The music track we will be using for our music video is Girl by Robots In Disguise. Robots In Disguise are a band with Electronica / Punk / Pop influences with 2 female members and there is an existing video for this track.
Our idea for the characters in our video is that we will have 4 robots (we are considering using less characters to save time but we think that this will fail to convey the rowdy group mood we want to create) who are all members of a band, going out and drinking and having a wild night out. Generally just acting like rockstars, however as they are robots, everything that they do will be in relation to robots. For example, instead of drinking alcohol to get drunk, they will be drinking engine oil. At the end of the video, the robots will all self destruct due to excessive partying. All members of the band will be female (in relation to the song lyrics and title).
Our initial video idea is to mix different generic music video conventions, such as a band performance, a comedy story line and other parallel edits. We are planning on filming in several different locations, including fields, city centre, a party and a house. In our video all the characters will be robots. The costumes will be made of cardboard boxes and other household objects. We think that this will create an interesting contrast between the normal every day setting and the makeshift futuristic design of the robots. we are considering leaving a rectangular hole around the mouth araea so the robots can lip sync.
Some specific shots that we are planning to have include the first scene of the bassist of the band playing the bass line close up and zooming outwards, point of view shots from one characters perspective whilst drinking, quick shots of the characters holding up letters written on a piece of paper spelling out the word "Girl". Our lip syncing shots will be from a robot's perspective of people walking past mouthing the lyrics. this will create the effect of random people (often drunk) walking up to them in the street and talking to them. The last scene would be one character outside falling to the floor. The general shots we are planning on having in our video include a band performing outside - possibly in a field, the characters walking through the city centre, and we are considering filming a party scene inside a house.
We are planning on beginning our music video in black and white, then we will have the remainder of the video in colour. At the end of the video will have quick clips from all the different settings throughout our video to evaluate the video.
Other music videos that we have looked at for influences include Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (which has robots fighting and walking round and things) and The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (where we got the idea of point of view shots of characters drinking).
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