Getting Down in Brownsville
A Critical Interpretation of ‘Downsville’ Through a Mental Performance Piece
First, the song by Heath Houston.
The following words and pictures are intended to give you a solid foundation to understand and share this vision. The hook is so catchy this might get stuck in your head all day.
Opening Scene:
A overhead shot of the vinyl album Downsville being placed on the record player with DJ Ryan Brown’s hands… the record begins to spin…the song starts.
The rest of the song will be rotating cuts of four different scenes. A parfait of each story moving right along and strung throughout. The vibe will be grimy, haunting, sexy, heavy, fun, hot, and pathetic.
The video is comprised of four interwoven scenes:
Scene 1: Heath on a stage with his guitar.
Dark, smokey venue, filmed in black and white. Shots will be wide angle of him, close ups of his mouth to microphone, fingers on his instruments. Possibly an audience shot too.
Scene 2: DJ Ryan Brown spinning, in a club with dancers.
Shots of his head and facial expressions with his headphones, his hands on the vinyl, choosing and spinning records, close ups of the people dancing.
We are going for a sexy yet grimy, grindy scene, body parts, lips together, couples kissing, bodies pressed up against each other.
Scene 3: Ryan Brown’s Studio Bachelor Apartment across from Boston’s Fenway Park’s home to the RedSox.
DJ RB has a bed above his kitchen which you climb up a ladder to get to. He hangs a Disco Ball in this studio. He has huge glass windows looking at The Green Monster where the Boston Red Socks play baseball. We will need a high ladder to take overhead shots of the studio living room, his spinning space, and the view from the windows.
Heath and DJ Ryan Brown will be in the scene. A few scenes of them drinking shots and smoking j’s mixed with the main scenes of Heath and DJ Ryan Brown on his very large couch — looking burnt out, strung out, and spent.
Scenes of two club hotties dancing in sexy black dresses trying to get their attention meet scenes of the guys looking on, but kind of out of it and bored. The women do some lap type dances too.
When Heath sings Nothing to do but look at you, and I’m feeling bored is when you will especially see them spent and looking on, drink practically falling out of their hands.
Scene 4: Brownsille, TX.
Shot in black and white, featuring Downtown shots, shots of the Border Crossing, some homeless guys on the sidewalks, and Heath…. walking on the sidewalk, behind a woman. This is where we really portray the gist of the song. Heath’s description is on point, aligning with both the lyrics and the beat, the bass, the drums. Fantastic choice of poetic words describing his vision when he wrote these words.
Grinding sweaty bass-heavy song about being stuck in a shit town with someone who doesn’t mind it, and wanting to get out.
Closing Scene: Close up of Heath’s hands playing the last warbling notes that end the song.
NOW CLOSE YOUR EYES WITH ALL THIS IN MIND AND PRODUCE THESE IMAGES OF THE VIDEO IN YOUR MIND. Enjoy.
The Actors
Heath as himself — Heath: a famous and giving Medium Celebrated Writer and Editor who is prolific and dedicated.
DJ Ryan Brown as himself — Ryan is a man who walked away from the corporate world and a great paycheck to spin vinyl for a living. He is known for an eclectic, yet mesmerizing, mix. Think Foundation Room at the House of Blues or a hip Brunch Spot with a scene.
30 Club Hotties — 20 women and 10 men.
4 Homeless Men
On Instagram: Heath Houston, DJ Ryan Brown
SoundCloud: Heath Houston, DJ Ryan Brown
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Be Fierce. 💃
