After scouting for different songs I could use I remembered a song called Warm Water By Banks, however I preferred the Snakehips Remix to the original. Banks is an American singer producing songs in the alternative R&B, pop, and 'trip hop' genres. She is most famously known for her single 'Beggin for Thread'. Furthermore, Snakehips is a British band whom started out doing remixes for Banks, The Weeknd and more. Their most recent single Cruel featuring Zayn peaked at number 33 in the UK charts.


           

This particular remix is both upbeat and relaxing. It's not your typical dubstep, EDM music that most people tend to associate the word remix with. It stays true to the style of the song and the genre it falls into. When I listen to this song, images of flashing lights, paparazzi, fashion runways come to mind, almost similar to Madonna's Vogue. I get a theme of Avant Garde with modern lighting effects and editing techniques.

My idea for a video is performance based. The video would feature a solo female artist representing Banks. My main concept is for the artist to be singing in a pitch black room while being lit by different kinds of lighting methods. The video would feature close ups and long shots of the artist singing. My intentions for using these lighting features are to create aesthetically pleasing and mysterious shots where the modern style matches the modern remix of the track.

Extreme long shot: The simplistic lighting effect of colourful led lights against a black background.

Close up: This lighting effect was created by having a slit of light created by a flashlight cast upon the face. The effect was then duplicated on photoshop.

An extreme long shot: This was created by a flashlight and duplicated on photoshop. This effect could be replicated simply by using a disco ball or a reflective object. Referring to the runway and catwalk images, having the artist on a turning table while singing for some shots would be effective and good for editing purposes. The artist could be on the turntable with spotlights on them against a black background, which could then be effective using jumpcuts. The video could also feature background dancers posing in 'Vogue' positions to add an extra element.

A turning table which the artist would stand on

  Similarly I like the idea light panning across the face. I recently saw an experiment where it looks at angles of lighting have an effect on the face. I thought this effect would look really dramatic and mysterious in the music video.


Furthermore, this msuic video also uses multiple jumpcuts and lighting effects which look really effective against the black background.
The video cuts from shots with silhouettes to fully lit shots. The bright colour scheme matches the modern style that I intend. There are bold lighting effects which are emphasised against the black background and show the silhouettes of the artists infront of it.


The video will open with a DJ during the murmuring of the crowd, as if the number is about to start and people are warming up. He will have a turntable and headphones.
                                                                                                           ,                                                                       To add different sets and elements, the colour schemes, silhouettes and bold lighting effects will be a substitute for set changes. More elements include the DJ and the backup dancers.

a close up: the colour scheme of the neon lights lighting his face

the silhouettes within the black background.

I also considered having another element of the singer walking around a town at night. She is walking to a party or a bar. This would be the narrative element to the video and will change up the shots so that the video doesn't get repetitive and meaningless.

Banks

This is my final draft of my product

 I began this design with my own original image:

Select a section of the face with the Polygonal Lasso Tool

I then attached the curves to that specific layer so that it only applies. I then repeated this method with multiple sections and stacked them on top of each other. Along with increasing brightness/contrast and decreasing the saturation on some big sections.

The base layer is less saturated and darker.

The adjustment layers for the base image

 I then added curves to brighten the image and changed it to B/W. I chose to do this between the sections of layers I made, so that it only affects half the stack of layers.  I changed the image to B&W as the different shades and hues of purple clashed with the shades of skin and looked ugly. The whole image looked incredibly messy so applying B&W onto the image will blend all the layers together.

The curves and black and white adjustments between the layers affect half of the image while leaving the rest.