Initial song ideas for a video – Mini pitch
After listening to a variety of different songs and watching multiple music videos. I began to think about what sort of a music video that I wanted to make, and the narrative and song that I wanted to use. For my pitch, I chose “Try” by Colbie Caillat. This song is about accepting yourself for who you, and removing thoughts and expectations on body image.
TRY
Put your make-up on Get your nails done Curl your hair Run the extra mile Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you? Get your sexy on Don't be shy, girl Take it off This is what you want, to belong, so they like you Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard You don't have to, give it all away You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up You don't have to change a single thing You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try You don't have to try Mm, mm Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you Do they like you? Wait a second, Why, should you care, what they think of you When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard You don't have to, give it all away You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up You don't have to change a single thing You don't have to try so hard You don't have to bend until you break You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up You don't have to change a single thing You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try You don't have to try Mm, mm You don't have to try so hard You don't have to, give it all away You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up You don't have to change a single thing You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try, try, try, try You don't have to try You don't have to try Take your make-up off Let your hair down Take a breath Look into the mirror, at yourself Don't you like you? 'Cause I like you
As I listened to the song, I wrote down words, feelings and adjectives that I thought about when listening to it. This then helped me to understand the narrative that I would use for my video. Initially, I was thinking of focusing on expectations on ways that women should look especially the impact of social media. I would like the video to consist of women with mise en scene expressing themselves as “appropriate” for photographs to be taken of them and posted online. As the the song progresses, the process of them getting ready would almost be undone. The would then end up as themselves, comfortably in their own skin as they are. This would highlight how people do not need to change their appearance for social media and expectations of others and the media. I would choose to have one main woman in the video, who would represent the star, at the beginning of the video she would be presented as how we would expect a star to be presented, with her hair and make up fully done as if she was going to perform. She would do most of the singing, however on occasion some of the other women may also sing. They would sing in different locations, I would like to use the Black Studio for some of the filming, just to keep the focus on the star and not the background, but throughout the video I would like this to expand to highlight how woman can go anywhere without makeup and demonstrate my message.