Music Video: Proposal

I Don't Want To Fall In Love - She Wants Revenge

The song I have decided to use for my music video is "I Don't Want To Fall In Love" by She Wants Revenge, and the video that I create would tell the same sort of story as the sond does, of a man who doesn't want to fall in love, however already is. I would show this as if it were almost an account of a night out, following the events that ensued.

The camera would follow two primary characters, one male and one female, as they meet in a club/ party environment (likely the party option, as it is a lot more realistically achievable). The beginning of the video would follow the two primary characters in a series of quickly changing and swapping extreme close ups of them, allowing the audience to familiarise with the 'main characters'. The pair will spot eachother amongst a crowd of people (shown via the use of a first person camera shot) amongst a crowd of people in the busy environment, of which there would be pan shots and establishing shots of, to allow the viewer a better understanding of how occupied the area is. The pair would then be shown to be getting closer to eachother and dancing with eachother, an obvious romantic connection able to be seen between them via the use of close ups and vertical pan shots, edited in time with the music to give it an extremely intense feeling. I also plan to have flashing red or blue lights (achieved via a police siren) casting the different coloured lights upon them which would also contribute to the intensity of the scene.

The pair would then move into a second loation, which would likely be a bedroom, stylishly decorated, in which the pair would continue to be pictured close to eachother, with rotating pan shots (an example shown here throughout a scene of "Twilight") and close ups included. The characters would later be seen again with the male realising he has 'fallen in love' and seeming as if he was in a desperate panic, which he then solves by running away from her/ killing himself. These are the two possible endings I have thought of at the moment, and I could either choose one or film both and then use them as alternate endings to the video which, although it has been used in some previously made music videos (see the four alternate endings for "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans) challenges the conventions of music videos a little, as it is a technique fairly rarely used.

Throughout the video I would include shots of the male performer taking on the role of the singer, in which he would lipsync to certain parts of the song such as the "1, 2, 3, 4567" lyrics in extreme close up of the bottom half of his face.

For the two main performers I would obviously need a female and a male, whom I would then make up their hair and face to look edgy along with a similarly styled outfit. I feel this would be essential and tie in especially for the male performer as in the close ups of him singing he would be taking on the role of the lead singer from "She Wants Revenge", who has a monotonous voice which I feel would not suit well with an averagely dressed/ made up person.

In editing I would make sure the video maintained the fast pace set by the song itself by making cuts of no longer than around 2-3 seconds, a technique that would yet again raise the feeling of intensity for the viewer