Plot and Narrative Work

Here are our initial ideas for the narrative of the video. None of these are final.

Insomnia Music Video Ideas

First shot - car or lorry driving past on road

Second shot - lying in bed, see car’s headlights in room, crane down. Music starts after a few seconds of this shot

Tap dripping in time with music (Time remapping) (ECU)

Lift shot (shown in Lift Door VFX Test blog post)

As lyrics come in, cut to Ben in bed again, then REALLY quickly cut between loads of things that are keeping him awake – tap dripping, insect flying around the room, blinds blowing in the breeze, etc.

Sees *crime at “won’t you help me find my rest - aid my sleep at my behest. Insomnia has put me to the test.” – section

In the video, he’s lying in bed trying to sleep, intercut with him singing the song in a small, fairly dark, claustrophobic (he feels trapped) room, intercut with a narrative of him seeing something that troubles him *(witnessing a murder of some sort, seeing a mugging, etc.) – why he can’t sleep

Possibly at end of video subtly show that he is dreaming – he finally fell asleep

The small room where Ben sings – very dark blue

Possibilities

It seems that he stopped the mugging, murder, etc. at the start but later on it’s revealed that he’s lying to himself to try to eliminate the guilt so he can sleep

Nathan, Michael, Tom