At the beginning of the song, there is an eight bar intro. Seeing as there will be four main characters within the video, the introduction of each character can last for 2 bars. It was an idea within the group that one or two of the characters were to wear suits in the video, so it would be almost comedic in a sense if two characters turned up casually dressed and were acting quite relaxed, and the other two turned up, power dressed, to the maximum. In the 8th bar, there are hits on an open hi-hat and then a syncopated snare hit on the 3.5th beat of the bar. I think it would seem quite effective and technical if the 3.5 beats in the song were all snap shots of one of the characters, rather than a moving image. It would be most pleasing if the character we use for this is one wearing a suit.
The verse first consists of two musical phrases, with two lines to each phrase. I think it would be more simple and effective when it comes to editing if each character was to be shown for technically an equal amount of time, meaning that here they would take a line each. The first phrase is one vocal line repeated, but when it is repeated, it is harmonised. One of the ideas that we had in the group was the we could attempt a split-screen, and have an extra character appear on each harmony. If this becomes to complicated to do on Final Cut Express, another method we could use is having one character running down a road, and then when each harmony comes in, another character appears and starts running along beside them.
When the chorus comes in, the music is a lot more energetic, there is loud thrashing drums and backing vocals. Since the beginning of the song, the first chorus would be considered as the most important section therefore I think it would be good if here, all the four characters (each taking their own individual courses within the chase) were all to 'collide' in a small area and all be momentarily confused. After the chorus there is a quiet bridge passage before the next verse comes in. It would be quite good if here, one of the characters were to show their fatigue, and then once the verse comes back in, the chase is back on!
After the verse, chorus and bridge the second time round, there is a chilled guitar solo. I think here it would be quite interesting, if another character emerges into the video, and stumbles upon the object that the initial four were racing for. This character would just come across as a random teenage, complete with headphones, skateboard and backpack. I feel that if this character was to then open the briefcase, take what's inside it (the name of the song gives you a clue what this could be) and put it in his bag. He could then go and dispose of the empty briefcase (which could be where we had previously discussed... In a swimming pool). Once he turns back around, the characters could rush past him, one of them actually then borrowing his skateboard, and they could all jump into the pool, where the camera just freezes on them in mid-air, which is where the video ends.
The song ends on a long, harmonised note. The long note will be suit the freeze frame perfectly, and the fact that it's harmonised could also represent the fact that all of the characters are present when jumping into the pool.
