- My music video is starting off with a number of establishing shots, portraying the setting of the music video which will be London. I intend on including shots of the London Eye and Big Ben, very obvious iconography to instantly inform the setting to the audience.
- It is then going to cut to a shot our protagonist standing on the Embankment bridge. The mid-shot portrays her in deep thought, head in hands, staring at her watch (reflecting that time is passing and that she needs to be somewhere).
- It then cuts to a number of atmospheric shots of the landscape around her, for example the Thames river etc. I am also intending on filming on quite a cloudy/rainy day, to reflect her inner emotions. I believe it would really set the mood of the music video.
- It then cuts to her taking slow steps off of the bridge, reflecting that she does not want to go where she is intending on going.
- A cut takes place to show our protagonist walking down her street, followed by a high-angle shot of our protagonist walking in car park, going to her flat.
- The music video then cuts to a mid-shot of our protagonist walking into a lift and the doors closing. It is then followed by a close-up of her putting the key in the keyhole and opening the door, pushing the door open and slowly stepping inside (reflecting the fact that she does not want to be there, and it is as if she has no other choice but to go there because it is her home).
- A cut takes place to show a mid-shot of her dressing table with a picture frame placed flat.
- She approaches it to pick it up and a over-the-shoulder shot takes place.
- The music video then cuts to a series of flashbacks portraying what happened in her past. It shows a mid-shot of a boy and girls bottom half of body hugging. This leaves the boy and his second partner ambiguous. This allows the audience to build their own opinion of the boy without being influenced by good looks, or other actions.
- It then cuts to a mid-shot of our protagonist showing the bottom of her body only. It then cuts to a close-up of her bag dropping along with a significant bracelet which was on her hand. An extreme close-up takes place showing the bracelet dropping on the ground (Using editing tools, I would like to make this shot slow paced to reflect its significance).
- It then goes back to realtime, and we are back to the over-the-shoulder shot of the girl holding the picture frame.
- We then go back to a series of flashbacks, however these differ from the first in a sense that they are good memories rather than bad. These flashbacks portray her birthday. This shot will be shown in a hand-held shot with a date at the bottom to reflect how it is being filmed by the boy. Also a mid-shot of her on the swings laughing, reflecting her happy/jolly mood.
- We then cut back to real time and a series of long-shots take place which will be overlapped using Final Cut Express. This will reflect the fact that time is passing. The shots consist of the girl sitting on one side of the floor with her her hugging her knees, with her head down, her head in her hands etc.
- We then cut to a shot of her buying a pregnancy test. I chose to include these shots as they reflect the lyrics "Me and my boy we're leaving". It would be very hard to include a child in the video, not only because my family consists of a number of girls, but also because it would mean that I would have to gain consent by their parents. It would also be a hazardous place for a child to be around due to the candles, the wires, the camera equipment etc.
Metaphors:
I have also been thinking about things that can act as metaphors in my music video. A metaphor is an object etc that is symbolic or representative of another thing. I have thought about a number of metaphors that can be used in my music video. I have decided to use some sort of glass breaking. It would then be followed by a close-up of the bits of glass that have been broken. This can reflect her broken heart, and how her life seems broken apart.
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