Chariots of fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEF4zH6XHCk&feature=related

This video is a similar example of how I and Abbas want our video to look like. Within this video you can see the development of training a man is preparing for to be fit enough to compete. In our music video we are going to be portraying the steps of training and preparation same as in this video for chariots of fire. We want at the end of our video for “We are the champions” a happy ending where an individual finally succeeds in winning the race. Same as chariots of fire, the man wins the race which is exactly what will happen in our video accept it will be the feamle underdog that wins. This music video is a great example of ideas that we would like to portray in ours as our plan is to film an individual preparing for a race where eventually she will win. The ideas shown in the chariots of fire video are the ideas that we are going to use for creating the innovation of our music video. The only difference is that we are going to use a female character as we want to be different and not always portray the man been the dominant character. We are going to have several female racers as this makes it more realistic as in the athletics male and females are separated into their gender. We are going to have a blonde girl (Sophie Balfour) that wins the race first time, but a brunette which is myself, that trains hard and actually wins the race in the end and becomes a champion relating to the lyrics of the song "We are the champions".

http://abbasted.blogspot.com/2010/10/queen-we-are-champions-analysis-and.html#comments

Having looked at and analysed the lyrics, me and Abbas have decided that it will make more sense if we were to create one story throughout the video instead of a series of stories as the lyrics are not long enough to portray a chain of stories. We think it will be more effective if a girl actor which will be myself, act in our video referring to how she took up running but then failed to complete her ultimate race but in the end turning out to be a champion as her hard training pays off. By having one character within the music video, the audience will be able to empathise and sympathise more effectively as the character will be the centre of the story. We are still definitely going to have a happy ending so the audience are fulfilled.

Mine and Abbas's Pitch!

Abbas Tajik and Emily Smith - Music Campaign Pitch from Chris Earl on Vimeo.

This is our pitch that I and Abbas presented in front of the class last week. Within the presentation we were on edge of deciding two songs, but now we are going to use 'We are the champions' for our cover. This presentation gives a overview of how we want our music video to look like.

By next week me and abbas are going to produce a production schedule which will have wrote down when and where we are going to shoot our footage for our music video. We are still currently thinking of our locations but the shootage of the band will be filmed mostly in the studio at school and perhaps outside. We do know that we are going to shoot footage outside of school depending on the free time our actors have. We are thinking of shooting some practice footage in the October half-term week so we can see if our ideas work and would look good in the video for our cover of 'we are the champions'.

'Runaway love'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISvMS6s421vY&ob=av3n

This music video has had a huge impact on the innovation of mine and Abbas’s music video for the cover of “We are the champions”. We are currently already thinking of having a few people act in our music video who are all trying to achieve something that is important to them in their life. In this music video, ‘runaway love’ there is various actors who all live different lives. There is a storyline to this video and at the end everyone is peaceful and content which contributes to the happy ending. This is exactly how I and Abbas want our video to achieve as we want the audience to empathise and sympathise with the characters. We like the idea of showing various diverse individuals who are totally different but all trying to achieve the same feeling of victory. This music video is extremely effective in developing the audience’s feelings and emotions. I want the public to empathise with my music video so the idea of creating an effective and depth storyline will help to keep the audience drawn to the screen. A happy ending is the end to satisfy the audience as they are left content. Me and Abbas have already came to the conclusion that we are going ahead with having a happy ending to the end of our music video so the audience is left fulfilled.