MUSIC VIDEO PITCH

Task 16

MY PROPOSAL

I have chosen to do my music video on a song by the US Massachusetts

band Defeater. The song I have chosen to do is called ‘I Don’t Mind’

which is an acoustic based song which is a different side to the melodic

hardcore sound they normally have. The song has a personal meaning to

the lead singer of the band as it’s about his break up with his fiancée and

him and he sunk to an all time low. The song has also happy feelings for

the lead singer as he wrote the song when remembering all the good

times he shared with his ex fiancée and how he felt then. The song is from

the 2011 album ‘Empty Days & Sleepless Nights’ and doesn’t not

currently have a music video for it.

MOOD BOARD

Here are some music videos already out there which

I have got inspiration for my own music video.

LYRICS

In my music video I am

planning to make my music

video match the lyrics. The

bits I have highlighted are

bits in the music video I

think I will be able to

illustrate. I would also like

my music video to have a

sort of narrative to it as the

song has a narrative feel to

it.

In my music video I have

chosen to make Tamara Reed

as my actress. In my music

video Tamara will play the girl

who the song is about. In my

music video Tamara will have

to act like she is deeply love

with Troy.

In my music video I have chosen to make

Troy my main actor but also the singer

and guitarist of the song. I have chosen

to use Troy as the actor who is in love

with Tamara but also the singer and

guitarist because in the original version

of the song the lead singer is the guitarist

too so I didn’t want to have three people

in a music video which is a personal song

to the lead singer in real life. In my music

video Troy will have to act in love with

Tamara but also he will also have to

mime the song so he will have to learn

the song.

PEOPLE WHO I ’M GOING TO HAVE IN MY MUSIC V IDEO

Tamara Reed Troy Higgins

LOCATION

For my music video I thought about places which were quite

cliché for couples to be at and activities they would do. The

place which I chose in the end was the river. I have chosen to

do the river because the river has activities which you’d

expect couples to do such as walks along the river, feeding the

ducks, hiring a boat, going to the park, grabbing an ice cream

but also there were places surrounding such as the café near

the river which is somewhere I am thinking about filming at.