Music Video Treatment






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  1. WealdMedia2020July 3, 2020 at 1:31 AM

    This is great, Esmé! So much detail and a really effective story. I can see this being stylish and sophisticated. Remember, if you're not showing performance (which is fine), you'll need to do some whizzy technical stuff to make up for the difficulties of lip synching not being tackled. The intertextuality is a great idea - I bet most Guardian readers would agree with the protest stance! Ms Cope

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