New idea summary:

The NEW and FINAL idea is going to be the male version of the song 'i kissed a girl' by Katie Perry which is currently no.1 in the charts. The was a group decision which came about by listen to a friend's ipod during a group meeting. Instantly we were up for the challenge of producing a controversial music video.

Katie Perry- I kissed a girl :




we will be doing a take on this song by using...

Cobra Starship-I kissed a boy:



Negatives:

• we will have to remove or sing over the abusive lyrics yet this is also gives us/me an opportunity to voice my idea of putting lyrics on screen.
• some of the audience may be put off by the nature of the controversy that may arise from the song and video.
• there may be some shooting issues if the ideas develop a bit too far. i.e. there may be a fuss made if the group decide that it is crucial to have a kiss in the video at some stage.

Positives:

• i want to produce something which is hard hitting
• this allows us to be more edgey and controversial in our Music video
• acting wise- the media group have 2 actors and all of the group are male so there is less acting restrictions and reliabilities to worry about
• it will allow us to be very creative in ideas, camera work, mise en scene, characters, branding etc!!!!!!!
• i like it as it will allow us to produce a unique music video which is very enigmatic in the sense that audiences will want to watch it to see how far the video takes this issue.
• it is a perfect song in terms of our video mission- to produce a video for a debut single!- this is a bold song with hard hitting lyrics (excluding the abusive language which we are going to edit out). It will be a widely talked about song and video amongst the audience.
• In terms of narrative the issue of 'kissing a boy'- i.e. homosexuality, at the moment this is a very controversial topic with many debates evolving from its nature. i.e. The advert which was taken off air due to the homosexual connotations.....BELOW! - is it humourous? should be taken lightly with a pinch of salt? is it an advertising statement? is it a political statement? etc
• Therefore all of this press- whether it is 'good or bad press'- will still make our music video and artist extremely well publicised and in the audiences/ public eye. Surely this is only helping promote our artist and would increase sales and record plays on tv and radio.

Heinz Deli Mayo- TV Advert:

This is an example of the controvery that our video may cause and so publicity will be absolutely rocketing: