Location + Costumes

Locations

Bedroom

Road/Lane

Costume

Casual

Jeans

"nerdy" T-shirt or band shirt

Flannel

Sneakers (Preferably vans or converse)

natural unkempt hair

Second storyboard

Storyboard from Georgie Duffy

Analysing a website

thefrontbottoms.com

Website planning

First Storyboard

Synopsis of idea

Lyrics

Lie down and let the flowers grow straight through you,
the earth absorbs your soul and you'll feel
brand new,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,

Live through me and throw away my shell,
the sky that once seemed so bright is as dull as ocean swell,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×3,

And when your body becomes air,
you need to leave behind a reason to care,

I'll be your body when your body is broken ×9

Synopsis

The video is based on the lyrics for the song "Burning bodies in a hotel room" by Thereisnohappyhere, the lyrics of the song connotate to being forgotten by loved ones. The video is a performance/narrative video. The story within the video is that the performer has not seen his friends in a while and feels like he is being forgotten by them, but in the end, they see each other again and it's a happy ending.

The video starts showing the performer sitting and starting the song, the video then fades out to a memory of them playing video games in his bedroom, feeling sad the performer then goes for a late night walk to clear his head of these memories, but he remembers another time when he was enjoying himself with his friends and decides to go back home. When he gets back home he remembers another time with his friends but tries to carry on with the song, even though the memories keep infiltrating his mind. At the ninth shot, we see the performers friends joining him in the song until the end. At the end the words "I'll be yr body when yr body is broken" with a black background fade onto the screen over the last shot until the end of the song.

The video makes use of wide angle shots and close ups/extreme close-ups.

The video represents teenagers, especially the struggler and the reformer (Yung and Rubicam) based on the song choice and clothing the actors will be wearing. My video will also include personal relationships/social interaction and personal identity (Blumler and Katz) as the audience will see the performer struggle to deal with being forgotten by friends and struggle with loneliness.

Statement of intent

My video is a 4:20 minute video based on the song "Burning bodies in a hotel room" by Thereisnohappyhere, the song is a lo-fi/indie song so i want my video to conform to the stereotypes of those genres, like dark scenes and low-key lighting. My video is a performance/narrative based video about being forgotten by friends, which is what the song connotates to, using multiple flashback shots to show the past, i will do this by using fade outs to other shots.

The video will be shot in York which has a 27.17% AB Social grade, the actors will be wearing casual/punk clothing, the main actor will be using a guitar, video games are also going to be used throughout my video, the lighting of the video will be mostly low-key as it is a sad song. My video predominantly represents 18 year old males living in North England (york), as the performer of the song is my main actor within the video. This fits the target audience of 16-25 year olds of the AB socioeconomic demographic, which is higher class.