storyboarding process

In order to complete our production process, we had to construct storyboards to convey the ideas we had for the video. This meant drawing the different scenes in relation to the different moments in the song. The scenes depended on the timeline of the song so that it was all in time.

The primary idea is that a man has been damaged mentally from a previous relationship and therefore feels no emtion other than depression. In the outside world, society has broken down and nothing is orderly and structured. However, being that this man is so overwhelmed from the breakdown of his relationship, he is unaware of what is going on around him and it is not until the end of the song that he realises this. He is walking down a street, guitar in hand and dwelling on his relationship when he comes across an abandoned building (battersea power station). In the guitar, blood is curdling and drips as the singer walks onwards. Without a moments hesitation he enters the building where he is haunted by various creatures, each representing the bad memories and emotions he encountered during his relationship and moreover the reason the relationship ended. He has been a regular drug abuser and one could say that the various creatures are just made up objects that haunt his mind whilst under the influence of drugs. He continues to slowely walk through the building being possessed by the creatures until he reaches a point in the passage that stops him in his tracks. There before him, is his ex, standing underneath a flickering light (being present when off and gone when on). He runs towards her and as he tries to embrace her, realises she is not there. He then realises it is his mind that wants to see her and reality kicks in. The music stops and sirens, airplanes, shouting, and overall chaos can be heard. A wide shot of the city scape follows and pans around to show reality. The singer then bows his head and the video ends with a black screen.

Scenes that we decided against as a group include: violin players at the sides as the singer walks down the street and a helicopter at the beginning with its propellas moving in slow motion. we may incorporate these ideas at a later time but for now we feel that the video would be better without these additional ideas.