Inspiration (Kodaline)

We have all added our own ideas into the concept of the music video, the music video will seem very indie like as that is the genre specific music video we are looking to replicate a music video similar to Kodaline in the way they create their music video. In their music video "High Hopes" they create a music video evolving around love and jealousy along with using suicide as a very sensitive and delicate issue to fit in with the delicate tone of the music and the lyrics.

The colours used and the clean images shown show the image as very high quality and makes the music video itself seem more attractive to the audience. What we will try to replicate is how the music video slows down its pace and speeds up in parallel to the music and the song itself to create a well mixed harmony.




The lighting used is very high during light hearted soft part of the songs and then dark during emotional times that we feel shocked by the actions seen. The actions shown by the woman such as touching the walls and drawing on the windows is a good use of filling out the times of when there is no lyrics playing and it also helps us to understand the character better. Its very symbolic as it seems the woman is now free, and able to "touch" the outside world as in her former relationship she was trapped in her relationship like a prison.

The editing shown also brings the audience closer to the characters and help us see them as real people, the way the male main character tips his cigarette into the ashtray and smiles as if having a normal conversation rather than putting lots of emotion into it helps us feel as if he is "real" and a believable character. The jump cuts and shot reverse shots show eye-line matches between the two characters and shows them both smiling to also help us see the bond between the two of them.