DLZ Music Video Treatment

door opens criminal walks through leaving small blood trail, close up of blood, establishing shot of mugging location, close up of blood and wallet at mugging location, symmetrical shots of mugging location, slow creep in of camera onto injured criminal, camera flips up and cuts.  Establishing long shots of mugging location and of the two houses (blue tint), shows close ups of messy room and clean more upper class room (orange tint), crane of criminal lying in bed, close up of alcohol and cigarettescrane of victim getting up, close up of shoes and hoodie being grabbed.close up of lit cigarette, long shot criminal sitting outside, close up of looking face, knife on the table shot reverse shotvictim grabs wallet of counter close up, pan left to right shot of walking and shot lowers to legs walking

Congratulations on the mess you made of thingsOn trying to reconstruct the air and all that bringsAnd oxidation is the compromise you ownBut this is beginning to feel like the dog wants her bones saved

You force your fire then you falsify your deedsYour methods dot the disconnect from all your creedsAnd fortune strives to fill the vacuum that it feedsBut this is beginning to feel like the dog's lost her lead

This is beginning to feel like the longwinded blues of the neverThis is beginning to feel like it's curling up slowlyand finding a throat to choke

Lyrics and Shots

Criminal grabs knife, throws on hoodie, goes out pan right to left shot, legs shotlong shot of victim walking left to right on the pavement (warm colours)Criminal walking down pavement right to left, head down, hood up and hands in pockets. (grey mute colours)following shot of victim walking towards alley, framed on the left hand side.following shot of criminal walking towards alley, framed on the right hand side.close up, low angle of criminal power walking towards the allyPOV of victim entering allyPOV of criminal watching victim entering ally, internal framing

This is beginning to feel like the longwinded blues of the neverBarely controlled locomotive consuming the pictureand blowing the crows, the smoke

This is beginning to feel like the longwinded blues of the neverStatic explosion devoted to crushing the brokenand shoving their souls to ghost

Eternalized, objectifiedYou set your sights so highBut this is beginning to feel likethe bolt busted loose from the lever

Never you mindDeath professorYour structure's fineMy dust is betterYour victim flies so highAll to catch a bird's eye view of who's next

top down shot of bongos or drum being tapped, profile silhouette singing 'lalala' victim walks past leaning criminal, criminal confronts, pushes, both arguing silhouette singing 'lalala'Criminal punches diagonally down over shoulder hides hit, handheld cameravictim jumps up and he pushes criminal against wall, camera pans left to right still looking at the centre of the two charactershandheld running towards the two fighting, shakiness hides explicit violencePOV shot of criminal grabbed onto victimPOV shot of victim grabbed onto mug both push each other away, victims phone falls on the floor, close upmaybe have cuts of slow zoom out of criminal lying face up injuredalso cuts of bongos and singingVictim chases criminal in a following shot down the ally360 shot going around victim showing he’s lost the criminal.Longshot of criminal returning to home, close up of blood trail left on doorstepSlow zoom out of criminal breathing rapidly, cut to black.Time-lapse of sky represents day going by.Cuts to victim entering home which is framed on the left. Slow pull in over shoulder while victim reads article ‘R

Never you mindDeath professorLove is lifeMy love is betterEyes could be the diamondsConfused with who's next

Never you mindDeath professorYour shocks are fineMy struts are betterYour fiction flies so highY'all could use a doctorWho's sick, who's next?

Never you mindDeath professorElectrified, my love is betterIt's crystallized, so'm IAll could be the diamondFused with who's next

This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever

This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever

This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever

LightingI will use available light in my music video, ideally it will be dark and moody with a blue tint in the fight scene, similar to the two shots that are shown from attack on the left.

I have chosen a moody lighting style because I think it reflects the song well, the song DLZ feels dark and threatening as do a lot of the lyrics. The available lighting choice will make it seem more real and therefore more intense.

Props and costumeCriminal (Male)• Red hoodie• Trainers• Tracksuit

trousers• Black shirt• Fake knife

Victim (Male)• Bright green

hoodie• Skate shoes• Blue jeans• Blue shirt• phone

The red hoodie signifies that the character is dangerous, due to the connotations of red e.g. blood. The tattered shoes and tracksuit trousers tells the audience this character may be from a lower class family compared to the victim. The black shirt makes the hoodie stand out more. The knife is the weapon used to threaten in the fight scene.

The bright green hoodie signifies that this character is less dangerous and more moral. Blue jeans and skate shoes add a casual sense to the character as well as relating to the target audience because this style is quite common among indie music fans. The phone will be the object which the criminal desires, it will be the centre of the fight.

Location The main locations in the music video will be St. Stephens underpass, an alley on St. Stephens street and my house.I have chosen to film in St. Stephens underpass because the available light is usually dim and gloomy, but enough to see what's happening. It also has interesting artwork on the walls that I may film. Overall the location has potential for some good symmetrical shots due to the great perspective lines of the walls and floor.

The alley shown on the left is a perfect place to film the scene of conflict because its very narrow which creates a natural sense of claustrophobia as well as looking rough and run down which will compliment the mise en scene style in the music video. The available light there will be just dim enough for the video as well.

Finally I have chosen this bedroom in my house to film the criminal’s scenes because I can make it up to look rough because its in my own house and easy to access, It also has many different lights which will allow me to control the light intensity.

Plot summary

Follows evening of a criminal that attempts to attack and steal the victims phone, the motivation for the attack is unknown. Shots of the aftermath of what happened that evening are intercepted in the walking scenes and scenes of instruments playing as well as each characters actions before the event, this creates enigma. The victim and criminal are followed through the streets, they meet and there is a conflict. The criminal gets the victims phone but is injured and runs, the victim chases him but loses him. The criminal returns home the aftermath shots are fore filled, he lies on his bed injured. The final shot is the victim facing the criminals house.