Planning:Outline Of Narrative

 



What I think our song is about?
Our song is about a male that gets high but he is not getting high on weed he's getting high on the music he listens to as he imagines his perfect girl.

What themes are evident in the song?
The themes that are evident in the song are relationships as their will be interactions between the male actor and the female actress. Loneliness as the male actor throughout the song is lonely despite being in a imagination where he is not. Addiction, the audience will get the impression that this is what he regularly does when he's alone at his home, making it a addiction. Love the lyrics in the song will show love being especially in the hook when the male artist says "My druggy love me". This theme will also be shown with the interaction that the male actor has with his imagination adoring her.

Narrative assessment:
After analysing the song were making the video for. We have identified from the lyrics the themes that will be portayed in the music video which includes: loneliness, relationships, addiction, imagination and love.

The storyline of the music video is about a male who regularly has imaginations of his perfect girl. In the process, he will be 'getting high'. But instead of getting high on weed, he's getting high in his imagination of his dream girl. There will be 2 males and 2 females, 1 artist and 1 actor for each pair.
This will take place at the home of the male actor.

As the music video starts with a hook, a jump cut will be used to speed up the tension of what's going to happen in the music video. This is where the theme of loneliness will be portrayed, and there will be only camera focus on the male actor in the music video. The male artist is referring to his imagination, this also represents a performance structure. The male artist will start sing about the imagination.

Cinematography will be pivotal as it will help portray the male actor as he is getting deep into his imagination. The audience will get the impression that this is what the male regularly does, therefore portraying the theme of addiction. A mid shot, close-up, high and low angle shot will be used  to help emphasize the male in his imagination of his dream, which is the female actress in the music video being seductive. When the artist says the word "oh oh oh". There will be a duplication of him this will be to emphasize the atmosphere in the song. Next the hook returns and different shots will be taken.
In the 2nd verse, there will be a narrative and performance structure in the music video. Connotation will be used when the male says the words "time" and "pussy" through flash pictures of a clock and animal. There will also be a relationship between the lyrics and visuals, when the male artist mentions the lyrics "aight let go" twice. To emphasize  the worry of the male actor of losing his imagination. As the 2nd verse continues, the male and the female actress who is his imagination will be making out.  As the male actor and his imagination are expressing their love for one another, the theme of relationship is portrayed as well as love. The hook returns, where the male artist will mostly be shown. Then unto the 3rd and last verse. The 1st and 2nd verse will both show the male artist as well as the male actor.

Star Image has been present on the male. But this time, star image will be on the female artist meaning more focus will be on the female actor. The audience will be able to see, if the imagination of the male's actors dream girl is fictional or real, but he just doesn't know it.

Theories that apply:

Goodwin theory- Star image, relationship with lyrics and visuals and technical elements.

Dyer's theory- Character/personality-portraying the character in our music video.

Mulvey's gaze-Will contain females but not portray the full features, due to the purpose of the song.

Hebdige-Active audience- They have a choice to view the video or not. Were portraying the song for the mainstream as well as subculture.

Adorno-We don't follow the theory of Adorno where it states that the audience is passive about their song choice and music. We consider our work as a piece of art, where the bourgeoisie don't.

Conclusion: This is the breakdown of our narrative for the final idea.