Production Concepts/Outline
- 1. Narrative story: princess thinks she needs to have the kingdom to have power, realizes she's powerful without it, and becomes corrupted by the power she gains by defeating prince regardless Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise Tired of all these cameras flashing, sick of being poised Princess walking through woods, camera pans out slightly as she is seen weaving around trees, mouthing the words highlighted above. The background will maybe be edited to be slightly blurry behind her to highlight her importance in this forest. - She will be floating around gracefully through the trees off beat to the music. She will be wearing a floaty dress/cloak to represent femininity and to show how dainty and vulnerable she’s feeling. It will also be covering her up to show that she’s fed up of being exposed (both to cameras and in general). Now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it Close up to princess’ neck, showing the jewellery that she is wearing, she will have a cult symbol on her necklace to represent her rebellion - She will be wearing a choker necklace to highlight these lyrics, relating it to the narrative of the story. She will be pulling at her choker a little bit with her right hand to lead up to the next line of the song where she’s singing about choking on her pride – this makes a clear link for the narrative of the story. Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it Princess crosses body as a blessing / prayer for strength, bravery - She uses her right arm to cross her body to represent the holiness as the video is about challenging power and fighting for power, the royal-ness will be represented through this crossing of the body, showing how passionate she is about what she is singing about. This scene will lead up to the next part of this story. I'm headed straight for the castle (Including the instrumental) walking through 'castle' - a clearing in the woods, with paintings attached to trees, looking at paintings and jewellery Theywanna make me their queen Sees a bust with a tiara on it, gently lifts it and places it on head in front entrance to clearing (doors swing open during next instrumental bar) And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
- 2. Cut/pan to prince already sat on the throne, looking smug and arrogant wearing a crown/cape/holding cane/wearing rings and lots of jewels. Smug smile looking directly at camera/princess I'm headed straight for the castle they’ve got the kingdom locked up Cut back to princess looking shocked, reaching up to touch necklace/tiara looking sad/angry? Betrayed maybe And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying I should / probably keep my pretty mouth shut Cut back to prince obnoxiously/teasingly looking sheepish and shrugging, trying not to laugh / prince acts out zipping of lips... Straight for the castle ... And throwing away the key, smirking -- Oh, all of these minutes passing, sick of feeling used Princess reaches up to grab tiara angrily, slowly If you wanna break these walls down, you're gonna get bruised Lowers tiara to face level to snap it, begins to show signs of breaking it Now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it Prince begins running forward to steal the tiara back to prevent harm to it, arm out stretched to grasp it, horror on face, tiara snapped just before the prince can grasp it Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it princess, fearless/adrenaline-fueled/powerful* from destroying the tiara, grabs the wrist of the princes and twists it collapsing him to the floor in pain, princess looking down on him in disgust (alt - punches him in the face causing a bloody nose and collapsing because i think blood would look more effective without being too gross, also blood / royalty are connected so it’s good for symbolism) -- I'm headed straight for the castle they wanna make me their queen And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean I'm headed straight for the castle They've got the kingdom locked up And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut
- 3. Full sequence of princess stealing all of the prince’s royal things (cape thing, rings, cane, jewels and finally crown, putting them all on minus the crown just yet, leaving the prince looking poorer/weaker without them) Straight for the castle Princess walking to the throne and sitting down on it -- There's no use crying about it there’s no use crying about it there’s no use crying about it there’s no use crying about it Between each line, cross cutting between the princess on throne and disgraced prince on the floor -- Straight for the castle Cut to black for final line