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SET IT OFF I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M

DEAD

SET IT OFF I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M

DEAD

‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ is the nightmarish

story of a teen with insomnia. The never-

ending nightmare of insomnia is a story that

many teens will be able to relate to.

The moment when time just comes to a

standstill and you feel like you’re trapped

in an unending darkness for the rest of

eternity is the exact moment that is captured

within this film.

Throughout the night, the teen becomes more

and more broken. The process sped up by the

beat of the song. Tortured by the

increasingly distorted and grotesque images

that surround him, representing the slow

disintegration of his mind as it tears itself

apart.

As his mind starts to break down, so do his

surroundings. Visions of his bedroom objects

exploding and dissipating ensconce his mind.

His pleas for help are heard by no one. He is

NARRATIVE + OVERALL VIDEO PLAN

Video opens with the sad piano, move across a

dark room. A cowering figure is eventually

revealed, slowly coming into focus.

Song kicks in, cut to the singers face. Zoom out

to reveal rest of the band performing in a dark

room. Multiple cuts around the band, focusing on

different members. Tears of blood flow down the

singers face.

Chorus kicks in. Cut to cowering figure, holding

his head and quivering intensely. Cuts between

him and band a few times while he tries to stand

up. Falls in slow motion, static and distortion

increases.

Focuses on his eyes as he falls, cuts to a

rotating shot around the band. Switches between

the band and the character, both him and the

singer laughing demonically. Shot of clock in

sync with the clock audio.

Cut to character, acting shaky and nervous.

First person shot of his hands, shaking and

Camera focuses on main character, holding legs

and crying on floor. Broken television can be

seen behind him. Cuts to singer, singing next

line with eyes open very wide. Cuts back to

character crying on floor while screen is

pulsating.

Cuts to a close-up of his face and then back to

the band. Cuts to the character and then spins

around him as he sits up against the wall,

shaking and looking around the room until he sees

something in the dark.

A beastly apparition appears through some crazy

cutting and flashing. The beast smashes the

characters head against the wall.

Scene focuses on the band as they call out to the

audience just as in the lyrics. They will begin

to head bang and other shots will be shown of the

audience they are shouting to.

Camera cuts back to the character as the beast