This document contains the initial ideas from Kyle Edward Porritt for a music video. It includes several storyline ideas that reflect the lyrics of the song, including: 1) showing a self-hate storyline of a character with two sides through costume and makeup; 2) portraying a break-up storyline by speeding up scenes to match the fast pace of the music; 3) possibly including a small mosh pit or wall of death to reflect live shows, though safety would need to be considered. Various music videos provided inspiration for these ideas.
2. This shot is of my overall initial ideas mind map. I shall go through each point during this PowerPoint.
3. This piece of my mind map is to show the things in which I know I 100% wish to include. For example, I want my video to reflect
and be relatable to the lyrics instead of completely going against them. The idea about the embers came from a discussion I had
with a friend while listening to the song in which we both agreed that it would look good if you could have a burst of fire at the
very last beat, but as we are not trained pyrotechnics we said for a small scale version to just use embers.
4. The idea for the self-hate storyline came to me as I watched the music video for Famous Last Words’ single The Show Must Go
On, in which the lead singer plays the part of a male who has been cheat on yet he has a good side and a bad side which is
reflected through the lyrics and the costume (make-up). I liked the way the band had used this idea and I thought it would be a
good way to portray the lyrics of Once A Liar (Always A Fake) as the lyrics have a self-hate sound.
5. The idea for the break-up storyline came to mind as, during the time of writing down my initial ideas, I was going through a breakup myself and when I next listened to the song the lyrics had an almost different meaning and I read each bit in a different way. I
think that a break down scene would fit well as the music is fast paced and involves an unclean vocalist, so to make the scene fit
better I shall speed it up, if I choose to do this. I also thought about adding titles in to show the viewer that this is all mean to be
happening over a period of days, to show how the male deals with the break-up he has suffered.
6. The inspiration for this idea came from videos such as Escape The Fate – City of Sin and also Pierce The Veil – Hell Above. I put in
that I was considering a small mosh-pit or even a small wall of death which are both very common at live shows by bands in this
genre of music. However, I am still unsure about this as the actors/actresses safety may be endangered in these circumstances so I
shall have to consider this deeply and then ad everything that may be a risk into my risk assessment.
