Generic Research

Ballad Definition:

Ballads usually focus on narrating a story, whether it is funny, romantic, or emotional. Pop ballads typically focus on romance, relationships, and love.

Initial usic video ideas:

• kiss me (sixpence none the richer) 
• good luck babe (Chappell Roan)
• What was I made for (Billie Eilish)
• On your side (the Last Dinner Party)

• pretty isn’t pretty (Olivia rodrigo)
• making the bed (olivia rodrigo)
• logical (olivia rodrigo)
• teenage dream (olivia rodrigo)
• girl i’ve always been (Olivia rodrigo)
• ballad of a homeschooled girl (Olivia Rodrigo)
• Can't catch me now (Olivia Rodrigo)

ballad of a homeschooled girl ideas:

• story (not chronologically): a girl getting ready for and going to a party
• repeatedly cuts between the three scenes and the actual party
• actual party scenes (she’s not acknowledging the camera, it’s real)
• talking to people, people not laughing at her joke etc
• pull from lyrics
• “I broke a glass, I tripped and fell, I told secrets I shouldn't tell”
• I stumbled over all my words”
• “I laughed at the wrong time, sat with the wrong guy
• Searching, "How to start a conversation?" on a website
• I talked to this hot guy, swore I was his type
• Guess that he was makin' out with boys, like, the whole night”
• 3 settings:
• in her room getting ready
• clothes are everywhere, she’s maybe in pyjamas, hair in rollers???
• at the party in the kitchen
• there are cups everywhere, people are just standing around talking, not noticing the girl
• a band playing the music 
• i haven’t figured out where, maybe a school? a park at night?
• possible fourth location:
• in her/a room after the party, makeup is very smudged, hair is messy, maybe strap of dress is falling down (she’s a mess)
• Main storyline:
• Getting ready
• Arriving at the party
• Makes a fool of herself
• Comes home and regrets everything
• Possible shot ideas:
• Tripping over
• Spilling a drink
• Breaking a class
• Sitting in the corner awkwardly, alone
• Everyone is singing a song and she doesn't know the words
• Dancing awkwardly (there's a clearing where people are dancing, she's in the clearing and people are watching her)

Shots matched with lines ideas:

• "And I hate all my clothes, feels like my skin doesn't fit right over my bones"
• Shot of her getting ready in her room. Clothes are everywhere, she can't pick an outfit
• "The mornin' after I panic, oh God, what did I say?"
• Her in the room after the party, maybe lying on the bed or sat on the floor.

Cut counter:

Counting the number of cuts in similar music videos (similar songs in the same album)

• obsessed - 108
• bad idea right? - 76