Music Video Idea - Lorde

Buzzcut Season - Lorde

The world or reality is bad (explosions on tv, men on the news). People try to ignore it (girls with heads inside a dream) or pretend like everything is perfect. And sometimes you need to escape reality and the world we're living in and create your own world (make believe) where everything is good and you never want to leave.

I imagine a girl who is dealing with depression; she struggles with day to day life... Ignores what is going on around her and is held within the confines of her social life. By the end she realises that her life isn’t that bad and she can see that there are other things that other people experience.

I wanted the feeling of the video to be very slow, grey and murky… I also wanted certain shots or scenes to be in slow motion to emphasise their emotion and feelings.

Illustrate the lyrics:

• Slow motion of the camera lingering on a girls face “I Remember…your brain” Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
• Laughing directly to camera “Well you laughed, baby it’s okay”
• Camera is on girls legs in the bathroom where the sink is visible… Hair is falling down “Its buzzcut season anyway”. P!nk - F***kin Perfect
• Explosions on TV. (Screen within Screen) Beyonce - Pretty Hurts, Naughty Boy - Hotel Cabana
• Drugs “And all... A dream” 
• Bath/Ocean/Pool “So now… is good” 
• Riding the bus, eyes shut and listening deeply to music “We ride… that play” 
• Shot of a person reacting badly to a taste “sometimes this… Sweet taste” and “cola with… of us” News on TV 
• Running away from camera “and I’ll… home again” Rihanna - Man Down
• Dream world