Initial video ideas

My first idea, influenced mainly by the video for Jason Forrest's War Photographer, would be to create a video that uses over-the-top awesomeness and originality to make video that engages the audience though comedy and its uniqueness. Influenced greatly by my love for Daft Punk, ideas for this include:

• People in cardboard robot suits dancing the robot
• People in cardboard robot suits fighting in front of fire
• People in cardboard robot suits rockin' out
• The evolution of the People in cardboard robot suits (starting with making fire from sticks up to using humans for processing needs?)

I like the idea of using old CRT monitors and TVs for the heads.

I'm also considering making a more serious video with the same ideas, much like Daft Punk's "Da Funk" video.

My next idea is to have someone performing a complex choreographed dance, in a dark room/ at night, while holding fire or lights, so the lights create intricate patterns. The best examples for this are these:

The second video uses light graffiti, which I would love to use, but is near impossible to film due to how it is done, meaning without using special effects, it would need to be done using stop motion, which would take a very long time, and a lot of tedious editing. Each of these videos gives off a different feel - the first video's fire dance would be best suited to a hardcore dance/trance/electronica song, due to the speed and intensity of the dance, whereas the second uses cheerful, light sound for it's music, which is perfectly suited to it, although this is mainly due to the themes. If I were to try light graffiti, I would need to explore the effect of narrative, colours, mise-en-scene and editing on the overall mood the video gives off, and use a song to suit the effect.

Another idea is to use the flow time to create new and interesting effects, such as in "The Scientist" by Coldplay, filmed entirely in reverse, revealing the narrative backwards as well. Coldplay's video "Yellow" also plays with time. While the singer walks towards the camera (which he does for the entire length of it), the time of day visibly changes from morning, to day, and eventually to sunset.