Old Yellow BricksA2 Music video pitch

The song choiceO The song choice for my music video is ‘Old yellow

bricks’ by the arctic monkeys O The reason behind my choice is based around the lyrics

and the message of the song, which I then formed an idea around

O The song also features some interesting structural sections which I plan to take advantage of for technical and narrative ideas

The Idea“When you wished

for a thousand places better than

this”

The basic idea for the video revolves

around a modern retelling of the

wizard of oz’s story and its main

theme which links to that of the song , The longing for

somewhere/something better.

The narrative of the video will

revolve around a main character as

they journey through their home

town on their way to the train station

to leave for somewhere more exotic,

on the way they meet various

characters (inspired by those from

the novel) that too wish to find more

prosperous retreats

But similarly to the original tale,

ambiguity litters reality and is the

experience all just a dream? What

really is the main characters escape?

Intertextuality

Throughout the video I want to

incorporate intertextual elements

relating to both the original novel and

the 1939 film. The main reason being

that I want the viewers to pick up the

similarities and relate instantly and

upon recollection of the video. As well

as this I think that the main body of the

story is the perfect vehicle for the

message and must be the reason that

Arctic monkeys chose it as a metaphor.

Elements I plan to include are a shift

from a black and white image to a

colour one, representing the shift in

reality. I also want to include Dorothy’s

red slippers in the form of red trainers

and to have the scarecrow, tin man

and cowardly lion as common

stereotypes linked to the things they

desire, for example the scarecrow

wanted a brain so he would be a homeless man.

CharactersO Dorothy – Protagonist, the character that is

trying to leave the townO Scarecrow – Modern interpretation, a

homeless man, wants knowledge O Tinman – Modern interpretation, a

Banker/suit who lives to work, wants to find love

O Cowardly lion – A ‘ hoodie’ type character who is stereotyped as being tough, but isn’t thinks he wants to be able to threaten people

Shot ideasO Opening shot – Close-up of trainers standing

behind the yellow line on the train platform (Black and white), as music starts cuts to a tracking shot of the Dorothy character walking, pans up to reveal character (In colour)

O Low angle wide shot of all four characters walking together

O Closing shot back to opening shot of trainers, train arrives, clicks heels and cuts to black