Okay...
A lot has changed recently, my idea is going in a new direction; I'll explain why. So my initial idea was quite gritty, raw and fresh... It was simple but maintained a feel of British Social Realism, like a short film and a message about the youth of south England. Then it got diluted and watered down and ended up becoming what I'd see as a pop video and I couldn't produce that idea as I have no passion for it at all. I think it's best to nip it in the bud and change direction before I spend too long running towards a dead end!
SO!
Now my idea is about a young guy who spends a night alone in his room consuming a variety of vices; alcohol, cocaine and smoking, whilst watching films... Then when the sun rises he gets ready to go out as if he's just been pre drinking before a night out!
In the video above the main guy is drunk and quite an extrovert but everyone else reacts well to him as they're in the same state. My video will show my character drunk and misbehaving/causing trouble but the people around him will not react so well. So it's subverting the convention of the typical party video where everyones drunk and bouncing off each other.
The idea then is that at some point he's text someone and raised an alarm with them, then the last minute of the video is split screened with the receiver of the text looking around town for him and ends up finding him either on the edge of something or in some other life threatening situation. Sort of like the video below ---vvv---
Not the context of the video, but the feel that's created when he runs up the stairs to her and the resolve is quite nice.
I'm using my Nephew, Elliot (who's older than me) and his girlfriend, Lucy. They both now live in Bournemouth where my sister, Julie also lives so in the half term I'm getting the train booked to go down there and hopefully I'll be able to film everything I need!
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