Dry the River - No Rest

In this lesson at first we were given the lyrics on screen and we listened to the song at which we were then asked to create our own example of a music video that we would come up with which went with the song.

"No Rest"

I used to be a king alone
Like Solomon or Rehoboam
And in the eaves, the Corvidae
Did jealous keep my picture frames
And everything did oxidate in place.

But then you came, a single cell
With astrolabe and carousel
And algebra and symmetry
And none of this was lost on me
And I could see how still I’d been before

If I don’t eat, I don’t sleep at all
Like limbs in procession,
Like so many birds
Stampeding like oxen,
Our hearts are a herd

I loved you in the best
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best

Did you see the light in my heart?
Did you see the sweat on my brow?
Did you see the fear in my heart?
Did you see me bleeding out?

I loved you in the best
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best way possible
I loved you in the best…

We also had to identify:
Whether it was a band or solo Artist
What the lyrics meant
Is there a narrative behind the song that could be found
The genre
Its audience - what they would expect

Together as a group we identified each of these at which we all thought that it was a Band at which was Rock-indie and had a target audience of late teens and middle aged people however it is a niche Market. The lyrics showed us that it was a relatively sad song about someone who had a great life to now having a sad life alone, this shows heartache.


At which we split into two groups of three where we pitched our ideas and picked the best two. I was in a group with Issak and Tom at which we picked mine and Issak's idea of our music video to pitch in front of the other group.
My Music Video idea was a slightly abstract music video at which did not have a narrative however it matched the lyrics of song at which i wanted the male lead singer to be on an empty carousal at which is mentioned in the lyrics. I wanted to have an onstage experience aswell as when the pace of the song increases i wanted to create the dark sad feel at which i felt during the song. I wanted to create a sad effect at which also linked in with the lyrics.
Many other ideas from other groups included hints within the song with one person coming up with the idea of water having a lead part.
There was also anthor idea of a snowglobe effect at which the start of the song would be like a nice snowglobe however things gradually get worse as a couple would continuously argue creating a sinister sad effect.


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Above is the real music video at which the band filmed.