1. Creative Ideas and Scheduling

The track we'll be using for this coursework will be my friends song called 'Glass Wall' by Nana. As he is the writer and performer of the song, we thought that it would be best if he was in the music video himself. The song is about heartbreak, so it is a sad song. His girlfriend cheats on him with Nana's best friend and he feels really depressed and heartbroken so he decides to commit suicide in the end. We also didn't have copyright issues as the track belongs to Nana, which is an advantage for us.

 
In the music video, we would need three people to perform, the best friend, the girl and Nana himself. This would symbolise their so called 'love' and the importance of their relationship for Nana himself and that nothing else was so important yet heart breaking in his life. We like the idea of the video being slow motion because its a contrast of how everything happened so fast and unexpectedly. This effect is also not always used, which would make it unique compared to other music videos. A video that inspired us with the whole slow motion effect was Jhene Aiko Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle) video because her storyline was the same with her boyfriend cheating on her with someone else. We will include a lot of lip syncing in our music video, I think this will symbolise Nana's seriousness by looking directly at the camera/ to the audience, as it is a serious subject for him.

The lyrics of the song we chose are:

Verse
You took a broken heart, mended it then crushed it again
Man I don't even blame you, I was only trying to save you
But that only went and got my stupid self in a mess
Coz there’s a glass wall stuck between the both of us
Yeah I can see the real you
So many attempts trying to penetrate through your insecurities reaching out so I could feel you

(These first four bars of lyrics shows a personal account of the regret of the main character for getting involved with the Ex-Girlfriend. Which will be represented in the first three shots of the storyboard. Showing the thoughts running through his mind)

But I failed, so arguments turn into fights, and fights turn into wars
I’m tired of all the lies and the violations
Tired of trying to fight a never ending situation
Tired of feeling used for your own gain, what’s the point of fighting if you don’t feel the same way?
The real you is like a butterfly, behind the glass wall but all I see is your ugly side
 
(This shows an oxymoron between track and video. Although the audience will be watching them go through good times in his flash back, the lyrics in the verse suggest that even though it was all smiles in the begging it was a frustrated relationship this will be represented in the next six shots)

And now thanks to you, I built my own wall
I won’t ever let another woman drain me, I won't ever let another woman faze
Coz what you've done to me turned me crazy
And what I didn't realize was that trying to find the real you, only ended up I me losing myself
Ending up in me fooling myself, maybe you're the glass wall and nobodies behind it.

(These lyrics lead up to the climax of the song where the pace of the video begins to speed up, where he is about to catch his GF red handed. Chorus begins when he walks through his living room door and facial expression is shown from his reaction to what he see’s)
  
Chorus
And I've been drowning in your love
I’m suffocation I can’t swim no more
So let me breathe
Let me breathe
Oh let me breath oh let me breathe
Once again, hey hey yeah yeah once again. 

(These lyrics represent the emotional drain and stress he has gone through and has finally had enough. This is represented by him preparing the bath tub to drown himself. “Let me breathe” represents the relief that death will bring him being the only thing he believes will take a away the pain)