My music video treatment

1. DLZ Music Video
Treatment

2. door opens criminal walks through leaving
small blood trail, close up of blood,
establishing shot of mugging location, close
up of blood and wallet at mugging location,
symmetrical shots of mugging location, slow
creep in of camera onto injured criminal,
camera flips up and cuts. Establishing
long shots of mugging location and of
the two houses (blue tint), shows close ups of
messy room and clean more upper class
room (orange tint),
crane of criminal lying in bed, close up of
alcohol and cigarettes
crane of victim getting up, close up of shoes
and hoodie being grabbed.
close up of lit cigarette, long shot criminal
sitting outside, close up of looking face, knife
on the table shot reverse shot
victim grabs wallet of counter close up, pan
left to right shot of walking and shot lowers
to legs walking
Congratulations on the mess you
made of things
On trying to reconstruct the air and all
that brings
And oxidation is the compromise you
own
But this is beginning to feel like the
dog wants her bones saved
You force your fire then you falsify
your deeds
Your methods dot the disconnect
from all your creeds
And fortune strives to fill the vacuum
that it feeds
But this is beginning to feel like the
dog's lost her lead
This is beginning to feel like the long
winded blues of the never
This is beginning to feel like it's
curling up slowly
and finding a throat to choke
Lyrics and Shots

3. Criminal grabs knife, throws on hoodie, goes out
pan right to left shot, legs shot
long shot of victim walking left to right on the
pavement (warm colours)
Criminal walking down pavement right to left, head
down, hood up and hands in pockets. (grey mute
colours)
following shot of victim walking towards alley,
framed on the left hand side.
following shot of criminal walking towards alley,
framed on the right hand side.
close up, low angle of criminal power walking
towards the ally
POV of victim entering ally
POV of criminal watching victim entering ally,
internal framing
This is beginning to feel like the long
winded blues of the never
Barely controlled locomotive consuming the
picture
and blowing the crows, the smoke
This is beginning to feel like the long
winded blues of the never
Static explosion devoted to crushing the broken
and shoving their souls to ghost
Eternalized, objectified
You set your sights so high
But this is beginning to feel like
the bolt busted loose from the lever
Never you mind
Death professor
Your structure's fine
My dust is better
Your victim flies so high
All to catch a bird's eye view of who's next

4. top down shot of bongos or drum being tapped, profile silhouette singing
'lalala' victim walks past leaning criminal, criminal confronts, pushes, both
arguing
silhouette singing 'lalala'
Criminal punches diagonally down over shoulder hides hit, handheld camera
victim jumps up and he pushes criminal against wall, camera pans left to right
still looking at the centre of the two characters
handheld running towards the two fighting, shakiness hides explicit violence
POV shot of criminal grabbed onto victim
POV shot of victim grabbed onto mug both push each other away, victims
phone falls on the floor, close up
maybe have cuts of slow zoom out of criminal lying face up injured
also cuts of bongos and singing
Victim chases criminal in a following shot down the ally
360 shot going around victim showing he’s lost the criminal.
Longshot of criminal returning to home, close up of blood trail left on
doorstep
Slow zoom out of criminal breathing rapidly, cut to black.
Time-lapse of sky represents day going by.
Cuts to victim entering home which is framed on the left. Slow pull in over
shoulder while victim reads article ‘R
Never you mind
Death professor
Love is life
My love is better
Eyes could be the diamonds
Confused with who's next
Never you mind
Death professor
Your shocks are fine
My struts are better
Your fiction flies so high
Y'all could use a doctor
Who's sick, who's next?
Never you mind
Death professor
Electrified, my love is better
It's crystallized, so'm I
All could be the diamond
Fused with who's next
This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever
This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever
This is beginning to feel like the dawn of a loser forever

5. Lighting
I will use available light in my music
video, ideally it will be dark and
moody with a blue tint in the fight
scene, similar to the two shots that
are shown from attack on the left.
I have chosen a moody lighting
style because I think it reflects
the song well, the song DLZ
feels dark and threatening as
do a lot of the lyrics. The
available lighting choice will
make it seem more real and
therefore more intense.

6. Props and costume
Criminal (Male)
• Red hoodie
• Trainers
• Tracksuit trousers
• Black shirt
• Fake knife
Victim (Male)
• Bright green
hoodie
• Skate shoes
• Blue jeans
• Blue shirt
• phone
The red hoodie signifies that the character is
dangerous, due to the connotations of red e.g.
blood. The tattered shoes and tracksuit trousers
tells the audience this character may be from a
lower class family compared to the victim. The
black shirt makes the hoodie stand out more.
The knife is the weapon used to threaten in the
fight scene.
The bright green hoodie signifies that this character
is less dangerous and more moral. Blue jeans and
skate shoes add a casual sense to the character as
well as relating to the target audience because this
style is quite common among indie music fans. The
phone will be the object which the criminal desires, it
will be the centre of the fight.

7. Location
The main locations in the music video will be St. Stephens
underpass, an alley on St. Stephens street and my house.
I have chosen to film in St. Stephens underpass because the
available light is usually dim and gloomy, but enough to see
what's happening. It also has interesting artwork on the walls
that I may film. Overall the location has potential for some good
symmetrical shots due to the great perspective lines of the walls
and floor.
The alley shown on the left is a perfect place to film the scene of
conflict because its very narrow which creates a natural sense of
claustrophobia as well as looking rough and run down which will
compliment the mise en scene style in the music video. The
available light there will be just dim enough for the video as
well.
Finally I have chosen this bedroom in my house to film the
criminal’s scenes because I can make it up to look rough
because its in my own house and easy to access, It also has
many different lights which will allow me to control the light
intensity.

8. Plot summary
Follows evening of a criminal that attempts to attack and steal the victims phone, the motivation
for the attack is unknown. Shots of the aftermath of what happened that evening are intercepted
in the walking scenes and scenes of instruments playing as well as each characters actions before
the event, this creates enigma. The victim and criminal are followed through the streets, they
meet and there is a conflict. The criminal gets the victims phone but is injured and runs, the victim
chases him but loses him. The criminal returns home the aftermath shots are fore filled, he lies on
his bed injured. The final shot is the victim facing the criminals house.