2. Part of the inspiration for our music video came
from the success of the artist Katy Perry and her
video for ‘Firework’. She involves similar aspects
throughout and films a variety of stories
overcoming things and solving problems. Our
video consists of us filming 3 different fears
parralling each other with a strong element of
performance just like Katy Perry.
4. As you can see from the video screenshots the
special effects really emphasise the element of
explosive behaviour thus overcoming a problem.
For instance a gay individual is portrayed as
scared to reveal his sexuality and so once he
overcomes this fear, the fireworks emerge from
his person which matches the lyrics and so the
music fits.
5. Katy Perry’s video is also filmed in dark settings
to really exaggerate the bright sparks of the
fireworks emerging from the characters. We will
interpret this idea for some of our sections in
the video for instance the fire scenes will mostly
feature in candlelit settings to amplify the power
of the lighting in the shots.
6. Performance
Our initial idea that linked with this video was
that we would have the singer travelling around
the different sections of fear with the
characters. However due to efficiency and
deadlines the performance will be set in one
place however all of the characters in the video
will come together in the end at the singer’s
concert, showing unity in the stories just like the
uplifting finale to the Katy Perry video.
