Box- This idea consists of the transference of a box that would represent memories. We would never see the inside of the box but those putting things in the box would see inside and be awed by it. They would add something to the box. Go through a couple of people this way. The first person to find the box digs it up and the last buries it in the same place.
Significant items- This idea would follow the camera looking around an empty house and focusing in on individual items that don't seem significant but are linked to memories. There would then be a graphic match between a close up of the item in the house and another close up of it being used in the memory e.g. a dog's collar, the dog wearing the collar on a sunny day out. Then cut back to the house and we realise that the dog is now dead.
Bullying?
Simple drawings? With undertones of darkness and something being wrong?
Alcohol abuse?
Cutting between memories and the present which is very blurry shots of a man lying sprawled across a bed. His arm is dangling over the edge with an empty bottle lying on the floor nearby. This scene is slowly revealed and hinted at through different shots between the clearer, happier memories. The memos steadily get darker before the final one which takes place the night before with the man drinking a lot, due to grief? In the final line of the song the audience realises that the man has died, maybe through someone taking his pulse, or the flash of a camera.
A similar idea to that above but a man sitting alone in an empty room is the present, keeps looking at the clock. Memories have some hint at time such as egg timers, the timer on a microwave or an alarm clock going off. Possibly an old person reflecting on their life. Another take on this could be a young boy walking in from school. He sees a memory from when he is slightly older. Cut back to the young boy and he is now the older version of himself, this continues until he is an old man. Throughout the flashbacks the house slowly empties, of both possessions and people alike. The old man lies down in bed for the last line and shuts his eyes. Time is a constant factor in the memories, which are small things, nothing specific, getting darker, more bleak as the boy ages. Mise en scene for the various characters throughout the flashbacks. Main character wearing something similar each time so as to maintain the link in the audience's mind.
Montage of going through life, from baby to toddler to child, to young teen to young adult etc until early death. Focus on failures. The character's life gets steadily worse with each cut.
Door- Slightly slowed down, inside his head. Walking through doorway into different memories. Trying to get away from his past. Bursts through a door, falls into river. Make each scene look creepy, with editing. Steps out from the door, nearly gets hit by a car as he sees someone who looks like himself in the distance.
Significant items- This idea would follow the camera looking around an empty house and focusing in on individual items that don't seem significant but are linked to memories. There would then be a graphic match between a close up of the item in the house and another close up of it being used in the memory e.g. a dog's collar, the dog wearing the collar on a sunny day out. Then cut back to the house and we realise that the dog is now dead.
Bullying?
Simple drawings? With undertones of darkness and something being wrong?
Alcohol abuse?
Cutting between memories and the present which is very blurry shots of a man lying sprawled across a bed. His arm is dangling over the edge with an empty bottle lying on the floor nearby. This scene is slowly revealed and hinted at through different shots between the clearer, happier memories. The memos steadily get darker before the final one which takes place the night before with the man drinking a lot, due to grief? In the final line of the song the audience realises that the man has died, maybe through someone taking his pulse, or the flash of a camera.
A similar idea to that above but a man sitting alone in an empty room is the present, keeps looking at the clock. Memories have some hint at time such as egg timers, the timer on a microwave or an alarm clock going off. Possibly an old person reflecting on their life. Another take on this could be a young boy walking in from school. He sees a memory from when he is slightly older. Cut back to the young boy and he is now the older version of himself, this continues until he is an old man. Throughout the flashbacks the house slowly empties, of both possessions and people alike. The old man lies down in bed for the last line and shuts his eyes. Time is a constant factor in the memories, which are small things, nothing specific, getting darker, more bleak as the boy ages. Mise en scene for the various characters throughout the flashbacks. Main character wearing something similar each time so as to maintain the link in the audience's mind.
Montage of going through life, from baby to toddler to child, to young teen to young adult etc until early death. Focus on failures. The character's life gets steadily worse with each cut.
Door- Slightly slowed down, inside his head. Walking through doorway into different memories. Trying to get away from his past. Bursts through a door, falls into river. Make each scene look creepy, with editing. Steps out from the door, nearly gets hit by a car as he sees someone who looks like himself in the distance.
