Pitch

The Song we have chosen to do is 'Soil to the Sun' by 'Cage the Elephant'.
After listening to the song and studying its lyrics we got a warm feel from the song and the lyrics hinted at night and day, which reflected the faster and slower parts of the song. When watching various videos on youtube for inspirtion one stuck out. the video for 'Lets hang the landlord' by 'King Blues'. Although embedding is not allowed this is a link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENT9QvP0kyo
In the video the background and props are all painted on large boards. this style stood out to us and seemed accessible (even if requiring a lot of effort). The DIY feel of the video seemed to suit a school project as from watching past student videos they always look amature and we believe it would be better to embrace this problem and lack of budget rather than reject it.
So then our idea was decided.
The video we plan to do is similar in style to the king blues video but with very different backdrops/props. we plan to base our music video in a desert as it (we feel) reflects the song. We are planning on painting one side with a desert scene and the reverse with a night sky ('...the sun fell down to the ground, the moon rose up...,night and day) this reflects the lyrics of the song, but isnt a slave to the narrative.



This cage the elephant video is based in a desert, altho this put us of the idea we had we later decided it enhanced it as the band obviously have a liking and sound reflecting this scenary.
We also consider throwing in the surreal. This would reflect the songs jumpy and quirky nature and would go with the lyrics ('...saw the things that my eyes couldnt see...').

An example of this is in fear and loathing in las vegas, with the bat country scene.
I cannot find a video of this on youtube, but this trailer includes a few seconds of it.



The character in our video could react to the night and day in different ways changing when both the lyrics and music do.