Inspirational music video: Take Shelter - Years & Years

The use of the rural setting/location in this video is something our group really like. We like the idea of filming dappled light coming through the trees in the early hours of the morning, and we would love to film in a misty setting, to create the eerie atmosphere in our music video.

We have also been considering the use of symbols in our music video, as we would like to represent themes such as coming of age, femininity and danger in a subtle way. We also think symbols would give our video a distinctive edge; our music video would lend itself to the hybrid category incorporating all three elements of performance narrative and abstract videos.

The way depth of field is used in the video is also very effective. We would like to have the characters in our video run through the forest, especially the 'Big Bad Wolf' which we would like to keep hidden and obscure to ensure the big reveal at the end is powerful.

Here is the actual video, where the mixture of fast and slow paced shots can be seen clearly: