Final Proposal: Pulling Ideas Together

As a summary of my music video ideas and concepts I have decided to produce a final proposal. 

Synopsis
The idea for my music video centers around a female with an illness who slowly deteriorates throughout the video. At the outset she is seen to be getting ready for a party but she is unsteady on her feet and not sure that she wants to go. Nevertheless, she goes to leave her house but suddenly decides to return home shortly after leaving as she doesn't think she's ready: "Even thinking about going out alone makes me wan't to say/ No I'm going to stay home". She rushes back upstairs, at which point we see a flashback to her making the decision to miss a crucial hospital appointment in order to go to the party. It then flashes forwards to her getting a box of old memories and going to sit outside with them. She opens the box, lights the candles and looks at the pictures. It cuts to a scene where she is sprawled on the grass, candles still lit and photos around her. There's a pan up her arm and an empty pill bottle is shown near her hand with only a couple of pills scattered on the floor. The video ends on a cliffhanger. 

Performance
I have chosen to break the video up by including a performance aspect. Sophie will be playing Emily; playing the guitar and 'singing' along to the track. I will film her when the sun is setting to ensure the light works well. The location I am using for this is on a bridge, my reason for this is because it's a metaphor for Heather's character: she is crossing the bridge from illness to possible death due to the decisions she's making. 

Camera Angles and Editing
Although not explicit, I am using the camera angles to signal Heather's deterioration in the music video. The shots of her passed out on the grass are all high angled which makes her seem inferior and weak (due to her illness). The shots of her during the narrative are also positioned at a slightly higher angle and they gradually look down on her more to represent her character's decline. The cuts are mostly straight jump cuts but there are a few transitions (see shot list for extended information on transitions).