Independent Project - Final product

I have now finished my video and I'm ready to submit it. Overall, I think I have been successful with what I wanted intended to do for THIS video, but I'm still disappointed I didn't get to make my original idea. I will probably save that project for third year or at least I'll be doing it at a later date once the lockdown has been lifted, but I really wish I was able to fully realise that idea.

My piece is a music video called "lockdown sucks" showcasing the dull and empty life that living in complete lock-down has made people. The crude title reflects the crude reality we currently find ourselves in, uncertain of when things will start looking up for us. It is a music video edited to the track 'Over Yet' by Hayley Williams, and features a vintage, amateurish quality to give it character. The idea for this video is that it is an 'every-man video', meaning that it is just one traditional and boring experience of the lockdown from a regular man. It is not supposed to be particularly ground breaking in terms of meaning, it is just the lockdown through my lens.

Here is a walkthrough of my video:
The video begins showing the effect that the lockdown has had on society, with empty shopping centres, streets, car parks cropping up one after another. Shops display closed signs, CCTV cameras watch the audience, as they explore the closed world we now live in. We see the creator doing mundane things to amuse themselves such as dying their hair and getting their hair cut, going for a walk along a pond in a suburban park before reminiscing to better times. The audience watches a flashback sequence set in Los Angeles, with shots of multiple people gathering together, laughing, eating, and enjoying their lives. This juxtaposes against the next sequence, of the creator's family bored at home, doing whatever they can to stay sane. This mellow note is uplifted by the next part, where the audience sees the support the general public has given to the NHS by displaying images of rainbows all over the town. This positive message shows that there is happiness and hope on the other side of the lockdown, and we just have to get through it as a nation. The final few shots show a sad reality as we see multiple gravestones, reminding the audience why we are in a lockdown in the first place.

https://vimeo.com/417751567