Treatment Sheet

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SET IT OFF
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M
DEAD
DEAD

2. ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ is the nightmarish
story of a teen with insomnia. The never-ending
nightmare of insomnia is a story that
many teens will be able to relate to.
The moment when time just comes to a
standstill and you feel like you’re trapped
in an unending darkness for the rest of
eternity is the exact moment that is captured
within this film.
Throughout the night, the teen becomes more
and more broken. The process sped up by the
beat of the song. Tortured by the
increasingly distorted and grotesque images
that surround him, representing the slow
disintegration of his mind as it tears itself
apart.
As his mind starts to break down, so do his
surroundings. Visions of his bedroom objects
exploding and dissipating ensconce his mind.
His pleas for help are heard by no one. He is

4. NARRATIVE
+ OVERALL VIDEO PLAN

5. Video opens with the sad piano, move across a
dark room. A cowering figure is eventually
revealed, slowly coming into focus.
Song kicks in, cut to the singers face. Zoom out
to reveal rest of the band performing in a dark
room. Multiple cuts around the band, focusing on
different members. Tears of blood flow down the
singers face.
Chorus kicks in. Cut to cowering figure, holding
his head and quivering intensely. Cuts between
him and band a few times while he tries to stand
up. Falls in slow motion, static and distortion
increases.
Focuses on his eyes as he falls, cuts to a
rotating shot around the band. Switches between
the band and the character, both him and the
singer laughing demonically. Shot of clock in
sync with the clock audio.
Cut to character, acting shaky and nervous.

7. Camera focuses on main character, holding legs
and crying on floor. Broken television can be
seen behind him. Cuts to singer, singing next
line with eyes open very wide. Cuts back to
character crying on floor while screen is
pulsating.
Cuts to a close-up of his face and then back to
the band. Cuts to the character and then spins
around him as he sits up against the wall,
shaking and looking around the room until he sees
something in the dark.
A beastly apparition appears through some crazy
cutting and flashing. The beast smashes the
characters head against the wall.
Scene focuses on the band as they call out to the
audience just as in the lyrics. They will begin
to head bang and other shots will be shown of the
audience they are shouting to.
Camera cuts back to the character as the beast