Treatment 2.0

Treatment Two

Outline  :  Silk 

The basic outline I have finally decided on is that of a young female who is visually very distant and struggling with some form of multiple personality disorder. This could have been effected by the concept within the lyrics of her being cheated on by her boyfriend, who will be present in the video but only hinted at subtly. It would open with them in bed with a lot of space between them, he will be lying on his side with his back to her, and she will be lying on her back with her eyes closed. The music will start as she opens her eyes and there will be a moment of the sound of a siren outside before she wakes up which will carry on into the intro of the song as it's so quiet. I will be applying some sort of filter over the footage in order to make it appear washed out and of a sadder tone to match with the tone of their relationship. The main concept of the video will be that the girl is clearly struggling with something, cutting between being visually very upset, and being more relaxed, hinting towards the idea of some sort of split personality disorder. The lyrics lend themselves directly to the idea of cheating, but also to that of alcohol and drug abuse, and mental struggle.

"The intro to the song is actually quite long, and therefore must be thought out very carefully in order to prevent it from becoming boring as a video. I plan on recording the sounds of a vaguely distant street and placing them over the top of the building noise, a key part of this soundtrack will be a police siren which will be the first sound that the viewers hear. As the screen starts black and fades into a birds eye shot of the couple in a bed, there will be a siren, then her eyes will snap open and the track will kick in, alongside the siren and the quiet traffic." - Treatment 1.0

The video will be split into a combination of shots of the singer and of the actress.