Introduction:
For our coursework we chose a song called Heavy by the
Rasmus. This video will have a narrative but will also have some performance
elements (chorus). This video will directly illustrate the lyrics of the song.
Video will be 4:02 minutes long.
The Narrative:
The video starts by series of close-up shots of a happy
teenage couple who are in love. Consequently after the first 10 seconds the
scene is jump cut to them arguing and breaking up to progress the narrative.
After the break up the girl quickly moves on with her life but the boy can't come to terms with the idea and starts following the girl around. He sees her with her new boyfriend and understands that they are happy together and that she has let go of the memories about him. He falls into deep depression and becomes even more obsessed about the girl.
One day when he follows the girl around with her boyfriend, they go into town centre with extremely busy roads and decide to cross the road to go to the cafe which is on the other side. The boy follows them and doesn't notice the traffic light switch to red. He ends up diying in the car crash.
The girl turns around, as she heard the noise of the breaks of the car trying to stop, and sees the boy lying on the ground breathless and realizes that he died. She runs to him, falls on the ground and starts crying, the video ends on the close-up of her crying.
After the break up the girl quickly moves on with her life but the boy can't come to terms with the idea and starts following the girl around. He sees her with her new boyfriend and understands that they are happy together and that she has let go of the memories about him. He falls into deep depression and becomes even more obsessed about the girl.
One day when he follows the girl around with her boyfriend, they go into town centre with extremely busy roads and decide to cross the road to go to the cafe which is on the other side. The boy follows them and doesn't notice the traffic light switch to red. He ends up diying in the car crash.
The girl turns around, as she heard the noise of the breaks of the car trying to stop, and sees the boy lying on the ground breathless and realizes that he died. She runs to him, falls on the ground and starts crying, the video ends on the close-up of her crying.
Other Characteristics Of The Video:
Professional videos: we have watched Die romantic as a part
of the research for this video as it is of the same genre, we have decided that
we will take shot type and some editing ideas to use in our own video.
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We are still casting actors for this video.
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We will need 3 locations to film this video: a park, a cafe
and a road.
- Props: we will need the characters to wear black clothes so that it looks conventional and goes with the genre of the song.
Generally, we have received good feedback from the audiences;
they seem to like our narrative idea, and the song itself. However, we were advised
to think of a backup plan for the car crash scene as it may prove too difficult
to film. We were advised to think of a possibility showing the boy taking a handful
of pills and killing himself as that is much more manageable in terms of
filming it. Also, we received another good idea from the audience: to film the
car crash scene: pause the music just before the crash to build up the tension,
then resume it after the crash.
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