New Pitch

As we faced a problem with our basic original pitch, we had to come up with a new one.
here it is...

The overall narrative of the video is that it is about a relationship that has ended. throughout the video, we will show the couple together having a good time and enjoying themselves, but the man in the relationship standing in the background as if he is watching over the relationship, and singing the song.

the video will start with the man sitting in a car alone, gripping to the wheel but not moving, looking traumatized and expression-less singing the song.


When the lyrics say,

"Your summer dress
A late down pour
and how they caught us on the stairs
That silent song you'd sing to me
keeps singing... "

we will make the video be literal by showing the girl wearing a summer dress singing (miming) to him in the pouring rain on outside stairs. this will show a close relationship between the lyrics and the visuals.
However, we are aware that we can't control the weather, and so if we are lucky enough to have good weather during our filming then we will overcome this by using stairs inside and adding rain outside in the editing process through sound and visual effects. this shows that we have already thought about how to overcome possible problems!

To add to the narrative there will be a slight twist at the end, and that will be that the relationship hasn't just ended, but that the girl has actually died. she died in a car accident, which is why the man was sitting in a car at the beginning.
we got this idea through the lyrics
"Wouldn't I be more than livin' in your wake"
so the ending shot is going to be of him in a crowd of people all wearing black so it shows that he is at her funeral, and maybe add a picture of the girl in the center, just to make it clear.

the video will overall be a mixture of happy times in the relationship and chaos of a car accident, shown through the use of a car and an ambulance and paramedics. they will be cut into eachother so its jumbled up. however the focus will be on the relationship as there are a lot of practical limitations with filming a car accident.

The location of the music video will be in various places outside. it is unlikely that it will all be filmed in cambridge, or one area, as we all live in different places.
we have discussed having one of the shots of the couple happy together being in a park, having a picnic, maybe him pushing her on a swing or general just acting like kids and enjoying being young and together.

For the performers we will use our own group members and also ask our friends to take part in it too, as we only have one boy in our group who is not keen on miming the lyrics (which are originally sung by a male). therefore we will call on our friends for support! But, Cameron is happy to do the miming if we are unable to find anyone else, as a last resort.

We will consider what props to use at a later stage, after completing our storyboard as we will be using props that are natural to the scene.