Lyrics
Lie down and let the flowers grow straight through you,
the earth absorbs your soul and you'll feel
brand new,
the earth absorbs your soul and you'll feel
brand new,
I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,
Live through me and throw away my shell,
the sky that once seemed so bright is as dull as ocean swell,
the sky that once seemed so bright is as dull as ocean swell,
I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,
And when your body becomes air,
you need to leave behind a reason to care,
you need to leave behind a reason to care,
I'll be your body when your body is broken ×9
Synopsis
The video is based on the lyrics for the song "Burning bodies in a hotel room" by Thereisnohappyhere, the lyrics of the song connotate to being forgotten by loved ones. The video is a performance/narrative video. The story within the video is that the performer has not seen his friends in a while and feels like he is being forgotten by them, but in the end, they see each other again and it's a happy ending.
The video starts showing the performer sitting and starting the song, the video then fades out to a memory of them playing video games in his bedroom, feeling sad the performer then goes for a late night walk to clear his head of these memories, but he remembers another time when he was enjoying himself with his friends and decides to go back home. When he gets back home he remembers another time with his friends but tries to carry on with the song, even though the memories keep infiltrating his mind. At the ninth shot, we see the performers friends joining him in the song until the end. At the end the words "I'll be yr body when yr body is broken" with a black background fade onto the screen over the last shot until the end of the song.
The video makes use of wide angle shots and close ups/extreme close-ups.
The video represents teenagers, especially the struggler and the reformer (Yung and Rubicam) based on the song choice and clothing the actors will be wearing. My video will also include personal relationships/social interaction and personal identity (Blumler and Katz) as the audience will see the performer struggle to deal with being forgotten by friends and struggle with loneliness.
I think that this needs to be structured as if you were providing an overall summary of the story behind the song to the general public. Rather than leaving the comment on representation (young and Rubicam) and Blumer and Katz) at the end integrate it within the synopsis.
ReplyDeleteThis is a narrative video about a teenage struggler/reformer who is looking for to gain a deep personal relationship with a (male/female) friend. The video will be a hybrid of narrative and performance highlighting the protaonist playing a guitar and also showing events which disclose how he has not seen his fiends and feels neglected... an so on.