Music video ideas

Something’s Gonna Happen

My first idea for a music video is to use the song Something’s Gonna Happen of Ivory Layne. I chose this song for several reasons, firstly it’s an unknown song so it will be a discover for lots of people making it more interesting for the viewers. Secondly is has a different style, remind me of the 60s, lastly there is not an official video or any previous videos that I could compare with making mine a 

unique version.

The main start is a female singe with a strong voice, listening it at fist I would say that it’s a band playing for all the music instruments introduced in the songs, however the artist is considered a solo singer, this could be changes or kept as it is, giving us more space of creativity making our own artist or band for the campaign.

Piano, drums and trumpets are used to create the beat and the music; the genre of the music is jazz and soul mix together.

Parts of the lyrics could be easily use as a narrative for the music video, also the song has a good drop that could be symbolised as an important for the music video.

The first time you hear the song the message that you get is to change your life from rebelling and you’ll obtain a dramatic change that you might love.    

For the music video firstly I though that the style should be clearly presented in every scene, and listening to the song the first thought that came into my head is the 60s so I’d like to respects this idea.

The different characters and the locations could all be styles to remind the 60s, starting from the main start and socialising her with that particular genre of music and style.

To start up I have decided to do more research about the 60s looking at hair, make up and clothing style. All this could be used for a simple straightforward scene with only the main start performing clarifying to the viewers how is the main character and the artist. She would be groomed and styled, making the person more appealing and increasing the interest. The location for this place I think should be simple and clear form any possible distractions that could take away the concentration from the main singer, so the studio with a black/grey background would be ideal. Soft light will be used to reclaim the idea of the 60s; the lights would be crucial in the set as they could change the idea of the scene by looking on camera too modern or too overwhelming over coming the star. Prop wise only an old mike could be used to add the idea of vintage. Using the studio we would have more control over the project, making easier to have clear shots and play more with the camera (mid-shots, close-up and wide) also with the lighting creating different effects and ending up with the perfect one.

An entire scene of the main singer performing could be used through out the whole video so it will be very useful to have a good scene of it.

The second scene I thought it could be located in a small bar/pub with a small stage in it or a performing space. This would creative a good contrast with the studio even though I would like to maintain the 60s style, by adding to the location a vintage look.

There will be several characters in this scene, and it will be more complicated to shot as it could end up chaotic.

The idea was of having around five or more people in the bar acting to be usual customers, a waitress working, plus the main artist and her band giving a life performance.

This scene will be presenting more of a narrative telling the story of the waitress getting bored of her usual and boring life so rebelling by braking all the rules in the bar and resign her self by the end of it.

Here the protagonist will be the character acting as the waitress and the her story as it would relate back to the lyrics of the music, also it would add movements to the video and it won’t exclude the ain singer and the player as they would be in it as well.

My idea was her being bother by few men and she decides to stand up for her self and she starts to break everything and throwing glass and spilling drinks all over the place.

Some of this could be shot in slow motion having the background of the band playing. The slow motion will create a contrast from the music and the happening also adding a more dramatic feeling to it.

The video will show the main character performing in the studio, than in the bar plus also a small narrative reclaim the title of the song Something’s Gonna Happen. All the characters presented in the scene will be styled as needed to keep up with the theme e of the 60s.