LO2: Initial Planning – narrative and performance ideas [✓]

Our music video is going to be purely a narrative video which will nor include any performance from the band, The Sundowns.

Narrative 
The music video that we are creating is a narrative which follows a girl, Megan. The music video starts off with a shot of a secretary and Megan sat waiting for her interview. There is no sound playing during this part of the video, it is just silence as the secretary calls Megan into the interview. The next shot is in the interview room, with the interviewer and Megan, there is a small amount of dialogue between the two, exchanging a "hello" as they shake hands and both go to sit down. The music starts playing quietly in the background and the interview scene starts to become slow motion. There will be shots of the clock ticking and the interviewer writing, this is mixed with jump-cutting to close-ups with connote a party scene. These include close-ups of drinks, speakers and people laughing. During this part, it is in normal time and the music is slightly louder. This foreshadows what is going to happen later on in the video but could also connote Megan's thoughts during the interview. Throughout the whole interview scene, we see the male interviewer have an interest in Megan, he looks at her in a sexualised manner and as these are not feelings that she reciprocates, he informs her that she has not got the job. We see this through the use of his shaking his head, still shot in slow motion. We then see Megan, react in a negative way to the news that she has been given, the way she reacts is jump cut between the party, these cuts are very quick to show a change. The next scene shows her leaving the interview and travelling to the said party, this is on different forms of transport including trams and walking. We also then see her getting ready for the party, this shows a transformation between how she is seen in the interview scene. The sound for this part is now at a normal level, along with the speed that it is being filmed in. The party scene shows not only Megan enjoying herself but also shots of the location which will be a house due to the song being titled "House party at 8". There are shots of things that would typically happen at parties such as drinking, dancing and laughing. After a while of shots of Megan at the party, flirting with different people, the music stops and we just hear the ringing of a phone. As Megan looks at who the caller is, her face drops and the party scene fades to the next scene. The song is playing in the background but quietly. This final scene is showing Megan looking upset and disappointed whilst sat at a desk working. We then see a slow-motion shot of the interviewer walking past her, this is the man who has harassed her during the interview. This cuts between the man smiling and winking at her and then she sat at her desk looking disappointed, to connote that she was so desperate for a job that she was willing to put up with someone who harasses her. Finally, the music goes back to normal volume and we see a shot of Megan answering the call at the party. This leaves the audience open to interpretation of whether she is thinking about what could happen if she took the job or if she actually did decide to take it herself.