Narrative ideas.

18/09/12
Narrative idea for video.
B.o.B- Lovelier than you.

In our group, Stephanie & I decided to pick this song "Lovelier than you" by B.o.B. The song is about someone who is in love with a girl; always on this mind and constantly thinking about their future together. I feel that a lot of people could relate to this song; as it talks about feelings they have for a loved one.He wants to express his love for the his girlfriend, and wants everyone to know about it. I think it's a good song to use, because it's upbeat, it has a reasonable time and the lyrics have given both of us loads of ideas.
 
First idea:
A guy (the male character in our music video) is in love with a woman. He almost follows her, watches her. He can't tell her how he feels but instead he just imagines himself with her. At the beginning of the song, you hear the acoustic guitar. I can imagine at great shot of the male character in his bedroom playing his guitar in his room at an angle where you can't see the character. As the beat comes in, the camera begins to move up allowing the audience to see the character singing. He'll start to lip-sync as B.O.B starts to sing. Stephanie and I discussed scenes where he could look out his window and he'll see the girl of his dreams walking along the road. It's quite sad, but I find that his will be a fun and entertaining video. About a man who can't tell a girl about his feelings, but only imagines himself with her. Also we discussed, showing the audience them together as a couple at the chorus. Showing the audience that's it's all a delusion & only what he wants to happen. At the choruses, the couple could be "represented as a couple" and go to different places. Go on dates, kiss, share love letters..exactly how he wants it to be. But once the chorus is done, it goes back to reality and reveals that it's only in his head, and at the end they could walk right passed each other.

Connection lyrics:

 "Maybe one day, we will go hand in hand" - They could walk down the road hand in hand to show they are in a relationship.
"We can float off to space"- I imagined this scene; the male character could give the female actor a piggy back.
"We go together like the tub and the shower head above"- They could be drinking out the same drink with straws to show that they are connected and are one. I think it's quite cute!


Locations: Hollow Ponds- they could be scenes where they are feeding the ducks, and sitting with the trees, around them.
River thames and Tower Bridge: Stephanie and myself thought that it wouldn't take a while to get this video done. So it would be easier to just spend a whole day out (9am- 6pm) so we could go different places and get all the shots done.