storyboards, planning etc.

1. In a 'bedroom' scene. First shots are a close ups of a wall clock, alarm clock followed by a wrist watch all displaying the same time. Shots will follow after each other to the beat of the very beginning of the song. It then goes to a long shot of a man waking up in bed, from this point the singing in the song starts.

' I think i'm drowing
asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
that you've created...'

We decided to make the 'bedroom' scene deliberatly untidy, and make the man look 'rough'. He would be sleeping with only a blanket and rubbish would be scattered about the place. By placing a black and white filter over this, we can give this 'grim' image. I belive this fits in with the dark and mysterious style and colour schemes muse use in alot of their videos, and fits with the song. We decided it would look like a strange location which is different, and this fits in with the fact that Muse tend to base their videos in strange locations. Its general style will give the viewer and impression on what type of character the man is and help them understand the storyline which I will explain going on...
2. Long shot as the man walks into the bathroom and looks at himself in the mirror, he looks tired and drawn. At this point there is a closeup of his face, then going out to a medium shot as he splashes his face with water as if to 'wake him up'. This is followed by an over the shoulder shot, the man looks in the mirror and sees a dark, hooded character standing behind him, staring at him. This continues with the mysterious feeling.

'You're something beautiful
a contradiction
I want to play the game
I want the friction...'

3. Still in the bathroom, there is a medium shot of the man looking in the mirror looking back at the character.

'You will be the death of me

you will be the death of me'

This is followed by an over the shoulder shot of the character walking away.

'Bury it

I won't let you bury it...'

The man looks confused but not shocked, as if he has seen the character before.

'I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it...'

He looks down and has the words 'time is running out' written all over his arms. Close up of him arms showing the writing.

Throughout the video we will try make the character look as if it is actually there but is actually all in the mans head. We will give the impression that the guy is having hallucinations of this 'dark figure' and that it is somewhat controlling him. From the 'rough' image we have built of him at the start, viewers could have the impression that it is from an illness or from drug use.

' Our time is running out

our time is running out'

4. The man suddenly falls to the floor, his head in his hands. The words 'time is running out' are written all over the walls. It is then followed by a shot of a band performing the song energetically, as muse do in the original song. In this location the words 'time is running out' are written all over the walls also.

'You can't push it underground

you can't stop it screaming out'

5. The band carry on playing, while swiching to shots of the man looking around at the walls. It is almost as if the man can't escape this 'feeling' he's having.

'I wanted freedom

bound and restricted

I tried to give you up

but i'm addicted'

6. Long shot as he begins to tear down the words. Goes to a medium shot of him falling to the floor with his head in his hands, the paper all around him. Again the hooded figure appears behind him, he doesn't notice but senses it.

'Now that you know I'm trapped

sense of elation

you'd never dream of

breaking this fixation'

'You will squeeze the life out of me'

7. Close up goes to a clock on the wall, the numbers and hands begin to 'fall off' as if the clock is melting, as the man has teared down all the words from the walls.

'Bury it

I won't let you bury it

I won't let you smother it

I won't let you murder it'

8. Switches to various shots of the band performing again. Then switches to shot of the man sitting down with two 'dancers' either side of him. They appear to be attached to his arms with black ribbon, pulling him side to side going with the music. This again gives the impression that he is being 'controlled' and that he can't fight it. We decided to show this psysically as it is clear in what we are trying to show. We also thought it would be a good idea as Muse have used backing dancers in their videos before so tell their storyline, for example in the original 'time is running out' video.

'Our time is running out

our time is running out

you can't push it underground

you can't stop it screaming out

how did it come to this?'

9. His phone begins to ring and 'time is running out' is displayed on the screen, he answers and starts to talk to someone, the hooded figure is stood in the background again.

The man dissapears, and the dark figure lowers his hood. It appears that it is him himself that is acting as the hooded figure.

Repeat chorus.







Advert.

We decided that we would advertise Muse's greatest hits. As most bands tend to use to main image of the digipak as the advert also, we decided to do this.

We noticed that on alot of Muse's album covers they tend to use shots or images from their music videos, so we used the shot of the arms we are planning to do on our video. However on this it would display the names of Muse songs that have been released. Using a greyish colour scheme also, it would follow the theme we have been using throughout.

We also decided that the 'Time is running out' theme would be a good idea as fans would recognise it easily, as it is also a well known Muse song. We also included the Muse logo, as Muse use this on every single album cover they have made and again would be recognisable to fans.

As I have mentioned in previous posts that Muse tend to use space as a huge influence in their music we also decided to include this in our digipak artwork as you can see. Again using the time is running out theme, we merged the space theme with it creating a unique design. I beleive this would be a suitable style for a Muse digipak.