An idea

I just listened to the song again and when she talks about a superman sweeping he roff her feet I think we should have the car/drain bit?

Anyways it was just an idea, and I'm off to France now so no internet for 2 weeks, but I put the song on my ipod so might have more ideas to post when I'm back

Emma
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Research

Here are some videos depicting some ideas we could use in our music video if we used Wonder Woman instead of Supergirl. I think it would be alot easier for us to do.

This first video below we could maybe try and imitate the spin that she does where she changes clothes into Wonder Woman.


In this video she use her tiara to stop the bad guy and it magically flies back to her.


This one is where she fights some men which we could also easily incorporate in some way.

Jennifer

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Another new idea

We've developed our Superman idea further to create a slightly different version featuring Superwoman/Supergirl rather than Superman.

Ava's character would be in a bit of a state since she's lost her confidence and as a result, is having a difficulty making decisions. So, Supergirl would be sent to help her regain her confidence.
The start of the video would be similar to the Superman idea, so it would be comic book style. showing Supergirl receiving her mission.
Ava's character would then be shown having difficulty making any kind of decisions, no matter how trivial they are. For example, she would start in her bedroom in front of a large mirror, having difficulty deciding which lipstick to wear. Then Supergirl would appear and help her make this decision. She would also be having difficulty making other decisions, for example...

1. Her friend wants her to go out somewhere but Ava can't decide whether she should go out or instead just stay at home feeling sorry for herself. This could be shown by maybe having 2 outfits on her bed (pyjamas and going out clothes) and Ava looking at them, unsure about what she should do.
2. Ava would be walking past a good looking guy and seem unsure about whether or not she should talk to him, then Superwoman would push Ava in his direction, forcing her to try to talk to him
3. She would also get the heel of her shoe stuck in a drain when there is a car approaching, and Supergirl would have to save Ava by pulling her out of the way.
4. Towards the end, to show the progression that Ava's character has made, she could be shown having a problem with something (maybe finding something in her bag??), and then Superwoman/some other good looking guy, could offer to help and then Ava turns down that offer.

Then in the end, Supergirl would disappear, to show that she was really just a figment of Ava's imagination and really Ava has managed to overcome her confidence issues on her own. Then it would go back to the comic strip idea and show Ava closing the comic book to show the closure she has gained.

Throughout the video there would also be performance shots with Ava singing in front of various signposts with different decisions on them, much like in the White Town video. These signposts would be placed in various places around London, and as the video progresses, these performance shots would change from being during the night to day.

Angelie

New Idea!

Today we had a meeting with Ms B & Ms T at lunch where we discussed a possible new idea that maintains the original concept of heroism.

The video would start with a sequence of comic book images depicting Superman receiving his mission (to save the girl) which would appear on screen too (in a 'Spooks' style way). There would then be a couple more comic book images showing Superman flying through the air and then his feet landing in London. This would then dissolve (in a Roy Lichtenstein style) into our real life Superman's feet. This would then be followed by a sequence of events we are yet to work out but the gist of it is that he would be saving the main character from herself and ultimately making her a stronger person after the love of her life dumped her. Her transformation would be shown through symbolic actions as well as her appearance (see following post for that inspiration) which would transform from being a total state to being perfect in the last shot. The ending of the video would be the girl being a stronger person and going for a kiss with Superman but him disappearing just in time so she shuts the comic book to symbolise closure for her.

We also discussed using clips of actual Superman films to show stuff that we can't film, such as someone falling from a window, which would then cut to our own footage of the girl being caught by her hero.

Between the shots of Superman being a hero we'd show the girl singing by the river on a bridge with her appearance slowly improving. We'd also show her attempting suicide at one time, probably by jumping from a window (as mentioned above).

For this idea we'd have to buy some Superman comics to take photos of for the comic strip at the start as well as watch a lot of Superman films to select clips we could use.

Emma