Experimental Film - Video Idea: 'Porcelain' (Synopsis)

Since beginning this unit, I have began to think of some ideas that I think would make very interesting films. One of these ideas is an experimental film which I have named 'Porcelain'. When thinking about this idea I wanted to try and make something which I have never tried before, because of this I have chosen the approach of the film to be touching and upsetting as this type of genre is something that I have never attempted before and I feel that there are many ways I can approach it. A song will be playing throughout the video called 'Porcelain', hence the title. I chose this song because I feel that the tempo and the soft voices of the man and woman singing fits the feel that I want for the film perfectly and also how there is a reoccurring line in the song which sings "My brain is porcelain" which I think fits the message of the film extremely well as it suggests the main character isn't mentally stable. The idea for this video is quite complex; it starts with a man laying awake in bed with his blonde wife who is asleep. The man gets up and drives to a large building and enters a small room that is completely white and blank except for a tv screen, a cable and a chair. The man sits in the chair and plugs the cable into the back of his neck, making the pupils of his eyes turn grey and lifeless (this will be done by using contact lenses). The mans memories and feelings are then displayed on the monitor and as he tries to tune the tv, various different images are shown rapidly, some normal, some oddly disturbing; this will be included to show the sensitiveness of his brain and emotions. When he tunes the tv to his desired memory, it is of him and his past lover (who is brunette), dancing slowly together. The shots will cut back to the mans face every so often to show his reactions to certain memories being shown, focusing on his expressions, breathing and overall body language (e.g. twitching, sweating, fidgeting etc). The man tunes the television again to see another memory but slips and horrific scenes of horror films, riots, war and other inhumanly things are played loudly, startling the man (and hopefully the viewer). He finally tunes the television for the last time and the monitor shows a grave of his wife, making the story clear to the viewer that his one true love has actually previously died and so he sneaks off most nights from his current wife to relive his happiest memories with his past lover. The man unplugs himself from the television and drives back to his current wife. He gets back into bed, stares at the ceiling and the film ends.