As previously stated, my music video is going to tackle the sensitive topic of mental health and I have decided that within mental health, the video shall be primarily focused on depression and anxiety. Many do not understand depression or anxiety until they suffer from it, it is a silent illness that can affect day-to-day life. Depression does not have a label although there are limits to the depression one has from mild to severe, this video aims to consider all types of depression including Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD), Dysthymia (also known as Chronic Depression), Prenatal depression and Postnatal depression.

Many who suffer from depression also battle with anxiety. The video aims to tackle the psychological effects of anxiety with a shot of a wandering eye connoting the idea of the protagonist looking around to see who is looking at her, depicting the fear of being judged in everyday life whilst the fast paced transitions are to connote the notion of panic attacks.

The video shall depict the protagonist’s battle with depression and anxiety through a timeline of her mind. Her walking to the sea is to connote the end, her giving up… The switches between the shots from the beach and the shots in the arcades/fairground are to connote the contrast between her sad and happy days. She wants to get back to those days but in her mind it is impossible; she has nothing to live for and the only thing she can do now is give up. I do not want to romanticise mental health within this music video, my aim is to show the cold, hard truth of the illness and I think it will be achieved.