Research and My Interpretation
Before coming up with an idea, I looked closely at the lyrics in order to shed light on its meaning. I researched further into the line 'Lets Dance to Joy Division' and what I found changed the meaning and my interpretation of the song. Joy division were an English rock band formed in 1976 whose lead singer Ian Curtis led a tragic life in which he was depressed and diagnosed with epilipsy. He killed himself on the eve of the band's first American tour. The line 'celebrate the irony' draws on the irony of the name 'Joy division' and the upbeat song next to the mystery and immense tragedy the band is associated with.
I also did some background research into the band 'The Wombats' and some of their earlier videos and tracks. They are an Indie/Pop Rock music band from Liverpool, a place the song also mentions.
My Treatment
After looking closely at the lyrics of this song I have come up with an idea for the music video based on my interpretation of the song. I chose to focus on the line 'Everything is going wrong but we're so happy' that is in the chorus.
The video will begin with the guys walking down a street in Liverpool, as this is mentioned in the song and is where they come from, lip-synching to the song. People will be walking down the street without taking much notice of them and carrying on as normal. As they walk and continue to lip-synch, the surroundings behind them keep changing into random places and streets in Liverpool at quite a quick pace. This continues to happen until about half way through the song when the chorus comes on for the second time. At this point the surrounding behind them changes into a room full of people dancing and they are suddenly on stage with their instruments. They instantly begin to perform and play to the audience. The video will then cross-cut between them performing and the audience dancing until the end of the song.
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