As the video we as a group are to produce will have to use sound in some way, we settled on the incorporation of sound as a narrative device. If the character is experiencing a moment of joy, or an instance of sorrow - the sound heard will communicate the story being told by the visuals, to make the story all the more powerful.
The following is a list of not-yet-final, but conceivable -and probable - elements of sound, or music in our case, that we would use - once we hit the editing room, of course, with a few particular scenes -using the step outline as a reference - that sound would work well in:
1. The main character is walking down the street towards people, while he looks down at his phone with his headphones in.
As this will be the beginning of the video, we will need to capture the audience's imagination, and to reel them in; invite them in for a cup of tea, if you will.
This scene will consist of the aforementioned description, but shot from the character's POV (Point of view). The character's headphones will be visible, as he looks down at his phone as he walks the street, and the music used here will suggest the sound is coming from his headphones. The music for this scene is used as a double-entendre. Our character is an individual "disconnected" from his own reality because of his handheld device; the music will be upbeat and happy to draw in the audience, and in these moments, once the audience is drawn in, they would realise the music is used to to ironic perfection, as he is seen to infuriate people by having a disregard for anything but his phone - by bumping into everyone brave enough to stay in his path.
Currently the music in contention to be used for this specific scene are: Katy Perry's "Firework" and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" as they evoke positive feelings. The irony for all those people he hurt...
"Firework" :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw
Starships: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeIJmciN8mo
7. He takes his phone to be repaired - he is told it will take a while
This scene will be after his life support machine comes crashing down and everything isn't Katy Perry bubblegum pop anymore. He is at the car repair shop, sad and broken - just like his phone. His world isn't the same at this point; he is in a place he has not been before. The music used here will be sad, and suggest a state of disequilibrium the character finds himself in.
At the moment, the songs that are battling one another for a place in this scene are PortisHead's "Roads" and Radiohead's "Exit Music" due to their sorrowful appeal. Someone please pass me a tissue...
"Roads": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYsGWh_vpE
"Exit Music": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RByvzmmEFiQ
17. He turns away to the door and walks out - connected
This scene will end the video and bring the character to the end of his journey of self-discovery that life without his phone could only bring about to him. He has gone from relying on his phone for everything, to being depressed without his phone, to coming to the realisation that he is now more aware and happier to have gone through this lesson, that the destruction of a small phone brought.
In this scene, he is at the car repair shop once again and his phone is repaired ready to be collected. He reaches the repairman who has his arm outstretched for him with the phone ready to take. He looks at the repair man, with a look that hints to "keep it" - and walks outside with a smile. The music used here will try to bring forth a feeling of the character's journey having come full circle, and "Lights" by Ellie Goulding seems perfect to end things on a positive and upbeat mood.
"Lights": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKUpo_xKyQ
These are just a few of the sounds to be used within the video, and the topic of ambient sound for when the character, for example, is travelling on public transport has not yet been breached.
It is not to early, we feel, to begin to envision and discuss other facets of our video at the stage we're at.
The early bird always gets the worm...
Ceysun Dixon KU ID: K1326851
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