The Wombats Treatment

When we listened to The Wombats track, 'Let's Dance to Joy Division', my first initial thought for a music video was to pretty much stick to conventions of 'band music' video with a performance and focus on the band.

I would start with a shot of the band walking down a street in Liverpool ('I'm back in Liverpool') with direct address to the camera as the lead singer sings along to the song. As they walk down the street I want to cut to the band playing the instruments but in the same scene and time so it looks like the instruments are appearing and disappearing.

In the second verse with the line 'grab your purse and take a taxi' I will have a shot of the band getting into a taxi and then an elipsis to the band getting out in front of a small, secluded club in a 'darker side of town'. The singer will then grab a girl standing outside and 'lead you through the dance floor, up to the DJ booth' where she asks for Joy Division.

In the next chorus I would have the band on a stage performing to the song and a crowd of people coming onto the dancefloor to dance along to the band. With the line 'let the love tear us apart' I would have broken plastic hearts taped together with sellotape with music notes on it taped to the band appear and the crowd singing along with the band. The hearts would then disappear and the band jump in the crowd and carry on performing the song to the chorus. With the last line ('Yeah we're so happy') I would have a shot of the band with smiley face masks on and then they walk off down the street.

This is a video of a live performance by The Wombats of Let's Dance to Joy Division