Depth Over Distance - Music Video Ideas

Ben Howard - Depth Over Distance

Idea One
The initial shot starts with a woman looking at her reflection in a puddle/water. The woman then gradually gets up and the video rewinds, and you can see the woman running backwards through a wood type location. Once the signing in the song starts the rewinding stops, and the woman is stood looking into the camera from a distance (long shot). After this we will see the woman walking across different locations (this relates to the song as she is walking across the distance). During the scenes of the woman walking, flashes of a male show but only certain areas of his body, so his full identity is not revealed. Towards the end of the video the woman stops and is turned sideways, the camera shows a close-up of the woman's facial expression (looking relieved). The camera then zooms out and the woman is looking at the male, this then reveals the males identity. The meaning behind this video suggests no matter the distance, you will over come the obstacles and find each other.

Start: Shows the man and woman together at a train station the woman is facing the camera while the man has his back turned on the camera, to keep his identity a secret. The camera starts spinning around them but still his face is hidden, when the camera stops spinning and slows down she walks away from him and gets on a train. This shows the audience that they are away from each other this refers to the distance of their relationship.

Middle: We see her looking into water with everything still going on around her in a fast motion, and you can see her identity clearly. After you can also see the man looking into water, but his reflection is unclear so you can't see his identity. Throughout the video there are different locations that the woman is walking across.

End: The man and the woman are reunited and the mans identity is revealed.

Idea Two
The song lyrics contain a lot of visual imagery, so the video could be completely abstract. One of the main things that comes to mind when i think of depth over distance is water. So for this video i could incorporate different shots of water, maybe including people in the distance. Also, i could include visual imagery of trees as the song repeatedly refers to their love been as strong as a tree. More imagery i could include, are religious shots such as a church, grave etc. as the song mentions the Lord, showing a shot of a grave could represent their love been eternal and even death would not be able to separate them. More imagery could include the sun breaking through the sky as the song says 'break for the arms of the Lord'.

Idea Three
A man is struggling with the death of his girlfriend, and tries to take his own life because he cannot bare to be without her. However his girlfriend is there but he cannot see her as she is appearing as a ghost. She prevents him from taking his life and he knows that she is there. She starts leaving messages around their home and he response to them and he gains comfort from them. In the end he does not want to be without her anymore, so he takes his own life and they are reunited.