Kings Of Leon – ManhattanAlex Scott, Kelly McNulty, Stephanie McQueen

The Artist and Song Manhattan

Song LyricsFrom this come the idea that the song was based on ambition and striving for more from life. So keeping this theme in mind we decided on a narrative.

Narrative

Kings of Leon- Manhattan

Based On Ambition

Spilt Screen Narrative

Lower class man with lots of

ambition

Upper class man no ambition or

drive

Upper class man living his dream

taking it for granted

Lower class man wanting more

working hard for better

Upper class man been giving it

(handed on plate)

Narrative

Kings of Leon- Manhattan

Lower class man just wanting better for

himself such as house

Upper class man with no drive ends up loosing

everything e.g. money job

Lower class man starts living his dream gets a job

still striving for more

Promotion in job ends up to lower class man buying

house

TWIST : Middle class man looses his money ends up selling house

Lower class man buys upper class mans

house (Role reversal)

Life swaps round in the end of

video

Performance

Performance Ideas

We plan to have a band in the music

video

We would like to have real musicians and singers to make it look professional

Quick fast cuts during this section

of video

We plan to have the instruments

matched up with what's being played

We would like to have an out door

performance

Runs in parallel to the video cuts back

and forth

Possible setting for the performance

would be the quayside or town which represents

the genre

Requirements

COSTUMES – Narrative COSTUMES – Performance

For the narrative we plan to have a upper class woman dressed in smart working clothing to represent her status and a conflicting lower class female dressed in everyday clothing to represent her class.

For the performance we aim to create a look that fits in with our genre of our music alternative/rock with make up and clothing that is quite unique, simple but different.

Requirements

LOCATION– Narrative LOCATION– Performance

For the narrative we plan to have it set in a city centre to show working life as well as in a home and back alleys to show the spilt between the classes.

For the performance we plan to have an outdoor setting that is an iconic location such as the Tyne Bridge all the performance will be based there and hopefully we plan it so that the day goes on to night on each showing of the performance.

Requirements

PROPS – Narrative PROPS – Performance

For the narrative we plan to have props such as bags, plastic bags, clothing such as caps , hats, scarfs and gloves, car, house setting, phone, make up, costumes for the correct mise en scene that represents our genre.

For the performance we plan to have musical instruments such as a guitar, a mike, drum set and any other extras we need.

Requirements

PROPS – Narrative PROPS – Performance

For the narrative we plan to have props such as bags, plastic bags, clothing such as caps , hats, scarfs and gloves, car, house setting, phone, make up, costumes for the correct mise en scene that represents our genre.

For the performance we plan to have musical instruments such as a guitar, a mike, drum set and any other extras we need.