Music video planning

The song we finally decided on was Wildfire, by a band called SBTRKT (pronounced, Subtract). As previously mentioned the songs lyrics are very clear over the music of the track, and we want the visuals of our video to match closely to the lyrics.

Song Lyrics;

I could bet all of the riches that I ever had

Rushing the night like a shark babe 

Would it be bad

If I had to set the alarm

Cus those thrills that run up my back

You are my star

Nothing else could leave me off track

Hey, yeaaaah

You're like a wildfire

You got me rising high

You're innocence

Whose the brave

Drowning in

Would you save me?

It's a crime

If you don't

You're the spy

By the throat

I could bet all of the riches that I ever had

Rushing the night like a shark babe

Would it be bad

Hey, yeaaaah

You're like a wildfire

You got me rising high

You're innocence

Whose the brave

Drowning in

Would you save me?

It's a crime

If you don't

You're the spy

As the lyrics of this song are quite random and seem to not carry any narrative value, we thought that it would make an interesting music video if the visuals on screen were somehow related to the lyrics. Although as the lyrics are quite random we want the visuals to be loosely related and seem quite random or surreal. For instance, in a generic video a mention of money or riches would show a person throwing loads of cash in the air or something similar, in our video we want to steer away from cliches, and either make a subtle link or an alternative, creative interpretation of a lyric. This relates quite closely to Andrew Goodwin's theory concerning the visuals on screen being either; illustrative, amplifying, or contradictory of the lyrics in the song. In this case the visuals alongside the lyrics of our chosen song would be both illustrative and hugely amplified as they are taking the lyric and running away with the image that the lyric suggests.