Style: Dark gothic surrealism
Concept: The video explores a quiet rebellion against control and inherited power. Through intercut scenes of a ritual circle and a symbolic chess match with a masked figure, she confronts the structures that have long defined her. As the song progresses, the more "awakened" she becomes. By burning the king piece in her ritual, she chooses to dissolve the system rather than play by its rules. It’s a story of inner transformation, rejecting domination not with violence, but with intense and quiet power that she finds within her to create a new path on her own terms.
The chess match adds a layer of philosophical depth and sophistication to the video, while the ritual circle preserves its haunting, gothic atmosphere.
Props: gothic candles, dried roses, gothic black and white chess set, burnt gothic looking tree branches, mask, smoke bombs
Camera Style: The shot of the band will have a lot of motion, movement, fast paced, high energy. It will be juxtaposed with slow motion of the ritual, close ups on the chess pieces, the smoke.
The final scene will symbolize her transformation. We’ll lock the camera in a fixed position and capture two versions of the same frame: first, she kneels in the center of the candlelit ritual circle, obedient, surrounded by candle flames. Then, we cut to the same composition, but now the candles are burnt out, smoke hangs in the air, and she stands. In her hand is the chess king, which she drops into the fire at her feet (we'll get a gothic looking fire bowl) .
The visual swill represent that this single act, burning the symbol of control, extinguished the entire ritual...
