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SET IT OFF
SET IT OFF
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M
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 all alone.
Only sleep will free him from his waking nightmare.
Only death will allow him to sleep.
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. First person
shot of his hands, shaking and becoming distorted.
Television turns itself on, features the band playing the
song. Character walks towards it angrily as we go into the
television to where the band is playing. Singer taps his
watch to emphasize lost time.
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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 disappears and he
falls, in slow motion, to the floor. Cuts to a clock smashing in
slow motion and then cuts to the band, has multiple shots around
the band.
Focus on the band, camera spins around them. Cuts to the feet of
the character lying on the floor. A series of fast cuts moves
the camera up his body to his still, lifeless face.
