Remix Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLBQDK3N3hE

           My journey with this project has been rough. I attempted all the brainstorming ideas I posted about earlier, and for some reason I just was not satisfied. I tried many other ideas but I couldn't turn my ideas into an actual video. Eventually, I found an idea that worked; the glorification of being famous. Many people (including myself) have dreamed of being famous, whether it be for the money, the attention, the awards; there are tons of reasons why an ordinary person would yearn for fame and fortune. A perfect example of this is shown in Weezer's song "Beverly Hills", which is about an average guy who wants to be like the "beautiful and clean" movie stars. While fame can seem appealing, personally I think it is overrated. I think non-famous people take their lives for granted and don't realize how amazing it is to be able to live without millions of people watching our every move. So to create an ironic situation, I played "Beverly Hills" in the background while visually showing the downsides of being famous.
          I picked my clips in a way that would give the video variety. I opened the video with shots of what fame can bring: fancy cars, gorgeous houses, expensive clothes and jewelry; basically showing what many people assume fame is all about. When the chorus starts, I switched gears and revealed the negatives of fame: people being swarmed and disrespected by paparazzi, stars having to hide behind their bags and aggressively confront crazy photographers, celebrities having mental breakdowns, and other videos like that. I chose clips that portrayed fame in a negative way, which made the video ironic because the singer in the background is talking about how much he wanted to be in the celebrities positions. I finished the video with interviews and quotes of famous people expressing their issues with fame. They talked about how they dislike being followed and photographed all the time, how they don't have any privacy, how every mistake they make is magnified, and how they wish they could just be treated like normal people. My video would be considered "bidding", because it juxtaposes song and lyrics with visual footage that creates a conflict.