Polarize Story Idea And Character profile

I'm going to be telling the story of a teenage a boy in my music video to the music of Twenty One Pilots and their song 'Polarize'

Character profile

The idea of this story is that the boy currently is going through allot of problems in his life and he is coming out with all his inside emotions explaining how he has been a bad brother and son and is in denial. He's begging for help to 'Polarize' which means to see things in a different was so he can make up the wrong he has done in the past. In the pre-chorus, the song lists a few specific ways he’d like to improve his life: “I wanted to be a better brother, better son / Wanted to be a better adversary to the evil I have done.” He wishes he could have been better for his family and would have liked to have had the good in his life outweigh the evil. He wants desperately to be a good person.

Story Idea

The way in that I am going to show this in my video is by starting with him out alone with his thoughts and singing the song. He will then go home and get changed into clothes that make him feel more comfortable, for example a hat to try and hide himself from the world. He then leaves on his bike and starts to go to a place where he can be alone with his thoughts.

He then leaves his bike and travels the rest of the trip by foot, walking through the city alone and singing the song to himself with cutaways of him singing to the camera in various different locations e.g. under a bridge or in front of a wall with spray paint etc. just as long as it looks rebellious and not plain. He buys a cheap drink from a store and sits alone while drinking it. This is symbolising he doesn't have allot of money and he is very normal as allot of teens can relate to doing this when they were younger.

finally he  gets to the place he wanted to be and he appears to still be looking for something. He uses his hands to form a rectangle and looks through them.(I will edit this in after effects using masks) while looking through them he sees a different world and notices a drum kit and a mic stand. He then starts to perform with a drummer after he has 'Polarized' and can see things in a different way. The video finishes with a finale where they are performing and it gives the feel good factor and the viewer can see he's accomplished something and can maybe sort out his life from now on. He finally walks away and the screen fades to black at the end of the song.