3 ideas for the music video- My 1st idea

I will be in a group with Ethan Wall this year for the media project. We have each come up with 3 ideas, so we can then compare our ideas, pitch it to the class, and gain feedback and agree to what idea we will choose.

My first idea:




The first idea I had in mind was using the song 'Dance With My Father' by Luther Vandross. This is narrative based lyrics which is about a young boy growing up who has lost his father, which had happen to the songwriters, Luther Vandross and Richard Marx. This song can relate to many people, and so with the correct visuals, it would express and emphasise the emotions.

The main visuals would start as a baby/little boy and see him grow up with his dad and so the audience can see that the two characters have a strong bond between each other. We would then cut to the iconic shot from the Pursuit Of Happiness and then fade the father out of the shot which just leaves the boy on his own. From listening to the lyrics and seeing these visuals we can see he has died. We would then cut to the family's reactions and cross cut to the boy (who would now be grow up through a time ellipses, to be lip singing the words. Another parallel edit would be made of the father and son dancing with each other in a ballroom that is empty. This is an intertexual moment from Corrination Street, where Roy and Hayley share their last dance together in a wonderful ballroom in Blackpool. Although their situation was a marriage, and dance with my father is a father and son, it will still be just as emotional as there is a death involved and it is their last dance together.