Planning for the music video

Firstly, we searched for the lyrics of the song, which are;

Everything Lies lyrics

Don't hide behind that pretty face of yours
You've got everyone believing that you would never be this deceiving, pretty eyes
I can see through all the lies you tell
That sweet exterior is what you were
And now you are becoming something new

And I can be broken just as you now seem to be
And well you should go on now but it will have to be without me
Cause everything lies between you and me

You think this song is all about you
You say I've done all the changing while I'm watching all your rearranging, silly boy
You seem to constantly out do yourself
Why don't you admit that you're not fit to try to run a race against me, yeah

And I can be broken just as you now seem to be
And well you can go on now but it will have to be without me
Cause I can be broken just as you now seem to be
And well you can go on now but it will have to be without me
Cause everything lies between you and me

See everything lies
between you and me
Everything lies
Ohhh
Everything lies between you and me

You can go on now but it will have to be without me
And, I can be broken just as you now seem to be
And well you can go on now but it will have to be without me
Cause I can be broken just as you now seem to be
And well you can go on now but it will have to be without me
Cause everything lies
Everything lies
Everything lies
Between you and me

We have interpreted the lyrics to be about a girl who had a boyfriend who was quite 'full of himself', messed her around and possibly cheated on her, so she left him and now he may be regretting the way he acted towards her.

General ideas for the music video;

• Some of the edits are going to be on the beat and some are going to be edited to the lyrics - so we can emphasise certain phrases and lyrics within the song.
• The music video will be co-dominated by a narrative and performance, the verses will be dominated by the narrative and have some aspects of performance in them whereas the chorus will be dominated by performance and have some narrative incorporated. Towards the end of the song there will be a balance of both.
• The basic structure of the narrative will be losely based on Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory. The first stage, which is equilibrium will be shown in the first verse, where the female singer and the male are a happy couple. The second stage, which is the equilibrium will be disrupted will be shown in the second verse, the male cheats on the female singer with another girl. The final stage is a new equilibrium is produced, this will be shown when the female singer breaks up with the male. This links to Andrew Goodwin's theory of conflict being restored. We are going to show within the music video the female walking away from the male, as the music has a closing beat to it after the slight change in it and lyrically the words "Everything Lies" are repeated, as borrowed from the chorus.
  

Casting for the music video;

• Main parts - Charlotte (me) as the female singer (also referred to as female 1), Kelly as female 2, Tom Bee as the male.
• Extra's are still to be decided and asked.
  

Locations for the music video;

• Countesthorpe community college's - theatre, drama studio, infront of design, and the field which is shared with leysland.
• Winchester Road.
• Tom Bee's house, infront of his house & on his road (the pathway on his road).
• Kelly's house.
  

Props and things we need;

• Video camera, digital camera, tripod, a dolly, greenscreen fabric, duck tape, make-up, a rose (maybe more than one), several photo's of me & tom, pieces of paper which are made to look like letters, brush, gel/wax, microphone & stand, a drum kit, a sign saying 'Everything Lies' on it, two A4 sized pictures of me and Tom, gym equiptment, mobile phone.
  

The actors in our music video will be wearing a variety of different clothes throughout which isn't demonstrated by the images.

Storyboard:

Audience feedback after they had listened to our song & read/looked at our storyboard & any advice:

• I think it's good, well planned, take time filming - so it will live up to what you want it to be.
• Detailed and well planned.
• Detailed, it fits to the song - could do a little selection of storyboard - filmed & edited to show people an example.
• It's good, goes with song well

• Story sounds good, goes with song cause it's angry.
• Looks good - likes blended lips with other shots.

• It's good - asked how long it took to put the storyboard together.
• Really good.
• It's very interesting & It will keep everyone interested - there's a lot going on. When I first heard the song I thought of just two people being involved however after looking at the storyboard, it goes well & the storyline is better with a 3rd person - like a love triangle.
• I like it - it goes with the story - you & others should make it look convincing, & look like your taking it seriously but have fun & try not to laugh when acting unless your meant to.