Research Task - Napoleon Dynamite

In the film 'Napoleon Dynamite', there is a particular scene which stands out for me that and made me think about how I could implement it into our own dance video. The scene is in the final act of the film and shows Napoleon himself dancing to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai on a stage in front of his school and classmates. What we liked about this video in particular is how it invokes comedic aspects whilst still showcasing an impressive dance piece. This is something that we will be looking to do in our own video. We want people to come away from our video not having just watched a dance routine but to feel entertained by it as well as this is how you feel after watching Napoleon dance. Another aspect that we take away from this video is the costume design. Our plan is to have our dancer wear 80's clothes as back then clothing was typically more 'in your face' with its use of vibrant colours and styles. Napoleon rocks a plain t shirt with red trim on the neck and arm holes and red text in the middle of the shirt making the colours contrast, causing us to pay more attention to him. For the time being our costume is undecided so we are going to make a few mock-up designs as to what our dancer will be wearing. The third and final point that we take from this video is that of how we don't expect someone who typically looks and dresses how Napoleon does to be able to dance in the way that he does. When we think of someone who is dancing to disco music we tend to think of tight spandex clothing, wristbands and headbands and maybe a big crazy hairdo so when we are given the complete polar opposite of what we expect to see, it actually makes us remember it more as we are given something that we are not anticipating. We think that by having our dancer dressed as a 'geek' from the 80's dancing to disco music in a modern kitchen then we will hopefully catch the viewers attention more than having him dressed in typical disco-wear.