Key Props And Costumes

Lava Lamp - This is to create the image of the 80's and that it is quite old this will give our video character as it will be different in our film.

Bed - This is the main part of the video as our opening scene is that we have been out all night and that we are late for our concert.

Fish Bowl - we are going to use this idea of thinking outside the box and to make the video look claustrophobic, and that you can't escape.

Beer Bottles- this is the idea that we have been out all night drinking and that we have woken up feeling ill.

Mirror- the mirror is going to be smashed and we are going to be getting dressed by using the shards of glass to put our make up on.

Polaroid Camera- we are going to have different pictures of us with our make up and dressed up with the lyrics of the song underneath.

Wardrobe - this is also the feeling of claustrophobia and that we can't escape the feeling of being hidden and that we feel like it is all a dream.

Costumes

Our costumes will consist of 80's style make up, so our make up will be eccentric and crazy so it will be black eyeliner, red lipstick, crazy hair. For our clothes we will be wearing denim, black blazers, white shirts and big boots so this will create the idea that we are recreating The Cure but not being them exactly, we will put our own thoughts and idea's into the video to make it our own.

Ideas for our music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw8Hwz3Xumc&ob=av3n- we used this idea as it is The Cure's original song and video, we want the 1985 version but as the video has been banned it cannot be uploaded.

We used other videos of The Cure to get our idea's of there wacky nature, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUza_wWCfA&ob=av2n - this video represents some of our ideas which we have thought of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muMcWMKPEWQ - we used this video to get the idea of the costumes in the 80's.

Annotation of Lyrics.

I've waited hours for this – clock going round and “Robert” going mad.

I've made myself so sick – image of us being sick after a heavy night, we are late for top of the pops so we are rushing to get there

I wish I'd stayed asleep today – getting ready and thinking about going back to sleep this shows that we have had a long day and would like to go back to sleep

I never thought this day would end – last nights day, rushing around trashing the room to get ready.

I never thought tonight could ever be – never thought that top of the pops would happen, (first gig)

This close to me – and a close up of the penguin with close to me written on its stomach.

Just try to see in the dark – feeling around to find something in the dark, claustrophobic

Just try to make it work – trying to make the bank work, us fighting as we cannot find our stuff.

To feel the fear before you're here – don’t want to lose the band but keep fighting, still getting ready for top of the pops

I make the shapes come much too close – images of shapes floating about or the fish tank?

I pull my eyes out – getting angry

Hold my breath – all stop so it give the video a bit of drama.

And wait until I shake.... getting ready to go out, crowd outside as we get ready to go to top of the pops

But if I had your faith – running backwards and forwards to the taxi

Then I could make it safe and clean – ||

If only I was sure ||

That my head on the door was a dream- arrive at the BBC and get ready for the show, make up touch up and blah blah blah

I've waited hours for this – running through dark corridors, looking for lights and crowds, as crowds get closer shots back to the band and the crowds, shows tension.

I've made myself so sick ||

I wish I'd stayed asleep today ||

I never thought this day would end ||

I never thought tonight could ever be

This close to me.

But if I had your face

I could make it safe and clean

If only I was sure

That my head on the door – looking through the door to see a bright lights and the top of the pops

Was a dream? - Was it all a dream, instrumental? Was it a dream or was it real?

Lyrics For The Cure.

 Artist: The Cure  Song Title: Close To Me  
I've waited hours for this
I've made myself so sick
I wish I'd stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me
Just try to see in the dark
Just try to make it work
To feel the fear before you're here
I make the shapes come much too close
I pull my eyes out
Hold my breath
And wait until I shake
  
But if I had your faith
Then I could make it safe and clean
If only I was sure
That my head on the door was a dream

I've waited hours for this
I've made myself so sick
I wish I'd stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me

But if I had your face
I could make it safe and clean
If only I was sure
That my head on the door
Was a dream
      

The Cure - Close To Me on MUZU.

This is the cure's original video this was later removed due to the high suicidal 

elements, this has been replaced by a more upbeat video and a slower song. We have

used the remix song for our video as we found that we could work with it more by 

the faster version. 

Location Stills

We will shoot part of the video here whilst are performers run into the BBC. This is to coincide with the idea of filming Top of the Pops here.

We plan to use Ikea as a filming location for the beginning of the video for the room scenes.

Initial Ideas

Choosing a song

One of the first things we thought about when creating the music video was the genre of the music we would like to use, as we viewed this as one of the main aspects when it came to the filming, production and set up of the video. One of the initial ideas we had was to have our theme as a modern up to date pop music, this offered a wide range of diverse artists ranging from “Lady Gaga” to “The Hoosiers”, although we could not settle and agree upon a particular artist or song. We found that this theme and genre of modern pop was much too diverse to choose from.

From the modern pop idea we decided we should try and venture away from the expected and what the majority of people would do, this led us to do a music video based on a song from the past we looked at a few bands and artists including “David Bowie” and “Blur”. In the end we chose to do a song by “The Cure” as although they are from the 80’s they sou1nd like they have a sound of current Indie Pop bands of current times, even though back in the 80’s they were considered to be quite gothic and post punk.

So we had decided to use a song by “The Cure”. The first song we were going to use was “The Lovecats” as the song itself was upbeat and known by many. We decided against this idea as from watching the music video for the song there was not much else we could do which hadn’t already been done in the existing video without it looking like we have copied them. We then narrowed down the songs which were left as to what we thought were the most popular songs leaving us with “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Close to Me”. We chose “Close to Me” as we felt the song had more substance i.e. through the lyrics compared to “Boys Don’t Cry” where in terms of the lyrics there was not a awful lot to work with and the video would have to be mostly performance as it would be difficult to have a meaningful narrative relating to the song. So we chose to go with “Close to Me” due to the upbeat nature of the song and the personal preference of the group.

Video ideas

For our music video one of our initial ideas was to have a “top of the pops” themed video, with a set up of a stage and crowd. One of the reasons for this idea was popularity of “top of the pops” around the 1980’s, with the cure even performing on the show.

One of the other ideas we had was to have the video of us getting ready before we performed on “top of the pops”. This idea gives us more scope to work with, more freedom and we can be more abstract in what we actually do.

The idea has similar concepts to the “Lovecats” music video in the sense it is based in a room and we hope to gain a similar look and feel for our video. One thing we want to achieve which we feel there video didn’t do is to have our video feeling more claustrophobic which will help maintain a hectic fast pace to the video.

Another idea we had which stems from the getting ready before the “Top of the Pops” involves us travelling to the gig which we as a band will be playing at and then the video ending with us performing on stage. We feel this idea provides us with a variety of locations and although it may be difficult to keep a constant feel for the video with three different locations we feel if done correctly it could show off what we can do.

We decided in the scene where we are in the room we wanted to keep a abstract feeling by use of different camera angles and use of different techniques. One of the shots we plan on doing is a shot through a fish bowl this will create a different shot and will contribute to the abstract feel. Another technique we want to use for the same effect, is to take some shots of the lead through a broken mirror so he has several reflections.

This is where we were planning on filming the sequence where we are going into the BBC. We plan on going up the stairs and just into the main doors of the actual building and then filming the parts where are inside the building in a different location.

We are hoping to film outside the academy on the day of a gig so we can capture shots of the crowd. We are also hoping do the shots where we load a taxi/car with all of the equipment we need for the gig. Although we will be doing this shot from a side angle so the academy does not have to be in the shot therefore it is not essential to do the filming for that here, it may make more sense to do the filming for this in a quieter area.

Initial Ideas

Choosing a song

One of the first things we thought about when creating the music video was the genre of the music we would like to use, as we viewed this as one of the main aspects when it came to the filming, production and set up of the video. One of the initial ideas we had was to have our theme as a modern up to date pop music, this offered a wide range of diverse artists ranging from “Lady Gaga” to “The Hoosiers”, although we could not settle and agree upon a particular artist or song. We found that this theme and genre of modern pop was much too diverse to choose from.

From the modern pop idea we decided we should try and venture away from the expected and what the majority of people would do, this led us to do a music video based on a song from the past we looked at a few bands and artists including “David Bowie” and “Blur”. In the end we chose to do a song by “The Cure” as although they are from the 80’s they sou1nd like they have a sound of current Indie Pop bands of current times, even though back in the 80’s they were considered to be quite gothic and post punk.

So we had decided to use a song by “The Cure”. The first song we were going to use was “The Lovecats” as the song itself was upbeat and known by many. We decided against this idea as from watching the music video for the song there was not much else we could do which hadn’t already been done in the existing video without it looking like we have copied them. We then narrowed down the songs which were left as to what we thought were the most popular songs leaving us with “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Close to Me”. We chose “Close to Me” as we felt the song had more substance i.e. through the lyrics compared to “Boys Don’t Cry” where in terms of the lyrics there was not a awful lot to work with and the video would have to be mostly performance as it would be difficult to have a meaningful narrative relating to the song. So we chose to go with “Close to Me” due to the upbeat nature of the song and the personal preference of the group.

Video ideas

For our music video one of our initial ideas was to have a “top of the pops” themed video, with a set up of a stage and crowd. One of the reasons for this idea was popularity of “top of the pops” around the 1980’s, with the cure even performing on the show. A quick set up of the stage is shown below.

One of the other ideas we had was to have the video of us getting ready before we performed on “top of the pops”. This idea gives us more scope to work with, more freedom and we can be more abstract in what we actually do.

The idea has similar concepts to the “Lovecats” music video in the sense it is based in a room and we hope to gain a similar look and feel for our video. One thing we want to achieve which we feel there video didn’t do is to have our video feeling more claustrophobic which will help maintain a hectic fast pace to the video.

Another idea we had which stems from the getting ready before the “Top of the Pops” involves us travelling to the gig which we as a band will be playing at and then the video ending with us performing on stage. We feel this idea provides us with a variety of locations and although it may be difficult to keep a constant feel for the video with three different locations we feel if done correctly it could show off what we can do.

We decided in the scene where we are in the room we wanted to keep a abstract feeling by use of different camera angles and use of different techniques. One of the shots we plan on doing is a shot through a fish bowl this will create a different shot and will contribute to the abstract feel. Another technique we want to use for the same effect, is to take some shots of the lead through a broken mirror so he has several reflections.

This is where we were planning on filming the sequence where we are going into the BBC. We plan on going up the stairs and just into the main doors of the actual building and then filming the parts where are inside the building in a different location.

We are hoping to film outside the academy on the day of a gig so we can capture shots of the crowd. We are also hoping do the shots where we load a taxi/car with all of the equipment we need for the gig. Although we will be doing this shot from a side angle so the academy does not have to be in the shot therefore it is not essential to do the filming for that here, it may make more sense to do the filming for this in a quieter area.

Video Analysis

The Cure – The Lovecats

· Duration – 3:42

· Genre – Alternative Rock

· Analysis – At the beginning of the video a gate opens to signal the start of the video. This symbolically invites the audience into the video, and the song. This is very similar to our video as we too have a door opening at the beginning to invite the audience into the room and the lives of are characters.

We see the lead (Robert Smith) begin singing in an abstract, untidy room. This setting is directly reflective to our first filming location (Bedroom). The contrast between the set (which is white) and the costumes of “The”, (which are black) make them stand out against the wild and strange objects surrounding them in the room. This is further backed by the large shadows created by the spotlights. This evokes a feeling of insanity upon the viewer. “The Cure” use a number of cat costumes to fit in with the theme of cats throughout their video. We are keen to use the idea of costumes as a number of the cures music videos use such costumes: for example “Close To Me”, “The Caterpillar”, and of course “The Lovecats”.

The video uses a series of different negative effects when looking through the eyes of the cat. They are using this to show that it is abnormal or even paranormal behavior of the cat. This video is very similar to ours as we have used some of the ideas to create the theme of " The Cure" as being eccentric and wacky.