Ladytron
Playgirl
Playgirl is about a girl who sleeps around; she gets money for it and feels that this isn’t the life for her because she is lonely.
Idea?
The playgirl will do what she normally does, get up get ready and go out drinking. Throughout her conscience will be following her, the playgirl cannot see her and the conscience is there to give her the sense of what she is doing is wrong. The conscience cannot interact with the playgirl. Near the end of the playgirl’s night, things start to turn the worst for the playgirl.
E.g. she gets attack because she is selling herself by a man.
The conscience stares into the camera, for dramatic effect, and then the whole day is played backward till the point the playgirl wakes up. The playgirl gets up and sits in front of the mirror. The meaning of this is that the playgirl gets to get a second chance in life and that she can start again.
“Northern lights catch you coming down”. This could be a memory that the playgirl has whilst out. (Flashback) This is an act of the conscience.
There are loads of objects and actions that can be shown or performed in the music video, as the lyrics shows.
Objects and actions
Dancing
Sleeping
Cigarettes
Telephone box
Calendar
Account number/bank
The objects and actions from the lyrics can be shown throughout the music video, triggering memories to the playgirl. Memories of for example: - she was with someone she loved who she left, and dates and objects connect with what went on in the day.
A date could be shown and the girl flashes back to a calendar and on the calendar say something of what is on that day. (Part as a flashback, which stops the playgirl doing what she is doing.)
Scenes set?
Party/pub/club
House/bedroom/living room
Outside (to show her going out)/smoking
