I took some night shots of my street because I had an idea of another setting.
I thought that maybe the Lunatic could walk out onto his street. He looks up at the lamp-post closest to him. He then looks down and sees THE LAUGHING MAN standing under the light - as if he were being spotlit. The Lunatic runs back into the house.
I'm not sure whether to include this because it is set outside of the house. I want that sense of seclusion and claustrophobia - and I fear that I'll lose that with these shots. But I love the darkness and the emptiness of the street, which looks a lot like a dreamscape.
I also wish to use my back garden as a location. I think it is quite a good setting for the lyric "The lunatic is on the grass".
Like in my "Practice Filming" video, I'm going to have my protagonist - THE LUNATIC - sitting in front of the tree in the centre. The camera will move gradually toward him in a dolly as the music continues. In the edit, I'll keep cutting it so when singing is involved, we can see him singing it. Also in the edit I will reduce the colour more, perhaps giving it a more grey and depressing look - since that is the overall style of the video. THE LAUGHING MAN will only be featured towards the end of the video in this location, looming over the LUNATIC as he sits there.
The final exterior location will be in Knole Park, just on the edge of the forest. I have previously used this location for other film projects:
I think that this place a surreal vibe to it. I love the fallen tree-trunk being in between two standing trees. I also think that it would be good to have THE LAUGHING MAN sitting on one side and THE LUNATIC sitting on the other. I plan on naming the bad "GOOD VERSUS EVIL", so this idea would suit this identity. In the edit, I will darken it to make it seem more surreal and dark. It will be difficult to carry all of our equipment to Knole Park, but we managed before!
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