Talking to some of the classmates in my group, I narrowed down the ideas that we had in place so far: Half of the video is the band performing the song, "Breathe." The other half is the story, which takes place in the abandoned home we're filming the performance in. So far we're thinking that Madison, the vocalist in the band, will play the main character.
Off of that idea, they suggested that we ask the band members if they have personal experiences with mental health struggles and incorporate them into the storyline. I really like this idea, but I doubt that the band will give much input.
They also suggested that the house is symbolic of the main character's mental state: broken down and decayed. One classmate said we could really emphasize this point through visuals, such as showing destructive behaviors to make it obvious that the house represents their mental state, like the character breaking objects in there, or perhaps that they're trapped in the house, and wrecking it shows how (symbolically) they are breaking free from it. Or, on the other hand, the rest of the band members come together to free her from her trapped state of mind, and as a group, they leave the home at the end.
The set we're working with is in a field, where a herd of cows lives far away from the house. I'm thinking that maybe if there’s a friendly cow around, we could film one of the band members or Madison petting it; or laying down in the field, showing their free state of mind, finally at peace.
Another classmate also gave some examples of music videos that she believed reminded her of our idea, or what we could get inspiration from:
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While I like these videos, and the latter in particular is a great example of a half performance/half story music video, we don't have access to these elaborate sets and props shown. Saving Herald also has their own visions in mind for the music video and doing as ambitious an idea as Paramore's music video doesn't align with what the band is looking for.
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