Abstract shots

When researching existing music videos such as the Colbie Claillat 'I Do' video I have found that many use symbolism and metaphors that are fitting to the song and the overall message of the video. My group and I liked the idea of incorporating certain metaphors into our final piece in order to emphasize particular parts of the music and the narrative that will follow. I was also drawn to the idea of including these symbolic images as I feel that it will help add depth to my final product as well as add an interesting dynamic between story line and appealing visuals. Below are some images presenting some potential metaphors that I would like to include in my final product with some explanation.   

Heart shaped locket 

I liked the idea of including an item of jewelry within my final piece as it is an item of significance and many people, especially females often attach a lot of sentiment to items of this nature. I feel having an item of jewelry would be able to play on the feelings on love and emphasize the importance of the male character to the female one. 

Jig saw puzzle

Another concept that I would like to include is puzzle pieces as I feel that they are able to help visualize the coming together of two objects to the audience and symbolize that same notion in relation to my two characters. This would also being able to represent the idea of their being a 'missing piece' which will further emphasize the narrative of my final product. 

Candle flames are able to signify romance and feelings of love. My group and I would like to include this however we are unsure of how we would execute it so we will carryout a short practice task in order to establish the best way to include this in our final product.  

Part of the concept of my final product includes a passing of time, I feel that including images that are time lapsed such as clouds passing and a clock face will help indicate to the audience that time has gone by between the two main settings of video. 

Along with differences in seasons, having the time lapsed images will help the feeling the time has passed come across in an authentic and believable way. 

When including these ideas into my final product ideally I would want them to appear with a cross faded affect or being superimposed on other images such as the main character. I feel this would help them come across more subtle giving a more abstract and interesting look to my final piece.