Video ideas for the 6 new songs?

[ExodusUK]

The Show Must Go On is the only song I care enough to imagine a video for...
Something like Ayu being driven on to a video set (nod to Evolution)..basically the video is all one single camera shot, Ayu arrives, navigating through corridors (dressing room, hair and makeup, etc) as chaos goes on around her (nod to Do It Again), she gets a wig fitted similar to the hair she had during her peak (short blonde hair), takes off a robe to reveal a camouflage print outfit, she signs some contracts that are shoved under her face by suits (nod to Dearest) as she's walking around the corridors with open doors (nod to Ladies Night with surreal shit behind every door), poses with fans waiting, runs through a bunch of younger imitators, picks up a digital camera and poses like she's filming a commercial, etc...during the loud chorus-y parts of the songs, the corridors flip through different angles similar to the scenes in Inception..towards the ends of the song she makes it to the "studio"...where there's a waiting press conference full of journalists with bows and arrows (think the final scene from the Helter Skelter movie for those familiar with it..)..quick cut/edit/flash and Ayu is in a similar pose to the famous St. Sebastian/Joan of Arc imagery (tied to a post..a nod to Free & Easy) with the arrows in the body and such...


The final shot is a close up of Ayu's face as a tear runs down her face reminiscent of the A BEST covers x

[terra]

^That is an awesome idea! I love how the way you put the references to the old PVs and the whole situation reflecting that no matter what happened The Show Must Go On.

Love it!

[orbitalaspect]

When I first heard Story, I had a pristine image of what a PV for that could look like.

I imagined Ayu walking in a flowy dress similar to the one she wore in the Daybreak PV, in a midwest field after a fresh snow. You could see the yellow of the grass and patches of snow sprinkled throughout. As she walked, the sky would drop little remnants of a relationship, maybe a photo or necklace. Ayu would collect these things, holding them as she continued walking. Occasionally, the camera would pan and we would see a blur / light shaft-obscured idea of what she's walking toward.

There would be interspersed scenes, like vivid memories, of Ayumi cooking or playing at a park, and after the second scene, we would notice a man's hand reach out and, at the cooking scene, dip his finger in whipped cream or flour or something and boop Ayu on the nose. She would laugh and do it back but we wouldn't see the guy behind the camera.

In the snowy field, as the last chorus is sung, the camera would pan back to show what Ayu was walking toward, zoom out then refocus the lens to reveal the cadillac from the Virgin Road video parked in the field. Ayu would climb into the passenger seat one last time, and shed a happy tear. She would place the remnants she picked up in the field in the driver's seat. At the end of the song, she would open the passenger door and step out. The camera would pan the field one last time, and we could take in the trees in the distance, the snow on the yellow field again, and then back to Ayumi, who turns to smile and wave at the cadillac as it drives into the distance.