Finalised Video Concept

As discussions of the video's complex narrative concept have progressed we have decided to scale back certain ideas, and have finally come up with something semi-coherent. We decided ambiguity was key in selling the idea and making it more simplisitic in terms of everything the audience sees. To this end, I have started a rough (i.e. quickly done, without all the musical timings finalised) storyboard, detailing the images and shots required. As we have said before the peice is set in modern day, as budget obviously does not allow anything else. Also, it is a more effective peice if set in modern day, suggesting that the "dystopia" exist in society already, linking nicely back to the research I carried out on conspiracy theories (as ever, doing far too much research for a short peice, but I feel that vast knowledge of the subject matter is required, to use the images and symbology effectively, and with some authority).

Essentially we have a sequence of events that follow this rough time line:
Blank black background, white title "Uprising", with sounds of heavy breathing and panic,
Est shot- a human eye
We see that the eye is being held open by a Matrix-esque "agent" type figure, whilst another looks on.
The eye belongs to the protaganist, who is being forced to watch a telvision screen, upon which are series of images.
The agents exchange a glance.
The music then starts, and the band are shown, obscured partially by darkness, and the fact that we are only shown parts of them and their instruments in extreme close up. This is intercut with the action throughout the remainder of the video.
The Protaganist awakes, fully clothed, in a bath, presumably in his home. He evidently has no memory of how he got there.
He (very briefly) changes.
He goes downstairs in a semi-daze and turns on his television. He is watching various channels, flicking, pausing briefly. Each one seems to trigger an unpleasent reaction and he leaves the house at speed, pausing to throw on a parka.
He walks down the street and sees various people and objects that remind him of his brainwashing video, but he shakes them off.
As he walks he sees someone he recognises. It is the agent that held his eyes open earlier, who recognises him. The music pauses briefly, a close up on the protaganist's eyes as it all floods back to him.
The music kicks in again, and the agent pursues the protaganist briefly.
The protaganist bumps into a black-clad policeman in an alley and falls at him. He yells something that is not heard by the audience due to the music. The officer looks at him. Then back at the agent.
We then see a low shot of the officer grabbing the protaganist.
Cut to the band, now fully visible, performing the end of the song.
The Protaganist awakes in a bath fully clothed.

I will upload the rough storyboard when it is complete.