Initial Ideas

Our first choice is 'Seventeen Candles' by 'Pink Spiders'. 
After looking through the lyrics and putting meaning to words we have come up with concepts that we would like to include in our video that are both fulfilling of the lyrics and that are relevant to the stage of our lives we are currently in. This stage we are referring to is commonly known as the'rebellious' stage. The particular lyrics that suggest this stage or attitude are: 


- 'Everybody's cool with the "I don't care".'
- 'That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favours'
- 'Then i'm packing up my Shit and i'm gone'


As well as this there are constant references to acts that would be seen as 'wrong' to the more mature adult, such as smoking and drinking alcohol underage.
The lyrics also clearly stated that the girl in focus - Emily, was clearly turning seventeen. 
We thought that this would be a good way to show her turning against her parents and doing something that she wants to do for a change as oppose to what her parents want her to do. 'She believes she is a bit old for cake and gifts and party favours'.
We thought that a gig would be a good way to show this and since this is a music video, it could be our gig that she comes to watch after running away from home.


To summarise, our idea was to have a rebellious teenage girl - Emily, on her seventeenth birthday running away from her parents and their 'Gifts and Party Favours' and going to a rock concert/gig.