Having listened carefully to the lyrics, Our interpretations and ideas have developed a fair amount. With the opening lines 'I've been living with my eyes wide shut' and 'I'd give it my all if you'd let me give it up' we could have various shots of the individual walking down different corridors (Towards the camera), singing to the camera. We could then cut these shots together to create a collage of different shots that all link together smoothly. I like this idea because it connotes the sense that he has had multiple walks in life, but whatever path he chooses or goes down, he is never interested or enjoying what he is doing.
We have also thought about shots that isolate the key individual in certain scenes, for instance, with the lyrics 'Its Friday night tonight... Its another working week for you' we can fast-forward everyone running around him while he sits on a chair dreading the week to come. This furthers the narrative reading of the video and re-enforces the repetitive nature of working life that the individual has grown to hate.
Furthermore we have thought about merging two shots together, to connote the underlying status that working life and home life have become one thing to the man. With the fast-forward sequence, we could gradually fade it out and fade in the exact same shot but at the mans workplace. This connotes how his work life is intruding upon his home and family life, suggesting that he has no freedom. This idea could be implemented during the chorus, with the lyrics 'its another working week for you'.
In addition, we thought that the repetetiveness of the lyrics and the underlying meaning of the lyrics could be represented through multiple shots. For every line of 'Whatever happened to that smile of mine...What ever happened to...What ever happened to' we could implement multiple shots of a past time when the character was not bored with his life, and when he was enjoying the time he had off work.
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