A treatment sheet for Mortals first music video "still Here" (All rights to original owners respectfully )

1. Mortal
Still Here
A treatment by Regan M ulcahy on behalf of ßåø

2. Concept
The concept of my music video is tragedy/regret. The song itself
has a melancholy feel to it with the slow delivery of the lyrics and
almost dream like feel it has to it blurring the lines between what’s
truly there. I will show these themes through the visual narrative
of the music video, highlighting the elements and themes. As well
as utilizing the special effects, which I will use to change the
colour pallet and editing software such as fades to simulate the
feeling of slipping away into sleep.
The settings in the music video will be highly important in setting
the atmosphere of my music video. Such places will include the
beach, a forest and a cornfield. These places will have filters over
them to give them as more toned appearance, setting a darker
atmosphere, which will also be amplified by the performance.
Each and every element has been chosen to create that hazy
atmosphere and the daunting sensation of realizing the narrative as
it unravels itself to the audience.

3. Narrative & Performance
The narrative as it must make sense in context to the plot and in
relation to the lyrics. It is of the upmost importance that it is in
keeping of the theme and sticks to the tone throughout the video.
As the lyrics revolves around the themes of tragedy I want to
convey this theme over to the visuals and show the protagonist
attempting to deal with the fact that they have lost the one they
loved. The narratives in the video will run parallel to one another
though with the coarse of the video. With each point in time
reaching a climax and then all joining together for the conclusion
and present time.
The narrative will follow the life of a young woman who tragically
lost her boyfriend and how she keeps seeing him but always just
out of reach to get him though the
audience will be kept in the dark about
him. Believing she can never be with
him in life she tries to end her life,
though as to what happens to her is
left ambiguous.
Her performance will have to convey
the turmoil she is going through. She
will have to be able to literality scream
and cry into the camera, as this video

4. will deal with a very serious theme, “suicide”.
Camera & Editing
There will be a relatively slow paced editing, as if to convey the
dream like world the protagonist is in. The slow paced editing
scenes even possibly being slowed and sped up depending on when it
is required. This is a very important component to get across the
serious tone, which will be shown though the technical aspects such
as using eye-line and graphic matches.
There will be evidence of using a variety of different locations and
shots. I really want to get across that she is really thinking over
her decision. The various locations will symbolise her solitude and
emptiness but also the fragile beauty of life.
As I want my audience to “see” her and the dream like world she
is in I will make use of long shots and medium shots so we can
see her pitiful state when she crouches over but more so than
anything else close ups will be the most important aspect. As to
emphasise with her more I will try to make use of P.O.V (Point
Of View) shots to show how she see’s things from her perspective.

5. Lighting
I want to try to make use of as much natural light I can though
as filters will be used in postproduction whilst editing the most
important factors will be that the protagonists face is only in
shadows when it is to convey when she is hurt to make it easier to
convey to the audience.
As most of the shots will be done in the lay the lighting should be
bright but even cloudy weather could create a tense atmosphere but
help with the dream like state that my protagonist is going
through.
While the scene on the decking happens it will be done in the late
evening, which may produce problems if the lighting isn’t done
correctly. The fire pit will produce an amber glow that will
hopefully show the audience her passion to the audience, the
passion to live but also resentment towards a world that robed her
of someone precious.