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Concept
This video would use the song Insomnia by Faithless.
We open on a shot of the moon before panning down to reveal our protagonist, the
Insomniac. He tosses and turns as the song rises, then his eyes shoot open as the
beat kicks in. After he realises he can’t sleep he sits up, rubbing his eyes. His head
then snaps towards his leg as it begins to move. His leg jerks to the edge of the bed
and suddenly he is standing. He isn’t sure what’s going on, he’s lost control of his
body.
It is revealed later in the film that he is being controlled by a mysterious character.
The Controller is forcing the Insomniac to conform to his will. After a montage of
the Insomniacs suffering he inexplicably manages to take control of first his right
arm, then his left. As he breaks free we see the Controller begin to panic, his
controller sparking and breaking. The Insomniac begins looking around, becoming
aware that he is being watched and controlled. This is when the Controllers screen
goes black and the Insomniac can finally rest, the camera panning away from him
and back to the moon.

Why am I making it?

I want to make something that is entertaining and pushes me out of my comfort
zone. I haven’t had a lot of experience with creating music videos before so I am
excited to see what I create. I want to appeal to my target audience, making
something that they in particular will enjoy.

Deadline
The deadline for this music video is the 6th of December

Where will it be aired?

I plan to release it on YouTube so that it is widely accessible to the majority of my
target audience, without any payment required.
This will help it reach more people than almost any other platform.

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 AUDIO VISUALS
00:00 – 00:30 - PULL BACK We begin on a
shot of the moon, looking out
of a window. Pull back and
pan down to see a man on a
bed. The camera moves to be
over him (CLOSE UP) as he
tosses and turns (all in one
shot)

00:30 – on beat – on beat man’s eyes shoot

open

“deep in the bosom of the -MID SHOT from further away

gentle night” to see man tossing and
turning further

“Is when I search for the -HIGH SHOT – looking down on

light” man as he tosses and turns

“Pick up my pen and start to -HIGH SHOT (CONT.)

write”

“I struggle, fight dark -MID SHOT low + angled up –

forces” side on by bed – Insomniac in
“In the clear moon light” foreground, moon in
background out window

“Without fear... insomnia” -CLOSE UP of Insomniac’s face

“I can't get no sleep” - MID SHOT Sits up sharply

in bed on “sleep” - shot
from side – CLOSE UP cut
to angle in front so he
comes into frame for end
of this shot and rest of
next shot

1st “woo” at 00:50 – 00:51 - CLOSE UP Same shot from in

front - Shakes head awake
– clutches bridge of nose
and scrunches eyes –
furrows brow as leg begins

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 to move without his
control
2nd “woo” at 00:54
- TILT UP Head snaps towards
left leg on second “woo”

3rd “woo” at 00:56 - POV as he looks down at

left leg – it jerks
sideways towards the edge
of the bed

4th “woo” - MID SHOT Shot from side of

bed as his body swings
round – both legs hung
over the side of the bed –
sat up
5th “woo”
- MID SHOT (CONT.) Same shot
– camera moves up with him
as he stands up (looking
confused but not in
control of his body – no
resistance)
6th “woo”
- CLOSE UP Looks surprised –
stands still for a moment

7th “woo” - CLOSE UP of foot as he

places his right leg
forward – then cut to
CLOSE UP of face to show
reaction
8th “woo”
- MID SHOT Places his left
foot forward towards the
door.

9th “woo”
- CLOSE UP Reaches hand out
and grabs door handle
10th “woo”
- MID SHOT Opens door
11th “woo”
- MID SHOT from outside door
Takes a step out of the
door with his right foot
12th “woo” (01:11)
- MID SHOT (CONT.) Takes a
step out of the door with
his left foot

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 - MID SHOT Of Insomniac
walking disjointedly
Change in beat at 01:12 across landing, pull back
out of screen to reveal
someone (Controller) sat
watching the screen, show
back of head. They wear a
hood. From 01:12-01:19

- MID SHOT – side on with

monitor and Controller in
shot - On “worry” cut to
“I used to worry” this angle (01:19)

- CLOSE UP of controller he
is holding – on “mad” cut
“Thought I was going mad, in to this angle
a hurry”
- CLOSE UP (CONT.)- on
“stressed” he pushes the
“Getting stressed” joystick to the right.

- MID SHOT – cut to on

“making” – shot of
“Making excess mess, in
insomniac on screen
darkness”
suddenly pivoting to the
right on the word “mess” –
he looks concerned

- CLOSE UP on eyes of
Controller, looking from
“No electricity,” left to right

- CLOSE UP on Controller’s
mouth – its turns into a
“something's all over me, twisted smile
greasy”
- CLOSE UP of screen.
Insomniac is looking very
“Insomnia please release me” worried, glancing down at
his limbs

- CLOSE UP of controller –
moves joystick right,
“And let me dream of making left, up then up again on
mad love” syllables of “making mad
love”

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“to my girl on the heath”
“tearing off tights with my
teeth”
“But there's no release, no
peace
“I toss and turn without
cease”
“Like a curse, open my eyes
and rise like yeast”
“At least a couple of weeks
Since I last slept, kept
takin'
“sleepers”
“But now I keep myself
pepped”
“Deeper still, that night I
write by candle light”
“I find insight,”
“fundamental movement, uh”
“So when it's…”
“…black this insomniac…”
- MID SHOT of Insomniac
moving right, then left
then jumping twice
- CLOSE UP of Insomniac
looking around worriedly
- CLOSE UP on screen –
Controller selects
“restart”
- MID SHOT controller
walking away from screen
- CLOSE UP in front –
Insomniac suddenly sits up
in bed – he has reset –
panting slightly
- MID SHOT on landing as he
walks – not in control of
his legs – head flopping
in tiredness
- HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN over bed
(on “sleepers” – into next
line), with Insomniac
sprawled, tossing and
turning – eyes closed
- MID SHOT on stairs, slowly
being controlled down them
– intercut with high shot.
- HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN (CONT.)
slightly more pushed in
- MID SHOT Insomniac jumping
on the spot in the hallway
- HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN (CONT.)
– on “black” – slightly
more pushed in
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 - MID SHOT move with
Insomniac as he slams
against wall – quick cut
“…take an original tack”

- HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN (CONT.)

“Keep the beast in my - MID SHOT Insomniac punches

nature…” himself in the face –
quick cut
“…under ceaseless attack” - HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN (CONT.)

- CLOSE UP head bowed,

breathing heavily
“I gets no sleep”

(Lull between lines) - HIGH SHOT/PUSH IN (CONT.)

– NOW CLOSE UP on
Insomniac – on “sleep” his
“I can't get no sleep” eyes shoot open – looks
around slightly

Beat drop at 02:18 - MID SHOT from in front -

Insomniac sits up

Beat at 02:22 - POV Insomniac looking down

at his hands

Beat at 02:26 - MID SHOT in front -

Insomniac wrenches right
arm – looks at free hand
Beat at 02:29 - MID SHOT – side on -
Controller sits forward
“I cant…” towards screen.

- MID SHOT – TILTED DOWN

(02:33) “…get no sleep”
from above - (Cut on
“get”) Insomniac tries to
break free, rearing his
head upwards with the
effort

(02:37) - MID SHOT/PAN Controller

frantically pressing
buttons on the controller
– start on Controller then
pan down to controller

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(02:40-02:41) - CLOSE UP – side on – start
on face then pan down to
arms of Insomniac

(02:44-02:45) – change in - MID SHOT/SLOW PUSH IN – in

beat front – Insomniac still
struggling

“I can’t get no sleep” - MID SHOT/SLOW PUSH IN

(CONT.) – on “get” he
wrenches his left arm free
– afterwards he flexes his
fingers on left hand
(02:52) - MID SHOT Controller is
trying desperately to take
back control, pressing
buttons repeatedly –
controller begins to spark
(02:56) – crash hit
- CLOSE UP of controller
sparking and Controller
dropping it – cut to MID
SHOT as the controller
falls
(02:59-3:00)
- MID SHOT/ARC SHOT of
Insomniac holding left
leg, trying to wrench it
free. Starts on the right
of bed

“I need to sleep, I can’t - MID SHOT/ARC SHOT (CONT.)

get no sleep” on first “sleep” he
wrenches left leg free –
moving round

3:04 - ”woo” at 03:06 - MID SHOT/ARC SHOT (CONT.)

moving around to the left,
as he reaches for his
right leg – on “woo” at
03:06 he wrenches the
right leg free as well.

“woo” at 03:08 - MID SHOT/ARC SHOT (CONT.)

camera moves further round
the bed as the Insomniac
flexes his fingers and
stares at his hands

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“woo” at 03:10 (4th)
(03:10-03:11) crash
03:12 “woo”
03:14-03:15 beat (cut back)
– to “I need to…”
on which he stops looking
around and fixes on point)
“…sleep…” (cut to shot)
“…I can’t get no sleep”
(03:20) beat after “sleep”
(03:22)
(03:24 “woo” – screen shuts
off)
(03:25-03:26 “woo”)
Until end
- MID SHOT/ARC SHOT (CONT.)
camera is now on left side
of the bed, Insomniac is
still looking and moving
his arms
- MID SHOT – Controller sits
forward and holds the
sides of the screen
- CLOSE UP in front of
Controller looking
despairingly/wide eyed
- MID SHOT Cut back to
Insomniac – begins looking
around room – fixes on a
point in the corner of the
room
- CLOSE UP of him looking in
corner
- WIDE SHOT from camera in
corner of room (where
Controller is seeing him
from) – Insomniac looks
right at it
- MID SHOT side on – cut
back to Controller sitting
back from screen
- OTS looking at screen –
wide angle of Insomniac
looking at camera – screen
goes black
- MID SHOT in front of
Insomniac – locked off. He
draws his eyes away from
the spot where he was
looking in the corner,
blinking hard. After a few
moments he falls back onto
the pillow.
- PULL BACK/HIGH SHOT of
Insomniac falling back on
pillow. The camera slowly
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pulls back and turns
towards the window,
showing the moon,
mirroring the first shot.

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Animated Storyboard -
https://youtu.be/tJIa-U6UYQE

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 ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION WHO USES IT WHEN IS IT USED
Controller Xbox controller The Controller - Controller scenes
Screen Computer Monitor Controller - Controller scenes

As my story is relatively simple and there is only two characters there is not many props
required.

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CREW LIST
NAME ROLE DATES NEEDED
Matthew Simpson Director/camera operator 30/10/21
31/10/21
Oliver Nicholls Insomniac 30/10/21
31/10/21
Tim Thornton Controller 6/11/21

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Sound List
SOUND LINK
Insomnia - Faithless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ApilDohZg&feature=emb_title
- Link to my storyboard as that has my re-edited song

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LOCATION RECCES
Type of room/area:
Bedroom
Location Address:
My house
Sat Nav details (Post code):
Sl6
Nearest Train Station:
Maidenhead
Nearest Bus stop:
Down the road

Site contact name and contact Availability

My house Available to me any time

Permissions

Don’t need permission as it is a private area

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

This location will be suitable for where the Insomniac is trying to get to sleep. I will use my
bed and my landing for these sequences.
It is a controlled environment that I have access to any time, so it is convenient for any
reshoots and however long it takes.

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Lighting Information: Solutions:

Overhead light Bring lights to stop the orangey tinge

Sound Information: Solutions:

Car noise outside Shoot in the evening/night so there is less

cars on the road
Use a directional microphone

Power Information Solutions:

Multiple plug sockets around the room Batteries and microphone can be charged

Hazards Solutions:

Not a lot of space around the bed Make sure all cables and anything else on
the floor is cleared

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 Type of room/area:

Bedroom

Location Address:

Nans house

Sat Nav details (Post code):

Sl6
Nearest Train Station:

Maidenhead
Nearest Bus stop:

Down the road

Site contact name and contact Availability

Available to me any time
Nans house

Permissions

Don’t need permission as it is a private area

Suitability / shots for production (scene numbers)

My cousins bedroom will work for the Controllers room as he has a computer that can be
used for the monitor on which the Controller is watching the Insomniac.

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Lighting Information: Solutions:

Overhead light Bring lights to stop the orangey tinge

Sound Information: Solutions:

Back of the house – little noise Use a directional microphone to only

capture audio from the actor

Power Information Solutions:

Multiple plug sockets around the room Batteries and microphone can be charged

Hazards Solutions:

Not a lot of space to move around Move the desk away from the side wall to
create more space to move around

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CLEARANCES AND CONFIRMATIONS

Oliver

Tim

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CONTINGENCY PLAN
My actor Oliver is going to stay over half term for a few days, so I plan to shoot this in the
evenings.

He is also free on Thursdays and Sundays so any reshoots I would do with him then in the
following weeks.

My actor for the Controller (Tim) is still in full time education so he is available most
evenings and at the weekend. I plan to shoot with him during half term in his room for the
Controller scenes. He is only a short drive away so any reshoots should be feasible.

If any of my actors cannot do the project I plan to use either my cousin Alex, my Dad or
myself for either of the two roles.

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