The song "Looking for Love" by Kevin Martin is about a man who is stuck in the doldrums of his routine and wants to break up the monotony by finding love. Or is it? I think a really interesting take on the video and the meaning of it is for the video to be about a little girl who is looking for a family. Instead of featuring Kevin, a young girl will be the one who is “singing” about looking for love.
She will be living in her reality of loneliness at an orphanage, and projected around her are her hopes for what life will be like when she finds a family. Since it will be the imagination of a little girl, the projections onto her boring reality will be whimsical and exaggerated. This can either be done in a single room with white walls and minimal plain props that continually change depending on what is projected on them, or it can be done in a few different locations.
A slight variation on this would be for the little girl to actually be looking for romantic love. However, not in a gross way since she is a child, but in a cute playground puppy love sort of way. A perfect example of what I'm talking about can be found in the music video Tighten Up by the Black Keys. Also, since a man's voice will be coming out of this little girl, I imagine it creating an interesting tension because obviously, it is not the little girl who is actually singing about looking for love but someone else entirely. Instead, the viewer can imagine that the little girl is a way that the artist views himself. A manifestation of sorts.
Stay tuned for further fine tuning of this concept.
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