Goodwin's 5th Theory - Notions of looking (objectification)

This is from the same video as a previous post, but after observing the slideshare i realised this was one of the theories. In my own music video the notions of looking are important as they will tell the story. It inspires the idea that she only realises how much he loved her through watching him sing about her after she has died.

Goodwin's Theory

Goodwin’s Theory

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I missed the lesson where i would have learned about Goodwin's wonderful theories, so i have found a slideshare to help me :) I have been through it, and it successfully breaks down the theories into manage portions. I shall be referencing this post regularly!

I'm In Love With A German Film Star - Fiorious (Official Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2ilpPatNA&feature=pyv
Likes:

•  Black and white video
• Silhouette figures
• Low angle shot of woman's heels with a male shadow following

The way the camera has framed the low angle shot of the females legs with the male silhouette, really adds to the mood of the music video. I'm inspired by the black and white imagery also, as it re-focuses the audience on the characters rather than the surroundings.  The second clip has the same idea as what i want in my music video, with the intro hiding the identity of the male from the female.

Inspired by this i like the idea of keeping the two characters divided until death; only when the female dies does she see the pain he is in because of her suicide.

Brainstorm

Inspiration

The genre of music provokes quite dark images, and Trainspotting has inspired a great scenery idea.
This shot really captures the squaller we want to portray and the angle highlights the imence grime of the barthroom. We want to use an equally grimey bathroom, but we want to caputre a young female in the bath, which i highlighted in my last post.

This scene is also key, as the emptyness of the room could represent the hollow feel of our song. I think the colours in this shot are so dirty and draining, that they connote the lifestyle rut, the character is in.

 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb also uses a similar setting. It highlights the lonely rut a person can be in without the realisation that people around them care. I think the spotlighting intensifies the seldom character and I think this lighting would work well with the genre of our music video

Ideas

From the lyrics it quotes somthing about drowning in water, and for me i want the video to be deep and thought provokeing to match the genre of the music. Researching drowning scenes from films such as The House of The Devil, Requiem for a Dream, Cabin Fever and The Shining has encouraged a bath tub scene...

Track 12

Re-creating the video for this song; the lyrics help to set a narrative for what are video will be about.
These are the lyrics..

She's mostly gone
Some other place
I'm getting by
In other ways
Everything they whispered in our ear
Is coming true
Try to justify the things
I used to do
Believe in you

Watching you drown
I'll follow you down
And I am here right beside you
The lights in the sky
Have finally arrived
I am staying right beside you
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/nine_inch_nails/lights_in_the_sky.html ]
I tried to stay away
You know
Just in case
I've come to realize
We all have our place
Time has a way you know
To make it clear
I have my role in this
I can't disappear
Or leave you here

Watching you drown
I'll follow you down
And I am here right beside you
The lights in the sky
Are waving goodbye
I am staying right beside you