Planning & Research

The Track
The track I have chosen for my music video is not strictly a song by a singer as it is a song which was sung by an actor in a movie for which the song was written especially for. The song is called Cancion del Mariachi by Antonio Banderas which is used for the Robert Rodriguez film "Desperado" (1995) and there is no official music video for it. The song was origionally written by Robert Rodriguez for the band Los Lobo's but never got recorded.

Unoffical music video for Antonio Banderas's song Cancion del Mariachi



Analysing the music track

This is clearly a love song in its meaning, concept and content and will defiantly need a strong imagery counterpart to accompany the words. The narrative though is about a successful Mariachi who is pursuing a girl but can't get her; he is a brilliant musician and travels but wherever he goes, there she is; he is also a drinker. The genre of the song is something called "Chicano rock" and is mostly sung by American Mexicans and it is a genre that is usually headed by guitar playing and they also more than not also have a fast pace which is usually an accompaniment to Mariachi's. The song is two minutes and thirty six seconds long which is a fairly standard time for a song and shouldn't present a problem in the way of creating for the length of the music video.

Researching the artist (film character) - image and representation
Since the singer of the song I have chosen is a character from a film, I will try and research the character from the film.

Clothing/Costume, Make up, Locations.
The character is always wearing a white shirt of some kind with a black blazer and black trousers; he doesn't really have make up on that can be seen. Since there is no official video, you can't really stick to a particular tone or location but the film is set in Mexico and it has a very exuberant tone; I will make mine a lot more urban but with a country side setting around it. The film is an action movie but in the case of my music video, as I am taking it out of the film situation and putting it into a music video situation which has to narrate with the lyrics.

Concept and Narrative
Since the song is a some what romantic song, I had the idea that the story could be about a travelling guitar player who falls in love with a girl and tries woo her but fails to impress her with traditional methods and turns to his ability with his guitar to impress her; I will probably end up filming in black and white.

Planning

Synopsis
A wandering drinking Mariachi finds a new town and falls in love with a girl who wants nothing to do with him. After days of trying to impress her with flowers, poems and well manours, he eventually falls onto his master plan by using his guitar skills and singing to her. Telling the story to the audience with his backing players in the middle of a seaside car park, giving a more Mexican look.

Performers

The Mariachi - Josh Rimmer
The Girl - Gemma Grimmer
Backing guitar 1 - James Hodgson
Backing guitar 2 - Bethany Nockolds

Filming Location
Winterton beach carpark
East Ruston (Debbie and Phillip Grimmer house) (Street)

Full Synopsis (treatment) (original)
The Mariachi walks across a big wide car park surrounded by sand dunes. He carry's a guitar in a case across the middle of the carpark before setting it down and unzipping it. He gets his guitar out and slings it over his shoulder before strumming a few notes. After the opening tune is played the Mariachi begins the main theme song with his backing players. Meanwhile in the story, the Mariachi is walking down the street with guitar and a bottle of alcohol swiging away at it. He see's walking in the opposite direction a beautiful women; as they pass she has a quick glance in his direction but he stares at her as she walks past. Band continues playing.

Time line (edited)

Paperwork