Treatment.

As I am doing a music video, I found it better to explain the synopsis instead of doing a story board. In the video I have broken everything down into verses using the chorus as a somewhat bridge into the next scene, showing the stages of a budding relationship. 

Summary.

I plan to provide visuals to the song I Like by Tink. This song is considered as an R&B song; something which I am very familiar with. Wanting to provide a positive message that R&B doesn't really want to portray. I want to celebrate relationships and not make it a mockery as R&B music videos normally do. For example, they normally objectify women and use half naked video vixens. Indulging in an expensive and fast paced life-style. Whilst some artist are trying to stray away from this typical perception  i.e. Jhene Aiko who I took a lot of inspiration from for my music video, this is the common theme. 

Most artists in the R&B genre are black. Men are usually seen with white women on their arms. Whilst black women choose black men usually as their love interests. I want to challenge the conventions and celebrate a multicultural relationship involving a white man and a black women, as this isn't usually shown in R&B in a positive light. In my textual analysis I analysed to R&B music video which featured a white male counterpart and both instances were negative. I didn't want to follow these aspects. I want to celebrate not warn interracial relationships, especially in young people. 

So in my music video the story is, a black girl and white boy are about to endeavour on a relationship; which is celebrated by all. Through the use of the verses I will show the stages of the relationship. Starting with the awkward friendship drifting into more, with them then wanting to get to know one another as individuals not as collective and then the complete comfortability between the two of them to make their relationship public yet still intimate and personal not on a physical level but mentally and spiritually. Just a genuine and natural connection.

Interlude:

At the start of the song you will hear the artist writing in what I perceive to her diary. About a boy she met. Originally I wanted this scene to be in a chip shop, however to me it seemed to be too forced. I want my video to be natural, realistic and mysterious. So I am going to go about it as she was describing the guys personality slowing building his character which she later introduces and this guy; and on that saying he is shown. I want the writing to be done in her room as a sense of vulnerability as relationships is all about having complete trust in someone else. 

Verse 1:

This starts with them holding hands to meet all of their friends. To show the start of the relationship, just trying to understand what one another is about and by doing this in a group setting it makes it somewhat more relaxed. It is all the friends just talking and enjoying one anothers' company. With just innocent glances at one another. The important scenes in this shot is the leading ladies singular shots. I want to use shots where she is talking directly talking to the camera, breaking the 4th wall acting as the narrator to explain what is going on the scene, this acts as a way of her removing herself from her happiness exploring how the feeling she has in the budding relationship differs from her previous relationships. In one of the singular shot I the leading man will appear as if to say the story is still going on and he takes her back to the story isolating her from her previous problems in relationship.

Chorus:

This is purely singular shots of her trying to summarise if her feelings are reciprocated. Showing her in the scene she was previously in the next one she will be and the white wall. The chorus acts as a way to transition into the next stage of the relationship.

Verse 2:

This scene signifies the idea of her allowing his guy to get to know her. Opening up to him. This is done by her allowing him into her house in her room. As young people especially boys it seems as if we all have one thing on our minds, however I want to stray from that and use the terms 'Netflix and Chill' in its original meaning. As a generation we are said to be consumed with our appearance, I deliberately made it so she looks some what 'basic'. This will signify the guy as getting to know her for what she stands for and falling for her being at because of how she looks. Again the important shots are her singular shots. Showing that she is in her isolated world talking to herself (the camera) the white wall signifies purity and innocence what relationships should be based on. Again like the first verse he enters these shots (her thoughts) but instead of him trying to take her away from them he stays there symbolising that he is trying to help her then deal with them. 

Chorus:

This is purely singular shots of her trying to summarise if her feelings are reciprocated. Showing her in the scene she was previously in the next one she will be and the white wall. The chorus acts as a way to transition into the next stage of the relationship.

Ending:

This doesn't include many words its mostly background music. This is a coincidence however I'm using it to express the idea that you don't have to be talking to someone to communicate. With them just being in one anothers company the are communicating. Showing and the ending a a complete circle of the start of an organic relationship.