First 3 Initial Ideas

Here are my first 3 ideas for our music video. I have chosen 3 different songs and listened to them very carefully to come up with my first lot of ideas.

1. Strangers Are Harder To See In The Dark
As this song is very upbeat there will be a lot of fast paced shots. There will be a guy in London or somewhere on the street busking, with a guitar or instrument. When the singing first starts it will be a close up shot of his face. He will be selling things to try and get money from the public, he hasn't has a great life and has ended playing and selling things on the streets, but he comes across as quite dodgy and people try to avoid him before they know what a nice person he is.
There is a certain girl who walks past him every day to and from work, who he is very keen on, and a shot which shows this will link in with the lyrics 'he's got his eyes set on you'. Where they say strangers are harder to see in the dark my idea is that this girl never notices him at all, as he is dressed in dark clothing and is always in the corner or on the side of somewhere. He is metaphorically in the dark as he is a stranger to her. One day he tries to follow her home, but feels it a bad idea, so he turns back around to spot another man like himself stealing his guitar and running off with it.
Throughout the instrumental of the song there is a long chase. He doesn't catch up so he slumps on the floor and picks up an old can of beer on the pavement and takes a swig, creating the relationship with the lyrics 'sitting in a bar and minding your own, chilling out sipping your Stella' this is his equivalent.
In the morning he then spots the man with his guitar up against a wall smoking, the girl walks past him and he touches her. The guy then gets up, runs after them, stops and looks at her, looks back at him but he's gone, then is hit around the head with his guitar by the man. The girl then turns around and finally notices him.
Throughout this song there will be elements of performance with shots of the actual band performing, all fresh and clean, the complete opposite of the character in the story.

2. Happy As Can Be
For this track I imagine a girl to have just broken up with her boyfriend, but he is still madly in love with her. There will be shots to fit in time with rhythm of the music, of their memories together, and of him playing his guitar as I think of the character as the artist. There are also shots showing her 'as happy as can be' this would be the connection with the lyrics and visuals. The boy is heartbroken and feels the only way to show his emotion is through his guitar and lyrics.
 
3. Behind My Back
This idea consists of the girl lying to her partner and not actually doing what she said she was going to do. She keeps ignoring him so he gets angry and begins to drink to get rid of his feelings, but the she comes back and doesn't like what he's been up to. Again she constantly lies to him and is seeing someone else but always comes back and blames it on him. There would be fast paced shots as it is upbeat. The louder parts of the song represent arguments and him getting angry and smashing things. Also a performance of him playing the guitar.