Explanation of Narrative Part 2

At the very start of our thought process, we had the idea of having a policemen throughout the duration of the fantasy scene basically chasing after our lead singer. We felt that this would help paint a clear image to our hard rock fans that the lead singer is simply in a dream and the police officer would resemble reality trying to catch up with his fantasy which ultimately would at the end of the video. We decided to not use this idea as we felt the fact of the lead singer taking the pill alone would be clear to the audience that he is in a fantasy. This was a risk but we feel through the use of conventions with close ups and also difference in colours and editing techniques, we feel we demonstrated this which was also shown in our audience feedback.

Another idea we had for our narrative was our lead singer running in his fantasy world on London's streets. We decided to not go forward with this idea as we felt by having other members of the public present in the video, it may not be clear to the target audience as to what exactly he is doing. We felt by keeping to just the 3 band members and the doctor who feeds him the pill, it'll be easier understood by those watching the video. We instead used our lead singer running in a tunnel with his fantasy world. Techniques we used were alteration of colours as there is an over the shoulder shot of him looking at words such as 'disturbing behaviour' and also editing techniques where we were able to show our reality lead singer and fantasy lead singer next to each other side by side.

To sum up, we ended up going for an approach where our lead singer begins in his reality which is a mental institution and the pill sends him into his free fantasy world where his clothing alters and there is more freedom in location and movement. Things we did to illustrate the lead singer in his reality world were: strait jacket, chains to 'lock him up' and also anger. To show his fantasy world was a brighter coloured shirt, more movement within scenes and also the band to also promote the organic feel to the band. All of these we felt allowed us to reach out to the hard rock genre and help sell our star image as an organic band to the alienated youth.

Our narrative stemmed from a systemic problem that is simply not talked enough about in modern day society which is mental health. At school one is taught about the simple things in life. How to write, speak, make friends. But nobody is taught how to cope with mental health. It is a rising issue in the world and as a group we felt it was imperative to raise the issues as we decided to make our narrative about a mental institute patient who has everyday life struggles, takes a pill and flies into his fantasy world where he is free.