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1 - Pre-rejection
2 - Anger/Bargaining (hybrid)
3 - Depression

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I added the road because shock can seem endless and daunting. I know it seems random so I thought I'd explain

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Responding to Love Me, Love Me by Olivia Lacey

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Okay so since the artwork is based around lyrics from love songs I was thinking we could maybe do a music video with a song containing the lyrics of the artwork "give me all your love" or "love me love me". Ive found a couple of songs with these lyrics and we could use the whole song or just keep repeating a certain phrase in the background of the video. Im not sure what the vision of the video would be but it would obviously include something to do with confetti and balloons. Maybe we could have a room full of balloons filled with confetti and pop them or something like that. Not sure what the meaning would be but its an idea.

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Possible song ideas (they don't all contain the exact phrase 'love me, love me. They're just classic love songs that have a fun beat)

Merry Happy (Kate Nash)

Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows. (Lesley Gore)

LoveFool (The Cardigans)

My Girl (The Temptations)

Walking on Sunshine. (Katrina and The Waves)

For the video I have two different ideas
1 - Madi dancing in a room full of colourful ballons and at the end have animated confetti fall down the screen (don't know how hard animating the confetti will be so I may be asking too much )
2 - We have Madi dancing down a long street with one of those clear confetti ballons you get from fancy ballon stores.

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I was thinking we could really hone in on the phrase "love me" by taking as many songs we can find with that phrase and compiling them all together. Then we could have a music video with a record player that plays LoveFool, but upon reaching the chorus, the record stutters and plays the entire compilation.

I went onto Lyrics.com to search up what songs had "love me" in their lyrics, 10,000 pages of results.

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Possible new direction for the Love Me idea [Alyanna]

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Possible new direction for the Love Me idea [Alyanna]

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So I was thinking about the video direction we can go for regarding our response to Olivia Lacey’s work, and came up with this: ‘how someone copes with the fallout of rejection’. I got this idea from reading Madi’s essay on the art piece, where I noted that Lacey seems to lean towards the idyllic image of love in her work, and along with the notion of love confessions and rejections. The white room, the colourful confetti and the balloons give off that almost happy sort of vibe, while the phrases in the artwork all seem almost obsessive with the notion of love. So I thought we could give our response a bit of a darker spin on Lacey’s idea of love.

Basically, my idea is that Madi will star as the naive romantic in the video, and she will go through something similar to the five stages of grief upon being rejected:

·         Denial

·         Anger

·         Bargaining (“If only…”, “what if…”, etc)

·         Depression

·         Acceptance (with a twist)

I think that denial doesn’t give us much to work with as a stage itself when it comes to love, so I’ve merged it with anger and bargaining. Instead, Shock will be the first stage.

In the Shock stage, Geoffrey mentioned having Madi (I’ll refer to the character she plays as the Girl) dance around happily for a bit with a balloon, which reflects the innocent idea of love. The moment the balloon pops symbolises the rejection of her love and, and it all spirals down from there. Madi also suggested having black confetti in the balloon, to contrast the colourful confetti used by Lacey in Love Me, Love Me. The black confetti could possibly represent the Girl’s negative thoughts.

Following the rejection, we enter the Anger stage. Here, the Girl straight-up throws a tantrum of sorts, clearly hurt by the rejection.

Then we follow up with the Bargaining stage. After the outburst, the Girl tries to ‘fix’ herself. She’s correcting whatever ‘flaws’ she can find, which hints at her self-destructive thoughts of trying to make herself better. (“If I make myself slimmer/curvier/blonde/bustier/etc, will he finally love me back?”) Maybe one way of showing this is having the Girl erratically putting on make-up in front of a makeshift dressing table, in an effort to “make herself prettier”.

The Girl then realises that this way of coping is not helping her at all, which leads into the Depression stage. This is where basically the Girl breaks down.

Then we finally move on to the Acceptance stage, where the Girl eventually comes to terms with her rejection. I can’t remember if it was Geoffrey or Lexi who came up with the idea of having a reverse shot of the balloon popping, but putting this shot in this stage basically symbolises her not healing fully and/or properly from the whole ordeal. This could allude to the Girl’s now jaded, and perhaps even cynical, attitude towards the idea of love. It’s a harsh contrast to her originally seeing love through rose colored glasses. And it kinda fits with Lacey’s intentions in Love Me, Love Me, which touches on the concept of love in modern society. Because not everybody can easily bounce back from a rejection, or come back the same for that matter.

I also like Lexi’s idea of having a rose to symbolise the Girl’s love, and having shots of its petals falling/being plucked throughout the video. In the end, the petal-less rose is replaced by a new rose, albeit withered and slightly brown, once again inferring that the Girl hasn’t fully recovered right.

And that’s it!

Feel free add on or tweak this suggestion if you like. Also I know that this idea can be a bit dark at times, so if any of the parts makes you uncomfortable or just the whole idea in general, just let me know and we’ll change it. Just wanna make sure everyone is A-okay with this kind of direction! I’m also open to other ideas you guys might other than this one.

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Just in case we do decide to roll with this idea, can everyone choose a stage and make a mood board out of it? It will help a lot with our planning when it comes to visual direction. Make sure to let the group know which stage you want to do in the chat. Lexi has already taken Anger, and I’m cool with whatever stage is left.

Remaining stages:
Shock

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

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Pre Rejection
-Madi dancing happily with balloon and teddy bear.
-Balloon pops for transition between the scenes

Rejection
-Security Camera shot as the master shot in order to show time-lapse shots

Stages:

1. Slams the door
2. Stands still (in shock) - cut to master shot
3 . Throws the teddy bear
4. Drops to the ground and screams
5.  Lies on her back to face the ceiling
6. Blanket is to the side, Madi turns to that side and pulls the blanket over herself while curling up on her side.
7. Rises up to look at herself in the mirror  (could have  voice over "what if I was prettier'')
8. Grabbing clothes and throwing them around the room, trying them on
9. Make up scene- putting on lipstick, blush ect
10. Stops and starts crying - make up runs down face
11. Sits on her bed and stares at ceiling while she cries
11. Sits up and eats
12. Get out of bed, play music and start dancing through the room.
13. Madi freezes.
14. Close up shot of Madi's knees hitting the ground.
15. Zoom out to show Madi crouched on the floor. Background fades to white (if not too difficult to edit), double exposure effect.

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-Mirror
-Desk
-Flowers/Roses
-Confetti Ballons
-Confetti
-Make-up Set

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-Bashing/Tearing up the rose
-Rain droplets
-Rose in shower
-Speaker/Radio playing the music

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Pre-rejection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6aOFI7hms (Lovefool, The Cardigans)

Anger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjSrYZQ9wAw (Confetti, Sia)

Bargaining

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QczgvUDskk0 (Why Don’t You Love Me, Beyonce)

Depression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKho5dZN8yA (Stars, Alessia Cara)

Acceptance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg (Titanium, David ft Sia)

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Pre-rejection
Madi dancing/moving happily with a balloon (is filled with black shards currently hidden from view) and stuffed bear. Balloon then pops (black shards fall).
OR
Madi dances with balloon then she freezes and looks into camera. Special distorted camera effects, wall of noise. Complete silence, dramatic balloon pop.
Shock
Hitchcock inspired 'dolly effect' (zoom in while moving camera away)
OR
Music distorts, static lines cross the screen and camera zooms out to reveal a CCTV screen.
Anger
Strobe effect. Madi pulling at herself in frustration. Trashing the rose. Decapitating stuffed bear. She creates a massive, chaotic mess.
Bargaining
Madi trying desperately to change her appearance - crazy make-up, bright wig, trying on clothes.
Depression
Madi wipes away make-up and takes of wig. Slowly clear mess off bed and curls up under the cover.
OR
Madi is putting on make-up in front of mirror then slowly breaks-down and starts to cry.
OR
Side-shot of Madi then black ink blacks out part of her face (double exposure.
Acceptance
Re-wind back to Pre-rejection scene balloon pops then reverse shot of balloon coming back together.

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Film Pre-rejection in a blank, white room and then cut away to a bedroom for the Shock stage. Remain in bedroom for rest of video.

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** These will be filmed to create a rough draft to present to the class.

Pre-rejection
Start with Madi dancing then a simplistic balloon pop (shock).

Anger
Madi dancing erratically and angrily. Possible loud barbaric scream.

Bargaining
Applying make-up and putting on the wig.

Depression
Film double exposure scene.

Acceptance
Re-wind back to first scene. Balloon comes back together.

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Pre-rejection
LoveFool, The Cardigans
**play from the start, finish after first chorus

Anger
Confetti, Sia
**play from the start, finish after the bridge (''I know her name, so see you later'')

Bargaining
Why Don't You Love Me, Beyonce
**just play the chorus

Depression
Stars, Alessia Cara
**play from the start, finish after chorus

Acceptance
Merry Happy, Kate Nash
**Start half-way through second verse (1:56 ''chatting on the phone, can't take back those hours''), finish after ''I can be alone, I can watch the sunset on my own.'' Feel free to cut out repeated lyrics.

**** The whole track will probably run for roughly 5 minutes, it may need to be cut.

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-Rose
-Bear
-Posters
-Heart-shaped Balloon
-Makeup
-Wig
-Clothes
-Letter

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-Balloon popping
-Gifts hitting the floor
-Clothes hitting the floor

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***In order to make the video more abstract, we will have Grace playing the protagonist and Madi will play the role of the protagonist's conscience. Madi will dance around Grace and embody the emotions Grace is feeling. Madi will be edited to appear as a silhouette. She will begin white and when the ballon pops she will turn black.

Video will begin with an over-the-shoulder shot of Grace writing a love letter - Madi will be happily prancing around the room, acting giddy.
Cut to a shot of Grace walking towards the camera holding the balloon and other gifts - Madi walks with Grace, trying to encourage her.
They reach the camera and Grace holds out the gifts. Hand reaches into the shot and pops the balloon.
Possible shot of Madi turning black.
Swish-pan back to Grace standing in bedroom doorway. Slam door.
Grace and Madi stand in the middle of the room in shock.
Grace drops the remaining gifts to the floor - possible slo-mo shot of the fall then they hit the ground.
Side-pan to wardrobe with the mirror and posters.
Improvise the changing clothes and makeup. Shots will change between the two, creating a sporadic atmosphere.
Clothes will be thrown everywhere as they get discarded.
'Sprinke' in cut-away shots of clothes falling next to the discarded gifts.
Grace comes to a halt and stands in front of the mirror.
Either a voiceover or an actual scream of ''LOVE ME''.
Sinks to the floor, looks in mirror (mascara running).
Madi brings over a blanket and envelops Grace.
Background fades to white, Grace and Madi disappear through the double-exposure shot.

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Pre-rejection will be filmed outside in the backyard/street.
Bargaining/Depression will be set in the bedroom.

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Start with LoveFool.
After balloon pop it becomes distorted. Slowly fades out and the amplified sounds start playing. The sounds stop after ''LOVE ME'' and the rest of the video is in silence.

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-Transitions between songs need to be smooth (or jarring if that's the mood we want)
-Might be hard to cover all five stages. Could be better to choose one or two stages.
- Possibly use Fighter by Christina Aguilera.
-Believe by Cher
- Use time-lapse (change costumes and setting to convey passing of time)

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LoveFool playing at the start.

Distorted LoveFool plays for the middle of the piece.
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Instrumental Confetti by Sia

Stars, Alessia Cara plays when Madi changes the song on the CD player.

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Don't have to make the main point super obvious - make it more abstract.
Could experiment with amplifying everyday sounds (heavy breathing, clothes hitting the floor, etc) to create a panicked, disorientating atmosphere.