Lyrics breakdown (part 5)

I have my doubts in love, but I know it's true
I don't have many friends, but I got you
You are a walking gun
You are a secret bomb
Something no one can take from you



We are having these shots at the train station on the platform by the pole. We will have close ups and a strong relationship between the lyrics and visuals

Lyrics breakdown (part 4)

O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye,
O'la, o'la aye



Here we are having the shots of our singer on the stairs at the train station. We are going to have 4 shots of our singer 'jumping' up the stairs from one place to another - one for each line.

Lyrics breakdown (part 3)

And I, I, I
Living on borrowed time
And I, I, I
I'mma be gettin' mine and
And I, I, I
I'll be wrong if I don't try
I Don't know when my next meals coming
All I know is I'll be running
I, I, I
I be livin' it up, I be livin' it up, yeah
I, I, I
I be throwin' it up, I be throwin' it up, yeah
I, I, I'll
I'll be playing it cool
'Cause a girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do
Making up my own rules


For the chorus of the song we are going to be having some dance shots. For the first and third chorus we are planning to have the dance sequence on stage and for the middle chorus in the tunnel. However, we may decide to have this the other way round (1st and 3rd in the tunnel and 2nd on stage) depending on which looks better. 

Lyrics breakdown (part 2)

I don't believe in much
But I believe in you
I don't believe I can't
'Cause I don't follow rules, hey
I see your star so bright,
No one can dim that light
No one can cross you out, but you




Here we plan to the shots of our singer in the house and lift

Lyrics breakdown (part 1)

Ohhh ohhh
Yeah, yeah


For the opening part of the song we are planning to film the effect of food colouring dye dripping into water. The plan is for it to look something like this: 

Inspiration

I looked at Nicole Scherzinger's music video of Boomerang and really liked some of the shots. I thought that although the whole video only has her in it dancing it was quite effective, for example some of the shots were of her dancing just with a plain white background but the kaleidoscope effect used really added to it and made it look more interesting and is more likely to grab the audience's attention. Unlike a lot of the other music videos I have looked at for inspiration and ideas, this one didn't have a storyline which I also quite like about it because it is quite easy to watch without having to understand an underlying narrative but still grabs you with some of the effects used

Prepping Our Location

One of our locations for some of the dance shots in the school stage. The back wall was originally painted for a Willy Wonka production, however we wanted it black to fit in with the conventions of a cool and up-to-date music video for our shots so have re-painted it.