Inspiration Post for Music Video

Our music video has an Alice In Wonderland theme and so the group decided we would employ some intertextuality in our product. Our Alice, A. takes an hallucinogenic called 'M.H.', the initials of Mad Hatter and goes through a journey of a dark, gritty underworld, looking for the girl with a white rabbit tattoed on her shoulder as her guide home. Alice's character interchanges between Hero and Princess.

My group came up with the idea that we'll have a helper or donor character who is a drug dealer. The dealer gives A the drug but also offers her a piece of advice in case she gets lost or trapped; which is "follow the white rabbit".  Those words would become diegetic sound and echo at different parts of the music video.

My group were inspired by Tree of Life - Lacrimosa sequence and thought it would be put to effective use if we created a similar sequence when A. 'trips' under the hallucinogenic and falls into wonderland.

 

As a group we hoped that we could imitate the visuals of Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools when A. stumbles into a lucid wonderland.

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools - Falling shot

I was inspired by the opening of Joel Schumacher's Falling Down  opening sequence. The use of diegetic sound creating a claustrophobic crescendo and fast cuts/ extreme close-ups of Michael Douglas' face and surroundings before he has a nervous breakdown was something we hope to incorporate in our video.

Mr. Coppard introduced me to Skrillex's First Of The Year (Equinox) video which inspired me as I liked the creative take on fairytales and the twist within the narrative. It also uses some of the techniques that were used in Falling Down, such as the use of diegetic sound. Also, the lighting is quite Fincher-esque and helps create dramatic tone.