Dismissal

As a group we decided to dismiss the First pitch, we decided the sequence was too linear, with the everyday events it was far too straight forward and narrative, we had worries that it would not be very captivating. We decided to keep the idea of masks, liking the eerie quality of the clown mask, we think this idea gives our music video a bold enrapturing quality. Furthermore we decided the initial song Muse - 'Feeling Good' did not fit the mood of the song, we felt the music was slightly too seductive rather than eerie. Furthermore we have decided that with our next song choice initially we will look at the lyrics and depict what they mean exactly before fitting the song to an idea. At the moment it is a unanimous decision to keep the music video strictly narrative, the song alternative, and keep the idea of masks and split identities.

'Feeling Good' Lyrics

Muse - "Feeling Good"

Birds flying high you know how I feel

Sun in the sky you know how I feel

Reeds driftin' on by you know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea you know how I feel

River running free you know how I feel

blossom in the trees you know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know

Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean

Sleep in peace when day is doneAnd this old world is a new world

And a bold world

For me

Stars when you shine you know how I feel

Scent of the pine you know how I feel

Oh freedom is mine

And I know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

First Pitch

The first idea I had for our music video was a narrative content, rather than performance, as our group do not have the resources to create a performance based music video. After listening to the song Muse - 'Feeling Good', I had an idea for a satirical music video playing on the words 'Feeling Good'. The Video would be entailing the life of a lonely girl, different than everyone else an outsider who was feeling nothing but good. The video would show her everyday morning routine, such as brushing teeth, eating toast making tea, brushing hair , all the shots would be very short and snappy and never show the main characters face. At the climax of the intro as the chorus begins when 'I'm feeling good' kicks in the face of the girl would be shown to the audience, but it would be a clowns mask. Then the rest of the video would portray the character as different as everyone else (who would be mask less), lonely, at work, at parties, picked on and maybe beaten at one point, her mask would be ripped off after the beating and then left face down on the side of the road. The camera would then follow the feet of an unknown character, who would pull the girl up from the floor, the camera would follow the girl up to be met by a person also in a clown mask. The couple would walk down the street hand in hand, the last shot being a shot of both characters, a girl and a boy, with the clown masks on the back of their heads lips touching with their faces finaly unveiled.

I intended the idea of the video to be thought provoking and portray a story for the audience to become involved in and perhaps relate to, almost everyone at one point has felt like an outsider or felt different to others. By infusing a love story at the end I wanted to illustrate that everyone has someone in their life who understands and loves them, swapping the lyrics from being satirical to finaly being realised, as the main character at last feels good in her own skin.