Initial Ideas for music video

Genre- pop music (narrative music video)

Band name- Oblivion 

Song- Be Alright by Dean Lewis

Cast- 
Danny- Main Protagonist, Male
Ben- Friend of main protagonist, Male
Emmy- Love interest of main protagonist, Female

Audience- aimed at 16-25 year olds as the main audience

Fashion style- Dull clothes (Grey, Black, White) and 'washed out' colours to match the tone and colours of the music video 

Basic ideas
Starts off with main character being alone and shows how lonely he is.

Starts with a photo book to show that he wasn't always alone and something must of happened to his partner, creating an enigma.

Shows main character getting ready for the day with the background looking a bit messy to show since he has been alone he's found it hard to cope

When he gets ready he goes back upstairs to look through his photo book again, but gets a text from his friend asking to go out

Friend later picks him up in the car to help the main character take his mind off things and to help him move on

A few shots cutting back to reality and flashbacks of when the main character and his partner were together and shows the main character by himself.

Friend drops the main character off at the church and drives off so the music video does a full loop and is back on his own at the end of the video.

Mystery is concluded as the next part shows the main character walking through the graveyard and mourning the death of his partner.

Intertextual reference to the Netflix show Afterlife by the way the music video starts is in a similar manor to the episodes and the same shot is used during the graveyard scene. Main character also walks around with his hands in his pockets a lot just like the main character Tony does on Afterlife.

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