Choosing an Existing Music Video

For our preliminary task, we must re-create the first minute of an existing music video. As a group we have looked at various videos and have chosen to re-create the video 'Beggars' by Mallory Knox.

The lyrics for the first minute of the video are as follows:

Mallory Knox – Beggars:

The Devil's been stuck in my brain
And he's been living there seventeen days
He said that I can't do better
But I know I'll get better
I'll do anything to feel something

The voices they are loudest at night
And they're so loud that they are haunting my mind
Oh but it makes him unsettled to know I'll get better
If I find that something deep within

See I can't find a way out my mind

Breathe in, I'm coming to get you
You need me, but I don't know how to reach you
You know I'm gonna be the one
(But I don't wanna be the one)
But I don't wanna be the one

Breathe in, I'm coming to get you
You need me, but I don't know how to reach you
You know I'm gonna be the one
(But I don't wanna be the one)
But I don't wanna be the one

We selected this video because it showed a variety of shot types and the editing would be simple to re-create. It also followed the conventions of cutting to the beat. The narrative was interesting and is non-linear due to flashbacks. It is also circular as the story follows a beggar who loses his jumper and then this is returned to him by the protagonists, Mallory Knox. The video also contains intertextual links from the film, 'A Clockwork Orange' as shown in the screen shots blow:

'A Clockwork Orange'

Mallory Knox - 'Beggars'