Initial Idea

Our set will hopefully be a large, plain room with all the different elements of our video in it. We want the video to have a continuos flow, as though we were following our artist, Oliver, around the room. In the instrumental introduction of Piledriver Waltz, Oliver will enter the room, sit on the floor and begin to play the acoustic guitar. He will stay there and lip sync the first verse and as the instrumental begins again, he will stand up and walk to a cafe style table and chair in the room. He will sit at the table just before the chorus starts, which he will lip sync in a very distant, almost bored way. At the line "your waitress was miserable, and so was your food" a waitress will bring him a traditional 'cafe breakfast'/ 'English breakfast', while Oliver will continue to stare blankly and ignore his surroundings. Half way through the last line of the chorus he will leave the table, walk a short way so that the 'cafe' setting is out of shot and then stop in front of the wall. There will be a close up shot of Oliver's face as he lip syncs to the lyrics "Mysteries flashing amber, go green when you answer, but the red on the rest of the questionnaire never changes". On the respective lines, a amber, green and red light will be shone onto his face and then go off for the next verse, where the camera will zoom out again in preperation for the next part of the song. During the first two lines of the next verse, Oliver will stay against the wall still lip syncing to the lyrics, but at the end of the line "I heard the piledriver waltz" he will turn to the side and begin to waltz with a dancer. This will continue until the end of the verse, through the instrumental that follows, and break away from the dance just before the beginning of the chorus. During the second chorus we will watch Oliver from behind walking away. He will change his jacket to one on a coat stand or the floor and will continue walking until he see a girl who he will give a rose to. He will continue to walk forward but looking back at the girl as he does. The video will end with a centred, mid shot of  a rather bored Oliver looking into the camera and letting a confetti cannon off.