Wanderlust Treatment

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO TREATMENT

A MIDNIGHT DRIVE PRODUCTION

WANDERLUST SONG BY… JACK PILKINGTON A FILM BY… DYLAN J WHITTY

CONCEPT

WANDERLUST: CONCEPT

CONCEPT LOST IN THE WILDERNESS AND TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY BACK HOME, ONE MAN BECOMES OVERWHELMED BY HIS OWN INSIGNIFICANCE AGAINST THE VAST, SURREAL BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. A MUSIC VIDEO CENTRED AROUND A POSTPANDEMIC DISILLUSIONMENT DRIVEN BY OUR SHARED CONNECTION WITH A NATURAL WAY OF LIFE THROUGH WORLDWIDE LOCKDOWNS.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANDERLUST: CINEMATOGRAPHY

MAXIMALISM HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF MINIMALISM. WHILST THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE, THE CINEMATOGRAPHY SHOULD EMBODY A CONTRASTING, LOUD VISUAL STYLE: THE SURREAL BEAUTY OF NATURE VERSUS THE CALM FAMILIAR COMFORT OF HOME: SUBURBIA.

THE CHORUS SHOULD VISUALLY CONVEY THE EUPHORIA OF AN EPIPHANY.

CINEMATOGRAPHY COLOUR GRADING THAT MAKES THE WORLD OF THE CHORUS POP. THE FOURTH WALL BROKEN. REFLECTIONS IN WATER. A DISTINCT FOCUS ON THE SKY, LONG SHOTS (THAT FLOAT AND GLIDE AROUND JACK) AND VAST ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF MOUNTAINS ALL EVOKING A SENSE OF FREEDOM.

O P E N I N G SHOT

WANDERLUST: OPENING SHOT

O P E N I N G SHOT THE OPENING SHOT PANS AWAY FROM A QUAINT ORDINARY HOME TO THE ROAD OUTSIDE, BEFORE PANNING UP TO A CLEAR SKY DURING THE EARLY DAWN. THEN WE SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION — PAN DOWN — TO A VAST WILDERNESS, WE’RE SUDDENLY SOMEWHERE NEW. ANOTHER WORLD ENTIRELY COMPARED TO THE FAMILIAR CALM OF A QUIET STREET. A MAN ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS WALKING TOWARDS US. THEN BRIEF FLASHES OF A ROAD AND A CAR, SOMEONE TAKING A JOURNEY.

A N C H O R SHOT

WANDERLUST: ANCHOR SHOT

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got

wanderlust and

I

don’t

know

who

to

trust

A N C H O R SHOT WANDERLUST’S UPBEAT PACING CALLS FOR CONSTANT MOVEMENT, THEREFORE THE VIDEOS ANCHOR SHOT SEES JACK WALKING TOWARDS US, SINGING TO US, LIKE WE’RE HIS CONSCIOUSNESS, OR FATE, OR SOME KIND OF FORCE PULLING HIM FORWARDS THROUGH LIFE. WE’LL KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS SHOT THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO.

C L O S I N G SHOT

been

here

before

Yeah

I’ve

felt

this

for

so

long

C L O S I N G SHOT TIMECODE 3:31

THE VIDEO ENDS IN ONE OF TWO WAYS: (1) THE MAN FINDS HIS WAY HOME, PANTING, EXHAUSTED, BUT AT THE EDGE OF JOY - HE HAS FOUND HOME. AN AGE OLD, UNIVERSAL STORY. THE VIDEO COMES FULL CIRCLE AS WE ARRIVE BACK AT THE HOUSE WE LEFT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO. (2) HE ACCEPTS THAT HE IS LOST IN THE WILDERNESS. WE PULL AWAY FROM HIM THROUGH A LONG SHOT THAT KEEPS MOVING UNTIL HE BECOMES A SPECK ON THE REST OF THE WORLD.

WANDERLUST: CLOSING SHOT

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CHORUS

CHORUS AS THE CHORUS HITS, JACK BREAKS THE FOURTH WALL AND SINGS TO THE AUDIENCE. THE INITIAL FIRST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF US TRIGGERS AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO SURREAL, ABSTRACT IMAGES OF NATURE AND THE WORLD. AN EPIPHANY, OR A REALISATION OF THE BEAUTY AROUND HIM AS WELL AS HIS OWN INSIGNIFICANCE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF EVERYTHING.

WANDERLUST: CHORUS

TIMECODE 1:15

LOCATION

LOCATION

Wastwater // Greendale Tarn Lake - Cumbria: Conveying the videos thematic heart of freedom and liberation requires a distinct focus on vast landscapes and sweeping establishing shots free from the public.

Wastwater // Greendale Tarn Lake - Cumbria: The video will be partly-shot at Wastwater’s lake itself and track his journey to an isolated Lake in the mountains called Greendale Tarn.