Intertextual References

MUSIC VIDEOS

This music video from S. Carey shows many nature shots that I would like. For example, the shots of the woods would be good to include. The shots of the campfire would be good to include as this is taking a literal shot of 'I See Fire'. I like the wide camera shots and the symmetrical shots. I also like the time-lapse shots, however Id have to think of how I'd re-create that.

I like the beginning of this video of the shot of the landscape. I'd like to include this in my music video, however it would be later when the girl realises she's waken up in her heaven. I like the nature shots through the woods, which I would like to include in my music video.

I would like my music video to have a similar beginning, as she will wake up in a hospital bed after an accident and then go back to dreaming of a life in heaven if she dies. The shots will be natural like in this video. She will also be dreaming of her life before the accident, with her friends. I like the shots of the landscape, and I would like to include this in my music video. I also like the panning shots which I want to include in my music video.

The idea of the lyrics 'say something, I'm giving up on you' can be referred back to the idea of my music video where the girl is unresponsive to those around her and becomes involved in her own world that she dreamt.

The theme of this video is similar to the theme of the idea of my music video as it also deals with depression and whether they can carry on living. However, this video is more about abusive relationships and how sufferers still want to go back to their abusive partners. The beginning monologue is very important in expressing the topic is a serious way because it brings awareness to the public about abusive relationships. "It's like you're screaming and no one can hear. You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important that without them you feel like nothing. No one will ever understand how much it hurts. You feel hopeless, like nothing can save you. And when it's over and it's gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back. So that you could have the good." -THUNDER- 

Rihanna and the partner are featured in the bath, struggle to contemplate their problems. Tis links back to the idea I want to do for my music video, as I also want the young girl's struggle to intensify when she flashes back to her attempted death in the bath. Like this video I want there to be distorted images when there is darkness in the girl's mind, because this shows the troubles in her mind that made her think of ending her life in the first place.

Sinéad O'Connor and her music video 'Nothing Compares 2U' has inspired modern artists to today in their music video to keep it simplistic. For example, Lorde in her music video 'Tennis Court' is her sing behind a black background like Sinéad O'Connor. Miley Cyrus's video 'Wrecking Ball' was inspired by including close-ups of her face crying to show the intensity of her emotions. This is similar to what 'd like to do for my video with the young girl. She will have her eyes open and then she goes into a comatose state which leads to the heaven she dreamt off.

FILMS

Even though this is a comedy, it has the similar concepts to my music video idea in that it says that you should stick together and stay together, similar to the lyrics in the song 'I See Fire', 'If this is to end in fire, then we should all burn together'. My music video won't be comedic as it is about a girl passing into the afterlife and thinking about whether she should go back or not.

The end of this film 'Click' with Adam Sandler in it, ends with him walking out of the hospital he rested in. He then dies after saying goodbye to his family. I have took inspiration from this film because at the end of my music video, the young girl walks out of the hospital and walks distances to sit in a field, which is where the music video ends. The story tells us that even though it isn't the same as her heaven she dreamt of, she can still enjoy the little things. She wants her new memories to be good ones.

This film, 'The Fault in Our Stars' tells the story of how two teenagers fall in love even tough the other is dying. This is similar to what I want to do in my music video but with the romance. My music video will be about a girl having to make tough decisions. This film has a similar concept because she has to make the decision whether to end the relationship because she doesn't want to get too close to him because she knows she's going to die soon.

My music video will be very similar to this film because it has similar concepts but excludes the romance. The girl in my music video will question whether she should stay and live, or go to heaven. She passes into the after-life just like the girl in 'If I Stay'. She flashes back from the after-life and real-life as the chorus changes between verses and instrumental music.

This film with Colin Firth called 'A Single Man', shows of how he has to deal with depression after surviving a car crash. Although I cannot re-create a car crash, I will skip forward to when the girl in my music video is in hospital. She will also struggle with depression because she won't know whats better, real-life or the after-life. She has to decide whether her life is worth living. The lyrics in 'I See Fire' is persuading her to stay in real-life, because this motivates people in real-life with depression to continue living.

I like the idea of this film with Robin Williams which inspires ideas for my music video. The film 'What Dreams May Come' shows this scene when he passes into the heaven that he created himself. It is a world made from a painting, and as he touches things such as the flower, it turns to blue paint in his hand. I'd like this sense of hyper-reality in my music video, however I haven't thought yet of how to integrate this.