INSPIRATION FROM OTHER VIDEOS

'Bloody Murderer' - Cursive

This video is played backwards, which shows the murder of the victim in retrospect, beginning with her motionless body in the lake, and showing the events which led to her death. We like this idea of playing footage backwards, as it creates very intersting visual effects which are much more effective than just straightforward narrative. The shot of the dead girl in the river at the end of the clip helps bring the audience back to the story, in order to stop the video from becoming confusing, and makes the video more cyclical...



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'Bad Education' - Tilly and the Wall

We like the way this video portrays the protagonist walking through the setting. Lots of fast cuts are used between various settings, which creates the surreal, dreamlike effect that we are trying to achieve. The performance footage is also effective, as it keeps the audience's attention and is not too repetative. We will experiment using editing in this way to make our video dream-like and interesting...