Synopsis & Treatment

Synopsis

Our music video is going to follow the codes and conventions of a generic horror movie. The introduction to our music video will consist of many shots of the killer getting ready to leave and go to murder the victims one by one. Our music video will consist of a chase sequence between 3 people and a killer; the different people will be chased and killed in the 3 different verses of the song. In the chorus’ the shots will consist of a TV with the killers mouth lip syncing to the song, also in these chorus’ there will be chase scenes and shots of the killer walking around the areas. Throughout the music video the killers’ identity will not be revealed to show a sense of mystery.

Treatment

For the introduction of our music video there will be many shots of the killer getting ready to leave and go out to murder the victims one by one, we are going to do this as a tribute to the opening credits of the TV series Dexter. It will be quite dark with light only focusing on the main parts of the killer; his face, his hands etc. In one shot there will be a knife, with the killers face reflected off it to give a sense of mystery and since there will not be any weapons shown during our video, let the viewer know there is a weapon involved. This intro sequence will give the viewer an idea of how the rest of the video is going to pan out.

For the first verse we are going to use some abandoned areas around the college and the area near the college parking lot as the scenes for the first chase. This will involve Victim 1 running away from the killer through these areas, we are shooting day for night to give the music video a darker feel to it. The killer follows victim 1 to a locked door which the victim tries to open to escape. The shot cuts to a close up of the killers face which is how every murder shot will end because we are not going to carry a knife around public places.
The second verse will completely shot in first person as if the viewer themselves are running from the killer to add a sense of fear. Victim 2 will be running through a park to try to escape the killer, this is a public place, and added with the first person view we want to give the viewer a feel that they are not going to be safe wherever they go. Like verse 1 this will be shot day for night. The end of this scene will result in the victim falling over in the park and turning and looking up to see the killers face over them. There will then be a close up of the killers face over them before it cuts to the second Chorus
Verse three will show victim 3 being chased through an abandoned industrial estate which is by the docks. This is a typical horror film moment where you would be saying “no don’t go in there” as halfway through the verse victim 3 will run into an abandoned warehouse. An abandoned area is a typical setting for horror films so we thought this would be a good idea. This will be shot day for night like the rest of the music video to keep the view of it all seem smooth.

The first Chorus will be shot in Shaun’s garage with a TV on top of a wooden box of some sort, it will just have a wall as the background to get the viewer to just concentrate on the TV itself. On the TV will be Shaun’s mouth lip syncing to the chorus, but since he is wearing a mask in the rest of the music video it is just hoping the audience will assume it’s the killer. You will only see his mouth on the screen as to not reveal the killers identity.
The second chorus will kind of be the same, except it will carry n from the second verse where victim 2 is killed. The TV will show the killers fave, then the camera tilting to the side where we will be able to see victim 3 clearly in shot going to run away. This will be followed with the killer lip syncing to teh rest of the chorus
The third Chorus is played twice at the end of the film as the music is playing the song out, on this you will see the deaths of the three victims with shots of the killer walking around, as the chorus plays round the second time it will be an extreme close up of the TV with the killers mouth lip syncing to the chorus. At the end of this as the final part of the music is playing, a shot of the killer walking away will play as the music video ends.