Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Idea

Sad Mime Idea

One morning, Rachel had an epiphany. She was thinking about the song 'Sitting, Waiting, Wishing' by Jack Johnson and thought a good idea for an accompanying video would be a sad, ignored, mime that is pursuing his one true love <3. He tries to impress her with many of his miming talents such as pulling a bouquet out from his sleeve, riding a unicycle, turning fire into a rose, juggling and general miming in locations around Cambridge eg miming punting over the bridge that crosses the river, jumping out around corners. 

We also would like to film in the cafe where Livvy works using it for showing him gazing out the window with his hands on the glass trying to get her attention and spying on her as she eats by peering over the top of the counter.

We are also going to have a person singing to the lyrics in the background who is the artist and is an onlooker watching the mime trying to get his one true love to listen. The artist then sits at a table with the mime trying to cheer him up and then he introduces him to a mime girl and the mime guy produces his bouquet for her and then they walk off together happy.

The digipack

The digipack will be black and white to represent the mime colours.  We will also use a picture of the mime on the front with tears on his face. The digipack will be very plain and dark to represent the sad mood of the song. The image on the back will have similar colours showing the back of two mimes holding hands.

The magazine advert

The magazine advert will have the same image as the front of the digipack and will show the release date and reviews of the song.

Target audience

The target audience of our promotional package will be young adults or teenagers the video and style of music will appeal to this audience as many of them will be able to identify with the themes of waiting for love, and also the video and images will have an amusing element.

 

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Initial Ideas

• Second Choice Song (Everybody Knows - Rufus Wainwright)

The idea for this song is very similar to the overall idea of a mime who cannot impress a girl but with more voyeuristic references in the form of the singer following and watching the mime's failed attempts. Also, the style will be more associated with classic 1920s period by use of costumes. This fits in with the style of the song and a swing/jazz piece.

• Third Choice (Angels - Spice girls)

This idea focuses on the characteristics of the pop genre. It features a group of dancing girls in white dresses that are lusted after by various men but they refuse as they are pure and virtuous. at the end they fly away via animation.