Further Narrative Ideas

Building on ideas mentioned in the previous post about our narrative, we have decided on a basic structure and image for our narrative which is to be intermingled with the band shots we are in the process of storyboarding.

The narrative will be based around a single male character, probably played by myself for convenience of not having to organise more actors and trying to explain the message and style of the video. Some shots will be of this character alone on a bed, looking somewhat distraught and surrounded by work documents which he will scatter and rip up near the climax. Throughout the video we will have a series of close ups of his face where he may be saying the lyrics followed by cuts to the other narrative scene, to make it appear as if they are all in his head. This is the centre point for our narrative and it will be how we display his breakdown, as he is alone and everything surrounding him is getting to him.

For the shots in his mind we have decided to have him singing and sometimes screaming the lyrics (to further convey emotion) to a woman who either was his lover or he has found himself infatuated with while she remains completely oblivious to his presence, as a metaphor for her ignoring his feelings for her.

At one point we intend to have her face him, and then walk straight through him and on to her current lover. We will achieve this by using the after effects editing program on Sim's computer. As the narrative climaxes shots will be cut more frequently to increase the pace until we move to our final shots of the main male character running to the location of the band shots only to find the place empty.