First Idea

After my research, I finally put together my first idea; my main character will be walking forwards whilst everyone else is gong backwards. In the first shot, my main character (a young girl, preferably around 16-18) will be in an unfamiliar setting, such as a forest or a field, without much of an idea of how she got there, and throughout it will become more apparent as to how she got there as the video unfolds. As she goes forwards, the things happening around her happen in reverse, which will show the audience what happened to her and how she got to where she is.

I thought I could make the things in reverse around her look quite effective such as people walking and doing activities backwards, rain going upwards, wind blowing in the opposite direction, etc.

To make the girl walk forwards while everyone goes backwards, I will film the girl walking in reverse while other people and things happen normally, and then I will play the film in reverse and it will seem as though the girl is normal whilst other things are backwards. I partially got the idea from this from Coldplay's "The Scientist" video, where Chris Martin (The singer) is walking backwards and everything is happening in reverse, and partially got the idea from the Slipknot video for "Vermillion" where the world around the girl is moving to fast for her to keep up with, and I also like her jagged movements. Although the movements of my character walking forwards may look a little odd, I like this because it makes her different and stand out even more so, and it relates to the idea behind the video; basically the video shows the girl being different and on her own, and although the world is a bit backwards, she is still being herself when everyone else frowns upon it. This idea came from the lyrics in the song I have chosen, "Still let me tell you that I love who you are"; this shows that it is good to be yourself and that you should stay true to being who you are.