The document provides initial ideas for storyboarding a music video. It suggests showing a club environment in the first verse to introduce the location and actress. Specific lyrics could be visualized, such as a woman whispering to a man or a man arguing with another. The chorus should cut between performance shots and the storyline to emphasize lyrics about lust and arrogance enhanced by drugs. Edited camerawork and effects in the second chorus could help depict the taboo and intoxicated nature of the lyrics while avoiding objectifying women.

1. Lyric Analysis/Initial Ideas for Storyboarding Key words/phrases to be
Here is the where the
emphasised in the video
location for the storyline First Verse through mise-en-scene.
needs to be introduced. A
club environment would be
Here is the first
the most appropriate.
opportunity to introduce
Working on a puzzle, the pieces of your mind. the actress – location
needs to be established
before this.
This could be shown Your lies are unstoppable, your looks are Here the lyrics create
visually as a woman
whispering into a
undefined. imagery to the audience,
when combined with the
mans ear.
camera this could be the
I can’t even talk to you, my friends would kill me most powerful part of the
verse. Also the taboo nature
dead. of the imagery created
could actually support the
This could be shown genre conventions and has
to audiences as a My only vision of you is sprawled across my bed. potential to increase
man arguing or audience appeal when the
telling another man. A shot of two tablets being swallowed should be at the end of target audience is
this verse. considered.
In the first verse I think that there should be storyline shown to the audience in order to allow them to relate to the lyrics. Also in
support of this idea is the fact that the song only has two verse’s, meaning that there is limited opportunity for storyline style
shots. However due to the audience and product research I feel that an ‘intro’ to the video may be the best option as this would
establish the band and there were no strong objections to music video’s having introductions from the target audience.

2. Lyric Analysis/Initial Ideas for Storyboarding
Chorus (1)
‘Cause I am the victor you cannot mess with me,
I’ll put you in your place my dear for everyone to This should be shot back
to the storyline in order
Here the actress should
see, to keep up the audiences
be seen again as the lyrics view of the woman and to
are about her and I feel break up a long
that more emphasis is
So keep on talking the talk and I will fight the fight, performance shot.
created by the audience
having a visual image of
her, alongside the lyrics
So do what you want my love but your coming
being stressed by the home with me tonight…
song.
Coming home with me tonight.
In this first chorus the lyrics describe the thoughts of an individual. Their are clearly thoughts of lust and maybe even arrogance.
These enhanced feelings of attraction and confidence are the effect of alcohol and drugs on what are already strong human
emotions. This chorus should be shot as performance with cuts back to storyline in order to emphasise certain lyrics.

3. Lyric Analysis/Initial Ideas for Storyboarding Key words/phrases
to be emphasised in
Chorus (2) the video through
mise-en-scene.
Trekking over boundaries, into enemy Here the lyrics describe
the man ‘making his
lines. move’ and approaching
the woman. From where
he has been sitting.
Camera spinning/ erratic,
These Gary's are taking effect, I’m
possibly blurred. tripping out of my mind.
Enhanced colours in
waves.
In a crowd, walking Is this love? Or a little psychosis...
through a club.
I’m on top of my game, I’m the Camera should steady
and regain focus on the
champion of this. actress.
This second verse is the verse where the editing and camera really needs to be used to maximum effect to give the video impact.
The lyrics are of a taboo nature and the way in which the lyrics describe actions and people could be deemed as derogatory
towards women as the song in some ways objectifies them. However I think that the camera and editing could be used to almost
lesson the theme of objectifying women and ultimately give appeal to the secondary audience of young women.