My idea for my music video is to star a young boy as the "Short Change Hero", having him dressed in western-style cowboy clothing walking around a desolate town that he feels like he must be the hero of.
I plan on using live action film and a little bit of stop motion animation for my music video.
Shot Inspiration
For my live action sequences, I plan on following the conventions of a western movie due to the style of the song. The conventions include the use of guns, horses, typical western outfits (such as stetsons, jeans, boots, card games, vast deserted landscapes, loneliness and some sort of confrontation or fight.
I want to take these conventions and interpret them into a style of my own. As I will be using a younger male actor as my lead role, I will edit his surroundings to fit with his age yet still tie in with the western theme. For example, one idea I have it to use shots of the lead in his western outfit alone in an empty kids park, inspired by the common film convention of filming cowboys alone in the desert or in a derelict town.
These screenshots are from the famous western movie 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'.
I also want to use the same melancholy tone of using a child exploring alone, similar to the style used in Naughty Boy's music video for "La La La".
For my stop motion pieces, I plan to use a similar style to Mykonos by Fleet Foxes. It uses pieces of simple shapes made of paper/card and moves them around to create characters and locations using stop motion. Creating this would be a very lengthy process (depending on how long the piece of stop motion I need is) but would look very impressive and different.
I plan on using live action film and a little bit of stop motion animation for my music video.
Shot Inspiration
For my live action sequences, I plan on following the conventions of a western movie due to the style of the song. The conventions include the use of guns, horses, typical western outfits (such as stetsons, jeans, boots, card games, vast deserted landscapes, loneliness and some sort of confrontation or fight.
I want to take these conventions and interpret them into a style of my own. As I will be using a younger male actor as my lead role, I will edit his surroundings to fit with his age yet still tie in with the western theme. For example, one idea I have it to use shots of the lead in his western outfit alone in an empty kids park, inspired by the common film convention of filming cowboys alone in the desert or in a derelict town.
These screenshots are from the famous western movie 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'.
I also want to use the same melancholy tone of using a child exploring alone, similar to the style used in Naughty Boy's music video for "La La La".
I want to use hand-painted backgrounds to my stop motion animation. A good example of this is the music video of the song "Aquarium" by BAYY.
I plan on using existing locations in my local area. I want to use my local park, woods and lake and the streets and alleyways in my local town.
Colour pallet
The colour pallet I plan on using is going to consist mainly of orange and brown tones to give a warm look similar to a western movie set in a desert. However I may also use some colder tones to highlight the main character's loneliness which will also juxtapose against the warm tones.
Brief overview of narrative
The narrative will consist of the story of a young cowboy who takes it upon himself to become the town's hero in anyway he can, be it big or small.
Costume & Props
The costumes I want to use will be just one for my main character in the style of a cowboy from a western movie. To create this costume, I will use blue jeans, a brown belt, a plaid shirt and a costume stetson.
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