“They”- A Music Video Remake
Posted on June 10th, 2010 by admin
The idea of the project was to take a music video that could have been done so much better, and re-create it in the way you would have designed it. The style I chose to redesign this song in was of a Gothic Masquerade Ball. The ballroom scene was filmed at the Loew’s Theater in Jersey City. For more information on the theater, please visit http://www.loewsjersey.org/ .
For the singers, I chose to have them represent the elements of nature. Each element plays a role in representing the storyline and its characters:
Water/Ice: Represents the icy feeling of the countess.
Air: The changing winds of the two leads meeting and the flirtation between them.
Earth: A strong and firm bond but mystery between them.
Fire: The passion growing between them/the rage felt by the bodyguard at the young woman’s disappearance.
The entire video was shot in a weekend in collaboration with Theory Film INC. There are two other versions of his project as well, though they will not be shown publicly for some time. Also, the video is still in its fine tuning stages, but will be flawless by the time that it reaches the panel of professors at my school.
I have to give a huge thanks to my actors and crew. Without them, none of what you have seen would have been possible. They are all amazing to suffer through freezing cold, dehydration, stupid hours in the morning, rehearsals of long and tedious endeavors, and caravaning 10+ cars through New Jersey. Also, a huge thanks to my family for all their love and support over the past five months of work. And lastly, thanks to the Jersey City fire department and medical center for taking such great care of one of my actors who was hurt in the process. Thank you to all of them.
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June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I don’t know what …
I don’t know what the or how I ran into this but this is brilliant. Thumbs up. like this reminds me of why I like Youtube, s like having a metal detector go off on the sand by the ocean.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
u guys are amazing. …
u guys are amazing.. hope u’ll do a lot more videos like this
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
you guys are …
you guys are amazing.. hope you will do a lot more remakes =)
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
That was very good. …
That was very good. You did achieve your project’s goal XP
I’m gonna bookmark this!
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
a bunch of nerdy …
a bunch of nerdy teens kewl :]
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I randomly found …
I randomly found this, and I have to say I’m really impressed by the production of this. And about the ‘chorus singing the song’ thing I saw in one of the comments, from what I get the four ladies singing a lot of the song are all aspects of the same main character(the countess). So, in a way there is only one singer because the elemental ladies all represent her.
Still, good production, fantastic costumes, and I’ll subscribe because I’m now interested. ^_^
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Beautiful. …
Beautiful. Definetly puts the real music video to shame. Great job! And I love the ice, air, earth, and fire women. Great idea!
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
so…good…0.o * …
so…good…0.o *watches again* (and agian and again and again… ^^ )
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I’m sorry, I don’t …
I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. Attempt punctuation and try again?
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
i know what you …
i know what you mean i didnt say the vid was Terriable (my spelling sucks today for some reason…) anyways in ways yes it makes sense but they could have made it better, for the fact someone put this together and film it so well yes i love that great but like were they All sing the song it doesnt make sense its just the One girl that is singing not everyone in the video ( the main song not the chorus) there was other thing but i dont want to put the video down again.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
It’s beautiful.
It’s beautiful.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Okay, so how about …
Okay, so how about the social aspect of a masked Dutchess throwing off the proper rules to run down and have a random dance with a masked man? That could be considered “against the rules”, especially from that time period. And BTW, how many successful videos actually follow the lyrics of the song to a T, though? I can probably list a hundred music videos that are effective and well-regarded that don’t follow the lyrics but do fit the atmosphere.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
This is an amazing …
This is an amazing video. It’s like a drug, it’s that amazing.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Ambrosia was. A …
Ambrosia was. A lot of east coast cosplayers were in it.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
This is amazing.
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This is amazing.
Now is it just me or is Pikmin Link and Ambrosia in this video? Maybe I was imagining things.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Neat vid. =3
Neat vid. =3
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
wow that was awsome …
wow that was awsome! O.o
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
thats what i …
thats what i thought but i didnt have the guts to put the video down….
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I’m sorry to be a …
I’m sorry to be a bummer on some of the previous coments.
This is a wonderful video, but even before I saw the original music video I thought this song was about how we follow rules even if they do not make sense in some cases. I see that in the original one, but not here.
Good luck in your class though.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
*speechless*…this …
*speechless*…this is stupendous!! and one of the actors were hurt in the process?! wow…o.o
and it is certainly better than the original.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
ok I’m a Matt young …
ok I’m a Matt young groupie so i love this vid!!
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Oh… I love this …
Oh… I love this video, the whole thing=)
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
I can’t stop …
I can’t stop watching this, I just love all the choreography and the costumes and..everything.
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Simply amazing
Simply amazing
June 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Wow.
Wow.