songs
CONCEPTS
Breathe
Budget - $40
Final Deadline - Tues, July 28th
Concepts
Various footage that contrasts different forms of city life with different forms of nature as their equivalent. For example, footage of waves in contrast to traffic, rain in a jungle vs. rain on a window, riots vs. a hurricane, protests vs. a lightning storm, an empty city vs. a clear sky, business executives vs. wolves, etc. - vivid imagery that shows the world “breathing” & alive
Lean more on your creativity than my direction: only goal is to create a dope visual experience that compliments the vibe of the song & gives it life
Include glitches that keep it in the context of NEO as a matrix-based project - not as a main theme, but just so that it blends with the work you’ve done so far
Other notes - this has no words - just an instrumental track (a first for me)
You can download the audio file here (it’s the final)
Connection
Budget - $80
Final Deadline - Friday July 31st
Concepts
A matrix + technology oriented theme that shows the danger of too much connectivity, data, information, and how technology companies profit from attention. Closely in line with the imagery from Summer 20 & Time, but even more machine + phone oriented + social media oriented - the lyrics of the song are directly about the abuse and damage that cell phones do to mental health & how they distort opinions & personalities, while technology companies get insanely rich
Themes - people glued to cell phones everywhere, technology executives making tons of money, Facebook Instagram & Twitter symbolism, information overload, military technology, envy of watching other peoples lives via social media, GPS tracking, social media addiction, hyper connectivity, matrix, meditation connecting to God like he’s a computer, people falling in love with machines, telephone wires, cryptocurrency, TV mass manipulation/propaganda, etc. - really anything that paints the lyrics well
Idea - could be cool to structure some of the lyrics like they’re tweets &/or Instagram meme’s & text messages that someone is scrolling through - really embedding it in the experience
Idea 2 - having the lyrics flash across time-square screens, TVs, and other locations
Style - sharp, cutting edge, & dark styling - such as the text in Summer 20
Trust your creative instinct towards what you think best matches the song - really feel the lyrics
Other notes - use the MP3 above for now, but right before the final version, I will send you a WAV to replace it (same song, I’m just waiting on the file from the studio)
out of touch
Budget - $80
Final Deadline - Wed. Aug. 5th
Concepts
A song about cutting off friends/people that you’ve outgrown + showcasing the red vs. blue extreme political divides of America
Themes - cutting off toxic relationships, upgrading your life, voting, democracy, court-houses, concentration of wealth vs. poverty , the separation/divide of America, founding fathers, history repeating, constitutional rights, law-books, fossil fuels vs. sustainable energy, hate vs. love, sky-scrapers vs. small homes, etc.
Other notes - keep it in the context of the NEO project (have some sort of technology/matrix-like element). Same as with Connection, use the audio file downloadable above & I’ll send you a different WAV file before the final draft