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‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ is the nightmarish story of a teen with insomnia. The never-ending nightmare of insomnia is a story that many teens will be able to relate to.

The moment when time just comes to a standstill and you feel like you’re trapped in an unending darkness for the rest of eternity is the exact moment that is captured within this film.

Throughout the night, the teen becomes more and more broken. The process sped up by the beat of the song. Tortured by the increasingly distorted and grotesque images that surround him, representing the slow disintegration of his mind as it tears itself apart.

As his mind starts to break down, so do his surroundings. Visions of his bedroom objects exploding and dissipating ensconce his mind. His pleas for help are heard by no one. He is all alone.

Only sleep will free him from his waking nightmare.Only death will allow him to sleep.

NARRATIVE+ OVERALL VIDEO PLAN

Video opens with the sad piano, move across a dark room. A cowering figure is eventually revealed, slowly coming into focus.

Song kicks in, cut to the singers face. Zoom out to reveal rest of the band performing in a dark room. Multiple cuts around the band, focusing on different members. Tears of blood flow down the singers face.

Chorus kicks in. Cut to cowering figure, holding his head and quivering intensely. Cuts between him and band a few times while he tries to stand up. Falls in slow motion, static and distortion increases.

Focuses on his eyes as he falls, cuts to a rotating shot around the band. Switches between the band and the character, both him and the singer laughing demonically. Shot of clock in sync with the clock audio.

Cut to character, acting shaky and nervous. First person shot of his hands, shaking and becoming distorted. Television turns itself on, features the band playing the song. Character walks towards it angrily as we go into the television to where the band is playing. Singer taps his watch to emphasize lost time.