New Ideas From Meeting
Recently, I met up with my 'main girl model' and I ran through with her my initial ideas for the music video.
This meeting was very useful as I could gather her opinions and ideas that she had, and together we could positively edit my initial ideas!
Below, is a new annotated copy from our meeting...
New ideas we have are in purple, and parts of the song I have removed from the 3 minute audio I have removed from these lyrics - allowing us to only focus on what will actually be included in the music video.
When We Were Young
Begins at a crowded party, lots of people, flashing lights, smoke machine etc.
Everybody loves the things you doFrom the way you talkTo the way you moveEverybody here is watching you'Cause you feel like homeYou're like a dream come true
The main boy is the centre of attention, being idealised and listened to by everyone around him and then the main girl is the opposite and aware of everyones admiration for him.
But if by chance you're here alone
Transition from him being in the centre of the frame with lots of people around him to having no one around him, he is "alone".
Can I have a moment?Before I go?
'Cause I've been by myself all night long
Main girl sitting by herself at the party, by herself on train, by herself in room, etc.
Hoping you're someone I used to know
You look like a movie
Him at the cinema
You sound like a song
Him at a concert
My God this reminds me, of when we were young
Transition to when they are younger
Let me photograph you in this light
She takes a photo of him with a disposable camera
A line of all of her ages pans out
In case it is the last timeThat we might be exactly like we wereBefore we realizedWe were scared of getting oldIt made us restless
Sitting next to their oldest versions
It was just like a movieIt was just like a song
I was so scared to face my fearsNobody told me that you'd be here
He is somewhere random?
Eg. she is singing and he is in the crowd?
Film in London
Be on a platform and he appears on the other side but disappears after the train leaves - emphasising the fleeting tendency of love
And I'd swear you moved overseas
Him at airport with suitcase
That's what you said, when you left me
Text message he sends to her of 'I'm moving overseas'
You still look like a movieYou still sound like a songMy God, this reminds me, of when we were young
Oldest version looking through a photo album of their younger selves, then a zoom in on the photo, and then a transition to the moment the photo was captured with their younger selves.
When we were young(When we were young)When we were young(When we were young)
Montage of them growing up, eg. first day of school, gcses, first day of work, etc.
Let me photograph you in this light
Photograph youngest and the contrast to oldest - wearing the same outfits - style conscious!
Or Polaroid picture, when taken they are young and then when the polaroid comes out and has developed they are old.
In case it is the last timeThat we might be exactly like we wereBefore we realizedWe were sad of getting old
It made us restless
It was just like a movieIt was just like a songWhen we were young
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins / Tobias Macdonald Jesso
When We Were Young lyrics © Melted Stone Publishing Ltd., Songs Of Universal Inc.
Other Notes!
- Main girl playing the piano and in studio singing - convention for pop ballad
- Make sure to also take photos for the website as you film
- Gather old vs now photos from main actors and lots of people - could do a montage of lots of people holding a picture of their younger selves
- Add like a 'film' filter, intensifying the nostalgic qualities I aim to convey
- Young shoes vs old shoes, also use props to portray emotions - eg. "To the way you move"
- Film in London
- La La Land Intertextual reference
- Find out about studios to film the typical 'singer scenes' in
- Analyse some other music videos for inspirations of eg. locations etc.
