Treatment/concept (presentation) P2 (a)

Listen to the Man - George Ezra

The song I have decided to do for my music video is George Ezra's 'Listen to the Man.' I have chosen this song because I think that its lyrics can create a good story and the music is happy and upbeat.

Concept

My idea is to show images of inspirational men, e.g. Martin Luther King and then show how people should listen to men like these because he was inspiring and has spoken words that everyone should listen to. I think this idea is fit for purpose for the song chose we have chosen. The camera would follow Sam Sherwood, who will be singing George Ezra's "Listen to the Man" and will also follow a narrative of a school girl, Chloe, who is being bullied. She is dreading school as she doesn't wan't to face her bully, Anna. She then goes home after being bullied by Anna and watches a video of Martin Luther King Jr. performing his famous "I have a Dream" speech, giving her inspiration to stand up for herself against her bully at school. She then goes back to school the next day and stands up to Anna and tells her that she is not going to be bullied by her anymore. Following this, showing Chloe leaving the classroom happy and relieved that she is not going to be picked on anymore. All the way through this, still cutting back to Sam lip-syncing to the song Listen to the Man.

Character - Chloe Friend:

Chloe is a girl at school who is being bullied. She starts off her day dreading school and looking unhappy. She then goes to school and is confronted by her bully and is teased. After this, she goes home and watches a video of Martin Luther King Jr and is inspired by his words and what he has said about standing up for himself and others. This then inspires her to stand up against her bully and in the end, she tell her exactly what she thinks of her and stands her ground against the bully. She walks out of school at the end of the day feeling happy and proud of herself that she has stood up for herself.

Character - Sam Sherwood:

I want to video Sam Sherwood singing the song Listen to the Man against a plain white background. I will do this so that Sam looks like he is singing the song that George Ezra wrote. There isn't really a story behind Sam's character, however, he is going to be lip syncing to the song so it seems like he is the one telling people to listen to the inspiration men that I will add images of in my music video. The point of his character is to encourage people to aim to be more like these men and listen to what they have said and what they are saying because their words are true.

The running time of the song is 4:04 minutes. Our target audience is aimed at young children/teenagers. We have chosen this group of people as our target audience because we are the same age group and we feel that we can have a good concept of what people our age will respond to in a positive way. We also feel that young children and teenagers could take not from our song and the meaning behind or video and will listen to what it means. We will be doing it with video in High Definition.