Story Plan

Story Plan

Representation & characters:

I am using two different characters, a man and then the younger version of himself he is looking retrospectively at. I will used editing and camerawork to heighten the length of time passed and the deep contemplation the man is in. As a result, I hope a sense of nostalgia will be created. This means that my two social groups addressed are old and young.

1. Establishing shots of the locations with diegetic sound of cars and blurred out lights of the skyline or birds tweeting with a panning shot over the sky of the beach. The song title and name of the artist will appear over the top of these scenes. Similar to the beginning of 'Lucky Strike' by Troye Sivan.

2. It will then shift to the old man. There will be a close-up of his face (he is half-smiling and looking content) and then there will be a mid-shot of him looking out onto the ocean. Walking shots and him doing everyday things will also be included. Depending on the weather it will be grey or bright and either mood fits the scene. This section will be to the first verse:

We were only 16
You were only arm
Then you moved to the city
And we drifted apart
Never thought I would see you
Now we're sitting in the dark
I won't fight this feeling, no

3. From here, the audience will see shots of young boys playing around and having fun. VHS style videos will be intertwined with ordinary style videos from a DSLR in order to keep it interesting and engaging. There will be a mixture of close-ups (of their faces and of their feet whilst running) , mid-shots and sweeping landscape shots. A bird's eye view would be effective but difficult to execute. May also slow some parts down for variety. This will be to the pre-chorus:

I don't wanna lie no more
I don't wanna hide no more
What I found in you, is so real
I don't wanna hide no more
I don't wanna lie no more
Now that I found you

4. I think a unique transition could be inserted here to make a smooth transition from past to present. This could be an extreme close-up of one of the young boys' eyelids shut and then the old man's eyelids shut before opening. There could be a slow zoom-in on the sea and the crashing waves and then it zooms out to reveal the older man replacing the young boys. A day to night transition sweeping across the sceen may also be highly effective. I do not know how easy these will be to execute. This will begin from the last line of 'Now that I found you' into the instrumental part before and following the lyrics of the chorus, 'Imma let you get the best of me' which is twice repeated.

5. The reflective man could, after staying stationary, begin to walk and make his way home. This storyline could then be recreated with the past version of himself and a parallel can be drawn about how the same feelings and emotions exist internally but the external body they exist within, alters. This section will be to the second verse:

Waking up next to you
Got you back in my arms
Don't it feel like it used to
Like we were never apart
Never thought I would see you
Now we're loving in the dark.
We can't fight this feeling, no

The repetition of the pre-chorus and chorus will witness a similar arrangement and motif.

May be nice to end it with the song stopping, a black screen and then the scenes reversing rapidly with the music playing once again for a short amount of time for maybe the chorus. Also, halfway through the video, I could stop the music and have a swiping transition to a moment of peace and quiet whilst looking at the old man before the music resumes.