Lyrics Of Sleepy Head

And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going

And you said it was like fire around the brim
Burning solid burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead sleepyhead

They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst
With all their lions with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls against your rules against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes begonia skies like a sleepyhead sleepyhead


When we heard this song, we automatically knew we wanted to use this song. This is because we wanted to make a video which doesn't link to the song, using a contrapuntal aspect, as the music is happy, until you read the lyrics, so we wanted to make the tune and the action clash together to leave the music video with a dramatic ending.

"You were one inch from the edge of this bed
I dragged you back a sleepyhead sleepyhead" This makes me automatically think of a relationship between a couple, with the intimate side of the relationship.
The last verse, i believe to be talking about a dream, which can relate to our music video as the action taking place with all the flash backs, and him waking up in the morning is like a dream. But the words in the last verse also make me think of him protecting his girlfriend from the nightmares or something else, which again relates to the action taking place in our music video, as the boy in a way protects his girl, as they're relationship shows him taking care of her.

However, if you have heard our music, you cant really tell what is being said, this i think links to the way people act when they're sleepy, by talking or saying things that don't make sense... again this could relate to our music video as the action taking place can be confusing until the end when it all becomes clear.

Actor - Jack Fox

This is Jack Fox who is playing the main character in our music video. We chose to have our central character as a male because our song choice is by an all male band so it is more appropriate than using a female character.
We feel he also fits the 'indie' style of our video, through his everyday look. This relates to the popular trends today so the audience will be able to relate to him as the main character.
We have decided to use Jack as our actor for his look and also because we are good friends with him so we know that he is reliable and won't let us down when it comes to filming.
He is also good friends with our female actress, Chloe Smith. Therefore, they will get on well during filming and there won't be any rifts or tension whilst we are recording and which will hopefully make the video appear more real and believable to the audience.
We want Jack to wear something which is on trend right now, which will make our video up to date and be able to relate to our intended audience. We will be changing his outfit several times, due to our different time slots in the video, e.g. the flashbacks with Chloe.

We want to make him look different in the flashbacks with Chloe, to how he looks now, showing a contrast of how his life has altered. For instance, we will make him look more rough and tired in the scenes of how he is now due to the effect Chloe's death has had on him.

Through showing his everyday life, our audience will hopefully build up a relationship with Jack and connect with him. Through also using the enigma of who Chloe is and who she is to Jack, when it is revealed they were in a relationship but she has passed away, we intend that to create catharsis from the audience.

Actors being used

This is Chloe Smith, who will play the second main character in our music video.
The role in which Chloe will play is the girlfriend of the boy character, but she wont be shown as much as Jack.
The reason we picked Chloe to play our girl character is because we wanted someone who we could make her look innocent by minimising the makeup and adding blusher to make her look sweet. Another reason is because we can easily meet up with Chloe and film anything we need, she is also very reliable.
Chloe and Jack have been best friends for a long while, so when we want them to do the scenes of them holding hands and acting couple like, it wont be awkward. This helps with the part of the music video when we want to have real photos and real videos of them together, so them being friends there's bound to be a lot of these.

The costume we want Chloe to wear is something cute and floral, to give the effect of her being innocent as we want the audience to have an instant relationship with her as she hasn't got a hard shell like characters in music videos like, The Gossip Standing In The Way Of Control or Blink 182 Always, when the girls look hard and quite bitchy. We also want her clothes to be fashionable, which will make our music video be more appealing to a wider audience who have the same indie style.
Make up wise, I think we want Chloe to wear the same amount of eye make up, as it will make her eyes stand out, but add more pink blusher and pinker lips.
The overall aim of Chloe's character look is for her to look "normal" so the audience can easily relate to her and the relationship will form quickly. This will also make the ending of our music video, when we reveal that Chloe passed away, will make the ending more dramatic for the audience, making the aim of moving the audience achieved.

Location Ideas

Location ideas

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Prop List

Prop List

• Male outfit
• Female outfit
• Camera
• Tripod
• Boy's bedroom
• Alarm clock
• Calendar
• Socks
• Flipbook
• Jacket
• Keys
• Wooden Figure
• Phone
• House for party
• Shoes
• Red Balloon
• Note

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Random pictures to link in with the theme of our song

The story of 500 days of summer, I think in a way is relevant to the story Abbi and I are trying to get across, even though no one dies in 500 Days of Summer. But the relationship they have at the beginning, when they're all happy and it makes the audience feel warm and enjoy watching them. But then at the end, the realisation hits and you start to not enjoy the action taking place, but you remember it. This is what Abbi and I are aiming for.

This photo, although it's random i think fits in with the colourful funny side of the music video. Also, how the person being used is not of the usual character, as she's old and small.

This kind of photo makes me think of stop motion, and the colours used for the birds with the blue back ground are also very relvent to the colour skeem Abbi and I want. Overall, i enjoy this photo.

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