Inspiration - The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony

We like this video by The Verve as we think the way in which the main singer appears to be isolated from everyone and everything else links to ideas we have for our video and it has given us inspiration for other factors like camerawork and editing.



This clip is taken from the very start of the video and we like the way that one main shot is used over this time period to introduce the character/singer. The camera moves seems to pan in time with the music and we get to see the singer from his feet and then we are eventually introduced to him and the environment he is in. The way in which this is shot helps to give an immediate understanding to the audience of the singer and perhaps what the story of th esong and video will be about.



In this clip we ar einspired by the simplicity of the camerawork and the fact that only one shot is used the whole time, the camera is on a track which is somethign that we couldn't do, but we can still take inspiration from it for our video. The extras in the shot help to show the singer/chrarcters carelessness and how he is only worried about the problem he has on his mind rather than what is going on around him. This is something that we will try and use in our video to help to show the singers emotions clearly.



In this clip the camera work changes and becomes more varied. This helps to keep the audiences interest as the song approaches the chorus. We see close up's of his face and then of his feet so we are following his footsteps. Then, later on in the clip the camera makes the illusion that we are seeing things through the singers eyes. His lonliness and carelessness is again emphasised through this convention. This is something that we hope to use in our video as it is a unique way of showing the characters emotions.



The final part of this video shows the main singer from The Verve being joined by the rest of the band mates. This is similar to one of our ideas as we want the singer of our bad, JetPack Mockery, to be the main character telling the story of the song and the rest of the band to be only in it for a few shots.