Group - Annotated Lyrics and ideas

Intro 0 to 0.12 seconds slow music

Pan around her sat on the bench/ stood in the woods/ stood in the graveyard

0.12 to 0.26 Faster music that fits more with the songs pace

Stop motion of her moving along the bench, around the tree and towards the camera until XCU of her mouth

My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dresses or chairs
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care

XCU of her mouth singing in the drama studio.
Starts to track out slowly. Florence is stood in the drama studio surrounded by hanging photographs. Experiments with lighting such as silhouetting and spotlights. Different shot sizes, close ups and long shots. Close ups on photographs as well as artists.

My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor

Kings and queens them all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to impact he's so eager to please

Close up of a photograph of Florence in a field [the field behind the park by TWGGS, still need to do a reccie there] colour fades back in, zoom out to reveal video footage of Florence in field. To film this we need to film the field footage first and then take the first still from it and turn it into a black and white photograph and then film the footage in the drama studio.

In field just general dancing and being like herself. Possibly with a tambourine.

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you [long note repeated]

On the drum beat of the word 'my' back to the drama studio, silhouetted. Has her tambourine in the studio as well now possibly. Moving around, using space, lighting etc. not sure what is happening here but in this location.

During the 'for you' line cuts to Florence emerging from the darkness in the graveyard, walking towards the path filled with balloons. She begins to walk through, we can possibly slow this down. Spinning/dancing amongst the balloons. We will need several different angles for this.

My boy builds coffins for better or worse

Some say its a blessing, some say its a curse

He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same

My boy builds coffins and i think it's a shame
That when eachones been made, he can't see it again
He crafts every one with love and with care

Then its thrown in the ground and it just isn't fair

During this verse we are going to have Florence walking down the pathway through the balloons and then through the photographs scattered on the floor. Differnet angles so would have to film several times.

On the lines 'my boy builds coffins.... /to / he can't see it again' near the end of the above verse, there should be some sort of imagery/symbol to represent this but not sure what yet, possibly something to the photographs.

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play

Back to Florence on the bench but now with lit candles and lanterns around her, sat on the bench. Pan out to side and fade into a pan coming into shot of her in the drama studio, so that it looks like the camera has made a 360 pan and has changed location in doing so.

He's made one for himself

One for me too

One of these days he'll make one for you [long note, repeated till end]

On the long 'for you' note again, back to Florence in the graveyard.

End with Florence on the floor surrounded by the balloons. Crane shot to end.