Pitch

Les Étoiles is a classical artist from Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He, released his album “To Leave a Mark” in 2008. The album is mainly about his hometown, its joy and tragedies, the town as a container of people, times, love and loss. It is about how a place, or better, the memories of a place, intertwine with one's self, even when, on returning, those memories are not quite true.

I have chosen to produce a music video to the song “Taken by the Breeze” by Les Étoiles (also know as David Fitzpatrick). The concept for this video is mainly based on the idea of memorial – an idea that is mentioned in the lyrics of this song, which is about scattering ashes over a beautiful landscape. To tie in with the main themes - death, our relationship to the landscape and remembrance of the dead - the video will focus on images of memorial benches in beautiful and dramatic locations. This will accentuate the delicate, thoughtful nature of Les Etoiles music. By placing the benches in an establishing shot that reveals their beautiful, often lonely locations and then cutting in to the plaques on the benches, it will anchor the idea of the relationship between the three themes. To guide the viewer through the video we will follow the narrative of a young man mourning the recent loss of a loved one, looking for some relief from the grief of loss by visiting these picturesque places. The video will highlight the isolation felt by those grieving, the sense of time stopping for the mourner whilst life continues unaffected all around.