Music Video Inspiration - "Chevy Thunder"

Video Inspiration - Chevy Thunder

This song's has given me inspiration for my own personal music video. The use of quick, jump cuts to various scenes, all following a story line but not one continuous shot intriques me into using this technique for my video. The group are young and the video show's them having fun and through this they have a number of interesting shot's throughout the video. One of these is them smashing an electric guitar on a rock. In the video it is done in anger however i could use a similar destructive type shot in my video but with a lighter sense to it, to make it seem like a group of friends are destroying something for fun. 

The beggining of the video looks very appealing to me. With long shots overlooking a non crowded area. It gives the video a secluded feel and makes it seem very centred to the people in the video. It also has a car driving in the background, this has connotations to mystery, you wonder what they are doing in an area like this and want to follow the group through the video. It would be hard to recreate these kinds of shots. I will have to research places i can get high up to take pictures from, and also secluded areas that i could shoot. However i feel like if i managed to use these long shots in my video it would increase the quality of my work.

Throughout the music video it seems to be a story of friends on the road. They seem to be having fun but at the same time there is a serious undertone as if things are going wrong for them throughout the video. This is understandable as the song has high and low parts and the song is about a sad topic. In my video however it's simply about being happy and so i will try and use purely happy shots, with minimal sad parts. However i could include some shots where my models are sad (ish) to add a contrast to the happy theme, if my video was constantly people being happy, it could become boring, cheesy, and slightly repetitive. 

Shots like this interest me, its nice simple shots taken at night of common sights such as motorways, city lights and houses. These shots inspire my work because they're not overly complicated yet they're mysterious and make the audience wonder whats going on closer up. These types of shots however will be difficult to achieve as they are shot at night and so i will have to do research on how to shoot these particular scenes. 

This music video has lots of shots that are unique and interesting. This shot of a close up of money is an intresting one. It has connotations of mystery, why has he got three different types of notes? where is he going? And where could he be/going that he would need all these different types of currency. It makes the audience intrigued. This shot also connotes poverty, as he hasn't got much money on him. This type of shot gives the video a depth as it makes it appear there is a story behind the video and you want to find out what the story is and what will happen next. 

These shots are the type i definitely want in my video. The shot is of a road speeding past with the camera positioned on the front of the car. This connotes travelling and adventure as its not clear where they are going but the desert background is a beautiful shot and makes the audience want to join in on this adventure and they get more out of the music video as they are more invested in the video. These shots are doable for me as i have the equipment available to film these shots.