Me and my group have decided to go with a combination of both my initial pitch, and new ideas taken from Lewis’ mini pitch.

Good things:

• Our current ideas on how to utilise MES seem fruitful, and will benefit the narrative
• The narrative planned seems to mesh very well with the music and theme of the video
• Variety of ideas will help to diversify the video, with differing editing techniques and usage of MES to contrast
• Fairly simple, easy to follow yet meaningful.
• The song is 4 minutes long
• Enough content to match the length

Targets:

• More planning on the technical aspects
• More planning in regards to locations, timing, access to instruments and so forth.
• More discussion with the actors.
• Need to practice editing techniques more
• Refine cinematography skills
• Develop a clear outline of tasks to follow in a structured order

My Pitch

Basic Outline: Following a man in a suit, who slowly becomes more and more disheveled. Carrying a bin with a chain, he symbolically carries the “weight” of the world, giving it away. Another figure is presented as a sort of duality to the man, the one who originally had to carry the burden, but “sold” it and left it behind.

Reasons for the choice of song:

• Good narrative potential
• Relatively somber, but still grunge (rock).
• Lyrics generally vague, feeding into a lot of ideas.
• Good length, allowing for breathing room for the narrative.
• Allows for good usage of MES, through close ups and editing.
• Fitting to the beat and matching the lyrics is also fairly simple.
• Illustrative song, meaning that connoting themes and issues and matching things such as lyrics to the video will be easy/ier.