Story Line.

Sequence One (Cabin).
Mid shot of Justin opening curtains, letting in the sunshine of a new day - our preconceptions are that he's light and happy. Good natural lighting, resembling clean and pure happiness. 


Close up profile shot of Justin (I'll reference him as J) pulling on his hoody on another beat of the song - he's in synch and on track as it were. 


Mid shot from outside the cabin, J opens the door on another beat of the song and walks out of shot. He's occupied, got plans - this is how he wants his peers to see him in general. 


Sequence Two (Bikes).
Random and fast paced cuts between different angles on bikes. Camera is hand held to create an imperfect effect - J interacts with camera to create the sense that the camera (audience) is actually with J and living his life with him. 


On the opening line "Justin's just your..." the shot cuts to a mid/close up on J - officially introducing the audience to it's subject. 


Sequence Three (Church).
On the line "Apparent that he's living the ghetto gospel dream..." the shot cuts to a moving shot approaching a green church - representing 'gospel dream'. The camera proceeds to follow (again in a home movie style) J into the church grounds. The shot is sped up in order to create the old vintage home movie effect. Cut away to a still mid/long shot of J leaning up against the church wall. The wall fills the whole frame, representing how his life is apparently controlled by religion and God. 


Sequence Four (Photo Album).
Cut away again to another heavily sped up sequence (home movie effect) of J showing the camera a photo album full of pictures that supposedly belong to him. He shows a picture of a house and a car - referring to the lines "daddy owns a lakehouse..." and "got a custom chevrolet" - they're fake - much like his life at this point.


Sequence Five (Trailer).
Camera (hand held) approaches J sitting on trailer - he appears to be unaware or not interested in the camera. We're beginning to enter the more voyeuristic side of his life. Cut on line of "his brain is full of ego..." to shot of camera approaching him outside of church - he smirks almost cunningly - is he planning something or hiding something? 


Sequence Six (Chorus One).
Almost as if we've entered his perspective, the camera is fixed onto his person - meaning we move with him. The cuts between shots are fast paced and rough - he's beginning to fall into turmoil. He wanders aimlessly and lost - showing signs of frustration - we begin to enter his real life.


Sequence Seven (Car Mirror).
Shot from inside the car, camera looks into side mirror - we see J walk into shot. He sees car - shifts about suspiciously before pulls up his hood and approaches car. Couple of jump cuts on beats in song. 


Sequence Eight (Filler Shots).
Filler shots of church again and abandoned machinery. Cutting between one extreme to another - belonging and community with religion to seclusion and isolation in cold metal mechanical life. Cuts on each beat to maintain pace.


Sequence Nine (Dusk Car & Whisky).
Shot from inside car - J sits on bonnet in silhouette looking out over empty field - mirrors isolation and sadness.


Cut on beat to panning across road following the headlight beams.


Cut again on beat to close up shot of J's legs and whisky bottle - referring to "future's in a whisky bottle" - he grabs whisky bottle aggressively. 


Lighting is dark and dingy - representing the fall into darkness and seclusion of his life. 


Cut on beat to J laying fully clothed in bath - drinking his whisky - drowning out his sorrows with drink and water in bath.


Phase shot back to mid shot of J sitting on bonnet (camera side on) smoking and looking aimlessly out into distance - refers to line "melodramatic gaze..."


Cut on beat to extreme long shot of J standing motionless in field - lost and confused - literally and metaphorically. 


Sequence Ten (Final Chorus).
In total darkness two headlights flicker erratically across frame. Represent J's life flickering in and out of focus - unpredictable dangerous. 


Car pulls up quickly - dust floats around headlights - murky and clouded like his judgement. He staggers out - drunk.  


Cut to J collapsing into chair. Various cuts to him drinking/smoking or just sitting and thinking. Cuts again are quick choppy and erratic - mirroring his demeanor. Quick close up shots of J burning photo's from earlier - burning away dreams and falsities. 


Quick short cuts to scenes from earlier in reverse i.e. church scene backwards - it never happened - it's all untrue. 


On last line of song - all slowing down - J leans forward, holds his face in despair - looks up straight into camera and holds eye contact - looking for help.


Shot blacks out - end of video and song.