PITCH FOR

MUSIC VIDEO
Georgia Williamson
SONG CHOICE
 CHELSEA DAGGER

The song was written by Jon Fratelli and it was inspired by his girlfriend who at the time was a
burlesque dancer and used the stage name Chelsea Dagger – which was a play on Britney
Spears.
When he wrote the song he said he didn’t know anybody where he lived and therefore wanted to
create an alternate reality with a world that was slightly dodgy and filled with people he’d never
met with burlesque dancers and gangsters and the song has the atmosphere of an old speakeasy.
The upbeat and fast paced nature of the song and the fact that it’s been heavily used as a
celebration song for multiple sports and football clubs, including Chelsea, makes it anthemic
 LYRICS
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said, you know me well
I seen you and little Steven and Joanna
Round the back of my hotel
Oh yeah
Someone said you was asking after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said, tell me your name is it sweet?
She said, my boy it's dagger, oh yeah
I was good she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you dear, bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Well you must be a boy with bones like that
She said you got me wrong
I would've sold them to you
If I could've just have kept the last of my clothes on
Oh yeah
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said, you know me well
I seen you and little Steven and Joanna
Round the back of my hotel
Oh yeah
Someone said you was asking after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said, tell me your name is it sweet?
She said, my boy it's dagger, oh yeah
I was good she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you dear, bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Well you must be a boy with bones like that
She said you got me wrong
I would've sold them to you
If I could've just have kept the last of my clothes on
Oh yeah
MOODBOARD
 NARRATIVE
My video will have 2 parts, a performance part and a montage part
• During the verses and the more linear
storytelling parts of the song I will aim
to create a world similar to the intended
meaning of the song with a gangster era
feel and this will be the performance
part of the video with sam lipsyncing
and doing actions to the song
• This will have a darker, more enclosed
setting to go with the theme and
possibly some black and white shots but
will still be a fast paced performance.
• Then for the chorus, the instrumental
sections and parts where there aren’t many
vocals I will aim to portray an ‘idyllic teen
summer’ to show how it’s anthemic.
• This will be much lighter and much more
modern to appeal to the 16-24 year old
demographic, some freeze frame shots to
capture the moments of the perfect summer
to appeal to the audience
• I’ll create a montage of videos from the
beach, festivals, concerts football games,
etc of people singing and celebrating
 LOCATION IDEAS
Montage: Performance:
Festivals • Southend
Concerts • Streets
• More enclosed areas
Day trips, London etc
Beach
Theme parks
Football games
INTERTEXTUALITY

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – because of the

plot for the film being Ferris driving round
the city doing everything he can and
making the most out of his day, I feel as
though it’s a good intertextual reference to
have for my montage section.
INTERTEXTUALITY

I’ll also reference more iconic dancing

scenes from different films
WHO I’LL HAVE

Sam Harcourt – Sam will be the male star

because he is confident and will be able to Sam
perform and lip sync to the song really
well.

Groups of friends – I will use my friends

for the montage part of the video as they
can portray the ‘ideal summer’ well.
 MISE EN SCENE
Bright lighting for the montage part with vibrant and colourful clothes that the target audience
would wear during summer.

For the performance part I’ll have Sam in clothes that match the era of that section and it’ll be in
a darker area, maybe slightly more run down with graffiti, but this will be filmed as bright as it
can be.
This section will start in black and white and turn to colour.
 SHOT TYPES

CLOSE UPS
EXTREME CLOSE UPS
LONG SHOT
WIDE SHOT
MID SHOT
SPINNING SHOTS
STEADICAM, SINGLE SHOT
FREEZE FRAME EFFECTS FOR THE MONTAGE – POLAROID STYLE – NOSTALGIC