My Music Video - Lyric Annotations

Using the initial music video plan I present in my pitch post, I have begun to solidify said plan (with some changes which will be detailed below) in my annotations of the songs lyrics.

Firstly, I have to note that I found this extremely difficult. 

The reason this was so difficult for me was that my original intention for the music video was to explore the memories of the subject (the girl in the jaguar mask), with the conclusion of the video being that she'd embraced and appreciated the good times, but was ready to move forward in life (hence releasing the boat into the river (it's all metaphorical fluff)). Given this, I initially wanted to have the memories (GoPro footage presented projection style) appearing in abstractly in random order, but edited to fit the beat of the song. 

Of course, I can't just write "I'll figure that out later", so I found myself trying to link my abstract ideas to the lyrics. 

The result was that a story began to form - essentially, the subject attending a concert with a character connoted to be her partner -  and after a *grudging deliberation I decided to just run with this twist on the narrative. It didn't require a change in the footage I plan to acquire, just a different perspective to present in editing (easily done.) 

I'm not entirely casting off the abstract though. Instead, I've made the appropriate notes within my lyrics annotations and shot list to account for it; the abstract clips of memories (meant to represent the inside of the subject's mind) will be presented during the chorus, with the concert story taking place during the verses, and the river scene either side of the song. 

I never intended to have three different main narratives, but as they all connect to one another it's workable. 

I'm apprehensive about the amount of work I'm about to attempt in creating this, but I'm satisfied with the story I'm going to present in my video and I'm looking forward to seeing the end result.

*(My deliberation was grudging as I did not want to create a love story. It's so common a theme in music videos, and I had no intention of following the trend. 

But I have. 

I've reasoned it out with myself though that it's alright for two reasons: number 1, the song's lyrics link to love; number 2, the story holds memories of getting ready for a concert, with suggestions of love - it's still primarily about good times and memories, not their love story.)