Treatment

The outline for a story is based around a couple who are reflecting on their past time together. We are aiming to link the lyrics in with the story and use flashbacks in order to do this. The male, who is portrayed as the lead singer of the band has lost his girlfriend and is reflecting on what time was like with her. We show at the beginning him spending time with his friends however he does not seem happy and appears as if something is missing. His friends are laughing and joking with him in the car however we aim to portray him as distracted and not joining in with the laughter.

It is clear through the video that he misses the time they spent together. We then cut to him travelling in his car alone in order to reflect his loneliness. The ex boyfriend then begins to reflect on pastimes he had with her. Hollie and I plan to use flashbacks in order to emphasise this point, where we will reflecting on key moments in their relationship. These include them having fun together and breaking up. When they are having fun it coincides with the lyrics 'these days are dead and gone'.

These times are contrasted as the girlfriend is faded out signifying the couple breaking up, something which the lead singer obviously regrets and reflects in his lyrics, 'regrets are all excuses to be bad'. Throughout the video the girlfriend is shown with her new boyfriend, and at two points during the promo the main male sees them together with the envy clear to see.

During one of these clips a shot reverse shot of both facial expressions will be used so the audience are able to see both peoples feelings on how they feel about the situation. This is during the male playing a concert while his ex grilfriend is watching. This links in nicely with the idea of the band performing. On the other clip, slow motion is used which conveys the girl looking back at the male when she walks past him in the street with her new boyfriend.

During the next chorus the video focuses on the girlfriend and how she feels about it. The main male looks in his rear view mirror and the shot cuts to the woman holiding her head in her hands showing her despair and confusion, we then cut back to the main singer in order to convey it is his words that are adding to the confusion and it portrays to the audience that this song is aimed at her. The next verse brings all 3 people in to the same scene.

We aim to portray the main males determination to win her back as he continues to appear in her life. Again we will focus on her reaction with a close up when she realises he is in sight of her. These shots are aimed to be fast paced in order to try and keep up with the tempo of the music and signify to the audience that the story is reaching the climax.

During the final chorus of the song the song title finally appears to have some relevance. The ex boyfriends feelings become clear to the audience and it becomes 'all or nothing' for him. The final thing to become clear for the audience is the destination of his journey. The camera cuts to him knocking on his ex girlfriends door. The story is then lieft on a cliffhanger as he knocks on the door and it fades to black.
Written by Sam