Portfolio work- Class work- Music Video Challenge.

Our challenge was to pitch an idea of a concept or storyboard for the song "That Kiss" by The Courteeners who are 'indie rock' band formed in Manchester, in 2006. The song was played to us and we were also given the lyrics. We had an hour to present our pitches and then in the next lesson we showed our idea and then viewed the official music video.

Here are the lyrics:-

The way that you looked at him, and then you looked at me.
You must think that I'm proper blind, proper blind not to see.

That i was just a stopgap sitting somewhere in-between his hand and his lap
Lemme tell you that i wasn't born yesterday my dear.

That kiss that lasted too long, we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing, it was everything, its rally such a shame its hard to explain, to you.

He's back in town tonight, he's expecting you 'round a quarter to nine
but you wont be there, cuz he prefers the proverbials................of you.

If he only knew what you thought, the lust, the lack of trust, the temptation you thought
He's just a passing fashion and he's on his way out

That kiss that lasted too long, we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing, it was everything, its really such a shame its so hard to explain, to you.

I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it
I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it
I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it

I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it
I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it
I know that i shouldn't but i enjoyed it

That kiss that lasted too long, we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing, it was absolutely everything, its really such a shame its so hard to
explain, to you. 

Here is our groups idea:-

Fade in- to rain covered window. ( the whole image is in black and white). Camera focuses on rain on the window but in the background there is a blurred face.
Camera pans to the right to a door where a mans is walking out, he is lip syncing to the lyrics of the song. He is portrayed as a typical indie rocker with messy hair and is wearing a trench coat. It then cuts to the man walking down the rainy street, there is a street band playing in the background. There is an over the shoulder shot, the audience can see a woman walking down the street, umbrella up. Camera cuts to a close- up of the mans face, he his lip syncing but seems to be battling emotions. Then on the heavy drum beats slow motion flashbacks of a couple synced with the drum beat, there is a low saturation of colour in these shots.
The camera cuts back to the medium- long shot of the man in the street but instead of walking he is now running.
Cuts to a medium-long shot of the woman, you can see the man running in the background, it turns out that the woman is the girl from the flashbacks, she is also battling emotions.
There is a silent break in the music where there is a close up of the woman's shoulder and the camera focuses on the mans hand holding onto her shoulder.
End of silent break, woman turns around the couple hug, black and white colours fade and all colour comes back. Cuts to the couple walking hand in hand down the street and as the music comes to a close, we cut to a scene of the street band who are in fact The Courteeners.

This is the actual 'That Kiss' official music video. Whilst watching this we had to look out for any similarities between this video and our own ideas.

I have noticed that in both this video and our own that we have street, tracking shots of the singer, and that we have portrayed the stereotype of an indie person. However in this music video there is no appearance of the band and does not have a very happy love story.