FINAL IDEA

The theme of my music video, which is to the song 'Regrets' by Everything Everything, will be horror with a slight thriller and creepiness aspect added to this. The video will follow the physiological journey of a teenage girl and how she is being engulfed by her overthinking thoughts. The thoughts will be deeply depressive due to the regrets she has been holding onto throughout her life, linking to the title of the song. The audience never finds out what the girl's regrets actually are leaving a sense of curiosity and mystery in the video. Though her thoughts are never made clear I will make her mental state obvious due to the low key lighting and intense flashing lights creating a dark and gloomy mood. In addition, her body language and facial expressions will also accentuate her melancholic feelings. At the beginning of the video she will wear neat and smart clothing with professional hair and make-up, which will eventually get destroyed. At the end of the video the girl will be left with ripped clothing, messy hair and smudged make-up symbolizing  the struggles of her life and the physical effects of her regrets. I may also include evidence of physical abuse or self-harming such as cuts and bruises to continue this idea.
The main cause of the girl's overthinking about her mysterious regrets is due to her devilish guilt conscious playing on her mind. The guilty conscious will be acted out by a middle aged man who will lip sync to the lyrics of the song, particularly the repetition of 'regrets, regrets'. This means my video will be both narrative and performance based. I want the man to appear intimidating and frightening which I hope to portray by using a low angle shot to heighten the actor connoting power and strength. The man has power over the girls thoughts and causes her to remind herself of her dreadful past consisting her regrets. To create this this character I took inspiration from the evil laugh that feautes near the end of the song, which reminded me of villains in action and horror films.