Initial Ideas

We have two initial ideas. Both are to the song Granite by Pendulum.

We'd like both ideas to have a sinister, unsettling atmosphere. Since the song is very fast paced and has a lot going on in it, we want the video to reflect these aspects of the song.

Idea 1: This will be a narrative/abstract video, centering mostly on a party in an abandoned building. It will be filmed mainly at night, with a few opening shots discovering the building in daylight. The main objective of the video is to make it look as surreal as possible, with people in fancy dress and the only light coming from torches people bring with them. We will have people in dark, scruffy dress since an abandoned building will most likely be dirty, messy and altogether a low quality building that would not be accessible in heels. This idea will use mainly mid-long shots of people dancing, having a good time, and generally enjoying themselves, with extreme close ups of the people in fancy dress.

Idea 2: Again this video will aim to look as surreal as possible, and similar to our first idea it will be a surreal, disjuncture video. The idea centres on the above-featured abandoned building, but also incorporates scenes within a wooded area. Two characters will be filmed in the abandoned building and the woods, but at some point their personalities switch and they become, in a way, possessed by something or someone. In the woods, the couple will be followed by something, but this is only shown in the view of the camera; we will never actually see the person following them. We will see somebody controlling them with a voodoo doll of some sort, but they will always be hidden by either a hood or a mask. The video will aim to enhance the idea of somebody 'watching', which relates to the lyrics of the song.