Pitch 1

We pitched our two ideas to Luke, starting with the bowling alley one. He said that he liked the theme of bright colours, and that the song fits it, however, he asked us if we'd actually contacted the location and got a positive result (which we hadn't) so that'd be the first thing we did or the video wouldn't work. If we couldn't get the location, we couldn't really do the video unless we came up with a very stylised version to do in the studio.

He also thought that the narrative would be difficult to do, especially if the bowling alley was open and busy since we can't clear everyone out of the way and get access to behind the counter.


We thought about scrapping the narrative and making it aesthetic only (or doing an entirely stylised version in the studio), however this would take a lot of different scenes (around 20) to make it interesting, and also a lot of planning.


Taking all of this into account, we realise that it may be hard to pull this idea off effectively, so we pitched idea 2 to see if it would be better.


Pitch 2

The second pitch went better, although they still think we should get rid of the narrative element because it'll be confusing, and difficult to film, so we thought of skipping out the robbery entirely, and adding in another studio element. I think this makes sense, because it might not be easy to find a shop to fake rob, or an office (with a safe) that looks good enough to actually use, and it may just come across as naff.

They suggested adding different strands, such as the driver of the van. The fact that some of it can be done in the studio makes it much easier, and we can get a van easily from the ones at school. The only issue is how the driver fits in with the rest of it. Is it the singer driving the band? Is it just another accomplice?

We thought of having a lip sync element in an interrogation room (because of their suggestion of adding more), with one harsh light and smokey air. This can be easy to do in the studio and can look cool and effective, as well as fitting with the rest of the theme / colour scheme.


We're considering making the 'police officer' a woman at the station, who's more sensual / flirty during the processing, because it fits with the songs name of her acting as a siren, but is a double entendre as the police sirens link in too.

Philipp found a song that really fits with the idea, called Siren Calls by Death by Chocolate. They're not a well known band, and the song only has around 1000 plays on Spotify. There's not video for it yet, and there's not likely to be one in the future. Here's the album cover, and the song after. The song names are switched on Spotify, so it says it's called The Sun, But it's actually Siren Calls.