meters behind her, observing her and his own grave. He shows a faint smile in an expression of fulfilment and completion and walks away. She clearly senses something and turns around, looking through the cemetery only to see no one.

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• The video ends after the music ends, with the birds tweeting and character B looking behind her at a longshot, signifying that character A’s work is done and has finally departed from limbo.
•  Or it could end after this with another cut to a fading shot of A and B smiling in a moment of intimacy with the sunset between them like the photo to the right.

‘Cut to Black’ Lemaitre – 2013 (It only has a music video for the first 10 seconds)

• ·    Ignoring the lyrics, there are many narratives that could be applied to the varying tempo of this song.
• ·    The most likely narrative that could be used would be one encompassing sun, youth and fun.
• ·     The close yet light-hearted relationship between a boy and a girl is an option. The boy has feelings for her but the girl only starts to feel the same way towards the end of the song.
• ·    Another option is a pair of friends (or a bonnie and Clyde style duo) going round raiding various shops and committing petty burgles. Years of this would go by before one of them is killed in the act. The other one prepares a final heist/ burglary before being killed himself (cut to black). This could be acted out by young kids as they rob various teddy bear picnics found in fields etc before they drive away with a sack full of plastic cutlery and sandwiches in a bonny and Clyde fashion.

‘Birds don’t sing’ TV Girl – 2014

• ·   The video could show a couple having a fight and breaking up with no music at the start. Just a girl storming out of a guy’s house, turning around and screaming ‘I hate you!’ Only to have the music start a couple of seconds later. This is not a heartbreak, just a light-hearted breakup, almost comedic.
• ·    The rest of the video would be about how each of them deals with the breakup individually.
• ·   At 00:08 there could be a splitscreen with the guy looking messy and hungover still in bed whereas the the girl steps out of her house in running gear, checks her watch and runs swiftly out of frame. The splitscreen continues, showing the guy clumsily fall out of bed after a few seconds.
• ·   Multiple other splitscreens throughout.
• ·   Overall very different events conspire, showing different attitudes towards the breakup.
• ·   Towards the end we see similarities in their idiosyncrasies and slowly we can tell they start to miss each other. As the music fades towards the end they see each other on a street (or something) and they stop and stare, hinting at a get together but leaving it ambiguous.