Pitch

These are my ideas for my pitch so far.

My music video will be even-based.  It will focus on one character who seems to have a memory of the past.  The video will follow through his memories, and also detail the setting.  Most of it will be set in the past through flashbacks.

I will play the main character in the music video and I also have planned out what will happen in the music video.

I have analysed some CD covers and band websites as inspirational texts for the album promotional package that I will be making.

(Opening shows area with falling leaves.)

The main character looks down at an old black-and-white photo.

Main Character then paces the room, sitting back on a chair and drinking from a chalice.

The memory comes in, slightly more greyscaled, showing the main character walking through the rain, looking downwards with a look of deep emotion on his face.  The memory keeps fading in and out as the video progresses.

I am planning to film some of the scenes possibly at home, and some in college.  I also hope to use outdoor scenery to show falling leaves and dead trees.  Indoor locations and props will prove important to the video, as a lot of the story will focus on these aspects.

The main character in the video will also be the only character.  He is a young male, tall and thin.  He is pale and has dark hair, and eyes that display a lot of emotion.  He is tormented by frightening nightmares and memories of the past that he wishes to erase and yet knows that he cannot.

The story will take place in a number of settings.  I just need two rooms with some props which I have myself at home.  I need to film also an outdoor setting with autumn leaves falling, so I have a time constraint here.

Why art mine eyes so closed to all such things that bring these joys of youth once loved?

The basic ideas for my music video so far.

The character- I will play the character in my video.  He is a young man, rather tall, and with pale white skin and long dark hair.  His eyes have dark outlines, reflecting his weariness at the miseries and torments that life can bring, so filled with love and hate entwined.  His mind is confused at all things that pass, knowing that the torments he has faced are just beginning, and that they will never truly end.  And the memories, yea, the memories will never truly leave him.  And in his happiest moments when joyful thoughts do cross his mind, when it seems that all his frightful nightmares have passed him and are now a far-distant memory, when he feels just a small fraction of the truest love and merriment that all are born to know, it is then that the sky grows dark.  And yea, even in that moment when he forgets his past and finally feels the happiness of the present, when he thinks his memories are gone, it is then that they return.  He may hide, indeed he may try to hide in darkness where none can see, but the memories- those horrific phantoms of a tortured mind- they will always find him, and no matter how he begs for mercy, they will always torment him with a hellish fury. 
Those around him do not know of course, and not understanding his suffering they will continue to laugh about it as if it was some childish game, these things that do haunt him so.  And they do not know how they mentally torture him, forcing him to re-live his living hell at every moment, except when he dreams.  But alas- dreams are dreams and life is life.

Video ideas

I am thinking of songs to make music videos to.  Here are some good songs:

 

The first song is a very romantic and beautiful song.  It has some horror-inspired music, which I liked and found interesting.  The sound effects were also very nice and gentle.  LAM is a Gothic/Darkwave band, incorporating some of the themes that I feel will go along well with the plot of my video.

The second song is also very beautiful and seems to be reflective in nature.  The melody is very calming and I like the general sound and feel to it.  I also feel that the ending is very dramatic and I like the lyrical content.

The third song is a song that I like the lyrics to a lot, and I also like the beat and the way the song progresses.  It is a dark New Wave song by Depeche Mode, and I like the sounds the synthesizers create and how the mood to this song also seems very reflective.

The fourth song is another somewhat Goth song, which is by The Cure.  This song is similar to the second one in that it has a very reflective mood to it and the lyrics seem very romantic and deep.

Last Year

I feel that I did well in my exams at A/S level.  I feel that my coursework may have done well enough but I think I could have gotten a higher mark and missed it because of the quality of my photos.  So I am re-doing my coursework.

"Dry your eyes and quietly bear this pain with pride, for heaven shall remember the silent and the brave. And promise me they will never see, the fear within our eyes (my eyes are closed). We will give strength to those who still remain"- The Cruxshadows, Winterborn

Here is a picture of me: