I've finished editing the footage I shot last weekend. This is basically a rough version of what the finished product should be like. I'm sticking to the same song and practically the same scenario. Hope you enjoy it!
The fact that he is sitting on the grass is a contribution to the lyrics. In this respect, it makes the relationship between the lyrics and visuals - according to Goodwin - illustrative. I also wanted to make the protagonist - who I've named the LUNATIC - seem solitary in quite a wide landscape. This is similar to what Stanley Kubrick achieved in The Shining. Like The Shining, I also included many surreal elements to indicate the Lunatic's growing insanity. Here, I've included a red watering-can with an iconic Melting Clock - made so by the famous surrealist painter, Salvidor Dali. It also presents the theme of time, which recurs throughout the album (particularly the song Time).
The shots of the Lunatic laying in his bed indicates that he is having a delusion - one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. But I want the audience to question whether he is having the delusion whilst on the bed, on while he's on the grass. This shot involves more handheld work to represent his mindset. His mindset is wavering and active in his own delusion.
The use of the key is alluding to what I'm going to include afterwards. Syd Barrett - the person who I base the Lunatic on - allegedly kept his girlfriend under lock and key for three days, only giving her biscuit rations which he passed under the door.
I made my actor wear all black to prepare the audience for the darkness of the video. To increase this intended effect, I desaturated the colour of the video to give it a more depressing feel.
The fact that he is sitting on the grass is a contribution to the lyrics. In this respect, it makes the relationship between the lyrics and visuals - according to Goodwin - illustrative. I also wanted to make the protagonist - who I've named the LUNATIC - seem solitary in quite a wide landscape. This is similar to what Stanley Kubrick achieved in The Shining. Like The Shining, I also included many surreal elements to indicate the Lunatic's growing insanity. Here, I've included a red watering-can with an iconic Melting Clock - made so by the famous surrealist painter, Salvidor Dali. It also presents the theme of time, which recurs throughout the album (particularly the song Time).
The shots of the Lunatic laying in his bed indicates that he is having a delusion - one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. But I want the audience to question whether he is having the delusion whilst on the bed, on while he's on the grass. This shot involves more handheld work to represent his mindset. His mindset is wavering and active in his own delusion.
The use of the key is alluding to what I'm going to include afterwards. Syd Barrett - the person who I base the Lunatic on - allegedly kept his girlfriend under lock and key for three days, only giving her biscuit rations which he passed under the door.
I made my actor wear all black to prepare the audience for the darkness of the video. To increase this intended effect, I desaturated the colour of the video to give it a more depressing feel.
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