Treatmeant for 'Hearts Out' by The 1975

What’s the song about? – The song is about a boy who likes a girl and wants them to be together, it’s a very indie song with a 90’s feel. (Pop culture)

Video Type – Narrative, Story based

Camerawork ideas – One of the ideas I would like to use for this would be a Point of view (POV), so throughout the song it’s just a day in the life of a guy who wants to be with a girl. The majority of shots would be faded in and out and all point of view.

Another idea was to do a lot of over the shoulder shots and a few shot-reverse-shots so that you got the feeling you were part of the situation of the boy trying to get the girl, it would make the audience feel a little bit awkward, but at the same time engaged with the story.

Editing ideas – One idea that I’d like to use for editing would be using a lot of eye line matches throughout the video, so for example if the main boy in the video is looking at the girl but all you see is him, then there is a quick jump to her face, by doing this you show how he feels and what he is thinking about.

Another editing idea is using lots of jump cuts, in a sort of montage format where it shows the main boy and the main girl spending lots of time together doing lots of different activities, this gives of the impression that they are very close, which is the message I want to display, it also shows how he is sort of in that metaphorical ‘friend zone’ and is trying to get out of it.

Mise En Scene ideas – Lighting for my video will be very bright, because of the nature of the song, it is very 90’s song so I want it to be light and sunny which could cause of a problem due to the time of the year, but it can also be an advantage because if the weather is bad and the lighting is low it can help add the story for the video.

Costume ideas for my video: I would like my two main characters to be wearing very stereotypical clothing for the time of year and also for their age, so for the boy, either jeans/chinos with shoes such as converse or pumps, with a plain t-shirt and then for the girl, either trousers or a skirt with tights, then a designer shirt/vest with a jacket on top. If I do have other people in the video, I would like them to also wear stereotypical teenage clothing, but less vibrant colours so that they do not draw an extra attention of the main characters.

Location ideas for my video: For my video I would use lots of different locations, a few shots/clips would take place at a house party of some sort, another location would be in a built up town or city, another location would be a park, either big or small, but with hardly any people there. Another location would be in the back of a car either moving or not, another location would also be at school, this clip would be very important because it sets the story and also ends it, showing the main boy and girl completely separate at school.

Sound ideas – the majority of the video will just be the song at full volume, there will be a fade in at the start and maybe a little bit of background noise from the school grounds to sort of get a feel for the situation and the location, but besides that I don’t want any dialogue in the story and I just want the main song to be played over the top of the story.