It was always a definite that i was going to include live footage of the band performing within the video but not necessarily having them in the video the whole way through.
The song is being sung from a males point of view, focusing on the girl that he currently has a relationship with. She is beautiful, wealthy, loved and more or less has everything she could want but somehow manages to hate her life and have a negative effect on everyone elses around her. The idea is that the boy is trying to get through to her, but he is sick of constantly trying to prove himself and trying to show how lucky she is that he can no longer be bothered with her. In the end he realises that although she has beauty, wealth and love she is not the one for him and releases himself from her.
I have a clear layout of what i wish my video to look like.
The main focus will be on the girl's character, she will be dressed smartly making her seem quite wealthy and image-obsessed. Her hair will be slightly distressed looking and her make-up will be done so that it looks quite dramatic. I am thinking that the best location would be a bedroom so that it represents the girl's own world, and how she doesn't let anyone in. I also want the video to go back and forwards from the girl to the band performance.
The impression your meant to get is that the girl is very unhappy and her in her room slowly stripping down everything that makes her perfect is symbolising what she is feeling in her head. However it is looking at her from the boy's point of view and at the end the video will fade to black with the last words "you're not the one, you're only okay"
I took a few sample photographs of what i want the clips of the girl to look like.
I tried them out in black and white and also colour - i also used photoshop to edit the contrast and brightness of the images to see what effect (if any) to use whilst filming.
I may also use these photographs for my CD cover. Although its a new release and is supposed to be promoting the band as new artists i thought one of the images in black and white could be really powerful and have quite a strong impact. I will make two different copies to see which works out best.
