Main Idea For Music Video

After much thought we have come up with an idea and storyline for the video. We have decided to make the video with a parallel between the performance aspect and the storyline, which interlinks slightly with the lyrics of the song, we don't want to be too literal with the images and the lyrics so we aim to just throw in subtle hints throughout the filming.

The storyline aspect of the video is of an upset celebrity, dressed up walking around the streets of Manchester, ending up in a derelict building as she tries to escape from the press. We intend to show that she's trying to escape through extras in the video with cameras. We have also thought about costume and props to show that she's upset. Eventually she will end up in a derelict building on the outskirts of Manchester where she will be free from it all.

We have two ideas, as to where we can film the performance side of the video, firstly a rooftop in the center of Manchester, this would be good for performance because of the view of the city that can be seen from that height, and also the generic conventions of this type of setting. Through analysis of many music video's in this rock/pop genre we have discovered that rooftops as a setting are used very often, in video's such as Avril Lavigne's 'My Happy Ending' and the Lostprophets 'Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja'.
The second possible performance setting is in the derelict building that we will film the celebrity in, but in a different part of it.
When we have visited all of these places and taken photographs of them all we will make a decision on which one will be best to use as a performance location.