Video inspiration

Janelle Monae- Tightrope (the definition at the start and the mirrored faces)

Sets the tone of the music video, I felt this was a useful way of preparing the audience for what they are about to view. It gives a brief overview about what the video might be about.

The two mirrored faces jumped out to me as they were quite elusive and creepy. The tone of my music video is set on  'witchcraft' (voodoo) so I thought these characters would be useful to include in my video. Small changes like making the overalls red. I chose this colour because it connotes death, sexual desire and danger.

This is an example I have done with the inspiration from the first picture. I might decide to use this in my music video to set the scene.

Erykah Badu- You got me (the bodies lying on the floor)

In this picture a body is lying on the video. Because my music video will be mainly narrative I thought this would be interesting to include as it could look like they are in a trance like state due to the 'spirit possession' that will occur.



A lot of Frank Ocean's songs have dark tones within them, for example in  the song 'Swim Good', he murdered a woman and took her body to a woods and burnt her and the car he brought, at the end there was an eagle in the shot to emphasise freedom and power. In the 'Novacane' there is a heavy reference to drugs and sex, it seems as though he is channelling his feelings into something that will make him feel better for only a short time, this could be something that appeals to young people and there is always a slight gesture that shows: if you turn to drunk, drink and sex to tackle your problems it will only become worse. Because Frank Ocean's music video are usually very sombre and tell a story this is my biggest inspiration in doing my own video.