Unusual Video Concept Inspiration / Contingency Plan

Lavie's music video to 'Her Morning Elegance' really intrigued me as it was one of the first professionally made stop motion videos I had ever seen. I loved the narrative that the video ran along and I felt that it mirrored the song's rhythm and meaning well. It would be interesting to experiment with stop motion, however I feel that with stop motion the whole video has to be done in the same style (not part picture and part video) for it to be effective. 

I found The Black Keys' music video to Lonely Boy to be very abstract and unusual. The concept of a lone man dancing and miming along to the track is unique and risque. The fact that they have chosen not to show the band and make an abstract video makes me wonder whether it would be a concept that I could try. Although the production difficulty and ideas would be simplistic and basic, it could work as being a more conceptual music video. 

Much like the previous video, this was a one take video however the concept differed massively. The narrative and scenarios that occurred during the video were intriguing and made the audience want to continue watching. It could be worth experimenting with one take videos also. 

After much research I stumbled across this music video for the song "Rabbit in Your Headlights". Obviously the concept would be impractical with the equipment and editing software that's available to me but I liked the filming location of the tunnel. This made me think more about the possible locations that I could film in. 

I loved Bat For Lashes' music video to "What's a Girl To Do" as the idea to have a mixture of performance and concept was really effective. I thought the people on the bikes was interesting and it prompted me to think about possibly having my 'band' performing an action when the performance parts are happening rather than just having them stand and play instruments. 

Again, the concept of this one shot music video was really interesting. The performance aspect is unique and the use of treadmills to create movement and allow the performers to move to the beat of the  song is unusual.