Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Idea for my music video "Spider and the fly"

I have listened to the lyrics of " Spider and the Fly" and i have noticed the repetition of the word 'Parlor'. the Spiders parlor could be anything from a shop he owns to his 'Crib' which then gave me the idea of making a insect version of 'Cribs' called 'Webs'. In this i could use camera angles and shots from the TV show 'Cribs' such as slow motion shots rewinding shots and low angled fish eye shots signifying a crazy atmosphere.

This idea links in with Goodwin's ideas because 'Cribs' is a TV show that already exists that commonly ventures around hip hop artists houses as they show off their wealth. This would be following his ideas by having a reference' to a programme that already exists and there fore, demonstrating the genre characteristics of my music video to my target audience, this is known as intertextuality.
the spider and fly costumes will develop the link between the music and the visual.
the use of shots of a TV with my artist in it will be a frequent reference to the notion of looking. and close ups of my 'fly' characters body will show particular voyeuristic treatment of the female body.

in order to achieve this i would need to create a spiders Crib instead of just one set. this would cost allot of money and take allot of time. However, if i did manage to pull this off this would be a great idea and be a great example of a synergy.

1 comment:

Mr P said...

Careful with the word synergy. Music and visuals naturally work together in music video, however this is not synergy. Synergy would be the video, the CD cover and the website all working together to promote the artist.

You could use Goodwin's ideas to evaluate this apporoach to your video though...