Mood Board

Once we had studied our song and the lyrics we began to brainstorm ideas about how it made us feel and what it made us see and imagine. From this we created a moodboard;

The Killers - Shadowplay

After listening to many songs we finally decided on The Killers Shadowplay; We liked the mood and pace of song which had a large scope for use of effective editing and cuts. The main lyrics evoked the feelings of loss, loneliness, confusion and regret that we wanted to achieve through our narrative video;

To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you

To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you

Moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you

In a room with a window in the corner I found truth

We listened to the track and analysed the lyrics as to what they made us think or feel

We then continued to further research our band and brainstorm story line ideas...

Initial Ideas

Ideas -

As a group we decided on INDIE ROCK as our genre of music. We chose this style of music and video as it is a very broad genre opening lots of opportunities and choices for us to play around with.

We began looking at bands such as; click on the bands to hear our top 6 songs for our video

The Foals The Klaxons Plan B

Maccabees The XX The Killers

We listened to many of their songs and decided to chose a song that inspired the best idea, which came ultimately from the music's atmosphere and mood and also the lyrics.

Some of the main themes that came out of these songs were;

Love Loneliness Loss

Split personalities Fate

We then continued to brainstorm and play around with these themes, searching for an effective and a slightly controversial story to base our video around...