Inspiration for Walking/Running Idea for the Narrative of our Music Video

The main feature of our music videos narrative structure is the walking/running main character who is present for a major portion of the music video. There are several videos that inspired us to use this in our music video as well as influenced how we have decided to develop this aspect of our music video. 

Control Hate:

This video is clearly quite similar to what we are doing in our music video - the boy in this music video is walking down the street with a purpose - to get to the employment centre. But the costume he is wearing (most notably the word "HATE" on the back of his jacket) tells us what kind of person he is - he is a rebel. The cigarette and strutting walk compliment this. This means that costume choice will play a big part in the image we construct for the characters in our music video.

The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony":

This music video, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, is an iconic example of the use of walking/running in music videos. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was also one of the most iconic and highly rated music videos of the 1990s.

The video clearly shares some traits with our idea for our music video, most notably the fact that the main character is walking for the majority or the music video. Many things that happen in this music video by The Verve represent emotions e.g. anger when the woman furiously gets out of her car when the main character walks over the bonnet of her car.

The Rumble Strips - "Not The Only Person":

This music video also contains a main character who is walking for the majority of the music video. Like "Bitter Sweet Symphony", the video contains the main character colliding with another person - this is something that I have noticed happens often in music videos where a figure walking is a focal point of the music video. Because of this, I think we should do some research into this and see if we should include anything similar to this in our own music video.

Visa Europe Ad: Football Evolution:

I have already mentioned this video on my blog as the main source of inspiration for our walking/running idea. When we thought up the idea, I immediately thought of this advert. This shows that the advert is very good as it is memorable, even years later.