The Coral "Dreaming Of You"

This is the official video for the song, and it sets a relatively humored tone, using costume, props and location very effectively to create the tone. The video doesn't have much of a strong narrative, whereas the lyrics to the song has a good narrative to it. If I do produce a video for this song, then I would be looking to explore the narrative a bit more, but still have slight pieces of humor, that reflects the style of the band, and also my own personality.

Background information: released as a single on 7th October 2002, it was the second song to be released from their first album, self titled "The Coral". It is a playable song on the video game "Lego Rock Band" and has also been included in Radio 1's Live Lounge album (which was a live recorded version). It was notably used in a series two episode of Scrubs, called "My Monster", and this is how I discovered my enjoyment of the song, and then, by extension, the band and their other songs.


This is another song by the same artists, The Coral, from the same album. This song also has a narrative and emotion, that is only really explored through the lead singer, when they show medium close-ups of him singing. This video seems to use a stop motion technique to create a retro and quicker feel to the video. This effect is also used in this other song:


In all three of these example videos the band and their instruments are prominent, but they don't seem to really have narratives.If i choose Dreaming of You, then I will be looking to not include the band (mainly because I wouldn't be able to get hold of them) and focus on a narrative video, which would link well with the lyrics of the song.