Our preliminary idea

 

Our preliminary idea is to do a cover of the song 'We Are Young' by Fun.

Before we started planning we anaylised the actual music promo to get a better understanding of the lyrics and hoe the artist had put the promo together.

Throughout the promo the camerawork we could see were close ups which were used to show emotion, long shots/establishing shots which were used to show surroundings and how it focuuses on both performance and narrative.

This is something we'd use in ours (not all of the same shots as we want to make ours different), but so our music promo can be effective as possible. Also, the use of narrative and performance is important as we can to make sure the audience can tell the different between them.

Throughtout the promo the editing techniques used were that when the performance side of the song was playing it was at a normal speed but half way through the promo turns int slow motion - this could suggest time has slowed down and everyone is young (hint the song title). With this in mind the shots then are relatively long, sometimes up to 10 seconds.

In our promo to seperate narrative and performace we were going to have the narrative in slow motion and also blacka and white just to empathise the different between them. We would have just a long time for each shot and we want to express the different shot types that we can use in this promo.

Throughout the promo we could see that there was a balance between performance of band and narrative of the song. The narrative is done by those taking part having a riot and their facial expressions show many different emotions.

In our promo we would use various close ups to show the different emptions on each character, especially those in the past, just to show the emotion at that time. We were thinknig out having a final shot of the 'guy' looking right as the camera, while zooming in, to show his facial expression on what he's done and what he regrets.

Throughout the promo we could see that the mise-en-scene was set in a bar which was dimply lit. The performance side of the promo was set on a stage whereas the narrative part took place below it. Everyone was dressed and acted young - even if they are not. This is something that is simple but works effectively.

In our promo we were going to have our performance side of the performance set on a stage (like theres) or in a music room to show the music side of the promo. The narrative side of the promo would be set outside, where the 'girl' and 'boy' would be fighting. Just the actual artists promo, this would be simple yet effective.