Music Video Idea 1 // Work Song by Hozier

My first idea for a music video is for Hozier's song called Work Song.

Hozier is an Irish singer and songwriter, he rose to fame with his hit song "Take Me To Church" and released his first album in September 2014.

His star image is the "real" kind, he always looks a bit scruffy and plays with a guitar at this shows. He is the type of artist who focuses more on the music then his image.

Artists who are similar to Hozier are: George Ezra, Ed Sheeran, James Bay & Vance Joy.

My Idea: 

In the video there will be clips of a man singing the song with darkness surrounding him apart from some lights that silhouette his face and body which show him singing the song. There will be a band in the background so the light can catch them in some shots.

The story of the video is about a man whose wife has died and he is thinking back to when she was alive. In this video there will be a scene where the man is at a bar and is getting drunk, he then starts a fight and gets kicked out. You will see him walking up a lane with tress around him in slow motion, during the video we keep cutting back to this shot of him walking.

In the video we will see flashbacks to him and his wife, from when she was alive, these will include dancing, sitting on the sofa, an argument, etc. There will be close ups of small gestures like hand holding, smiling, etc.

At the end of the video we see that the man is in a grave yard and he kneels by the grave.

The costume of the man will be normal clothing e.g jeans, boots and a checkered shirt.
However, during the performance bit he will wear all black.
The women will also dress in normal clothing: dress/skirt/jeans and a top.



The video relates to the song because doing hard labour for little pay is stressful, especially if you have debt or having to provide for another. No matter hard he works, he is reminded that as long as he has his girl, he can continue to work hard because she's at home waiting for him. It's also a reminder to continue working at bettering himself for her; to not go back into the lazy, drunken state she found him in. And even when the hard work of life eventually gets the better of his physical body, that still is not enough to keep her out of his heart. Even death cannot keep them apart. However, I have made it so the video makes the song look like a tribute to her and their life they had together. 


The video fits in with the brand of the artists because he doesn't worry about his image he is more focused on the music element of things and how to tell stories through his music and his videos.