We are making our music video to the song "Starring Role" by Marina and the Diamonds.
The video will use an amplified approach to the lyrics, telling the story of an actress who is stuck in supporting roles.
This idea came from this lyric of the song:
"You know I'd rather walk alone
than play a supporting role,
If I can get a starring role."
The video will begin at a small award ceremony, in which the protagonist, Electra (named after Marina's album Electra Heart), wins an award for Best Supporting Actress. She accepts the award, smiling, but begins to look sad as she walks off stage while the music fades in.
The video will be a combination of 'meat' shots of 'Electra' lip-synching to the song, and a narrative about her life. Most of the 'meat' shots will take place in a room full of posters of the supporting roles she has played.
During the bridge of the song, after being criticised by a tabloid magazine, she rips the posters down, which begins a montage of the protagonists working towards her starring role.
The last scene of the video will show actors on a stage as the audience gives a standing ovation, waiting for the star to come on and take their last bow. The protagonist will run on to the last line of the song "my starring role." Then she takes her bow, centre stage, as the video fades to black.
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