Initial ideas

I have had an idea about doing a song I like and I have mentioned it to my group member Matthew Sharpe, the song is "There Aint No Rest For The Wicked" by "Cage The Elephant".

We have not done a full story board yet but we have looked closely at the lyrics and thought about what we could have in the shot in different parts of the song.

Lyrics	Camera Shot
I was walking down the street,	Close up Feet shot to mid range shot of guy walking
When out the corner of my eye	Extreme close up of guys eye
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me. She said "I've never seen a man Who looks so all alone, Could you use a little company? If you can pay the right price Your evening will be nice, And you can go and send me on my way."	Mid shot of Other character . Over the shoulder shot to get reaction shot . Back to mid shot . .
I said "You're such a sweet young thing Why you do this to yourself?" She looked at me and this is what she said:	Mid shot of guy Then when it gets half way through to the point when it says “She looked at me…” then it goes to the transvestite
"Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked, Money don't grow on trees. I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, There ain't nothing in this world for free. I know I can't slow down, I can't hold back, Though you know, I wish I could. No there ain't no rest for the wicked, Until we close our eyes for good".	Mid shot of transvestite Close up of tree with money taped to it Close up of guy picking up post Close up of hands talking Globe of world spinning . . Mid shot of guy then joggers run past
Not even fifteen minutes later I'm still walking down the street,	Close up of watch Mid shot of guy
When I saw a shadow of a man creep out of sight.	Angle shot of shadow
And then he sweeps up from behind And puts a gun up to my head,	Close up of head with space to the left and gun enters from the right up against guys head
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight.	Close up of guys head
He said "Give me all you've got I want your money not your life, But if you try to make a move I won't think twice."	. Mid shot of guy holding gun as he spins the guy around .
I go like "You can have my cash But first you know I got to ask What made you want to live this kind of life?"	Mid range shot of guy . .
He said "There ain't no rest for the wicked, Money don't grow on trees. I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, There ain't nothing in this world for free. I know I can't slow down, I can't hold back, Though you know, I wish I could. No there ain't no rest for the wicked, Until we close our eyes for good".	Mid shot of mugger Close up of tree with money taped to it Close up of guy picking up post Close up of hands talking Globe of world spinning . . Mid shot of guy . .
Now a couple hours have passed And I was sitting at my house, The day was winding down and coming to an end. So I turned on the TV And flipped it over to the news, And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend.	Close up of watch Over the shoulder shot in house Mid shot of guy sitting down facing camera Guy picks up remote , turns TV on Mid shot of TV ( reporter on tv) Guy looking shocked or guy talking
I saw a preacher man in cuffs he'd taken money from the church, He stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills.	Back to tv, on tv there is a man in a suite and a preacher Then it goes full screen as if we were there and there is a two shot the two people talking outside church then a close up of suites face then a close up of the preachers face (preacher looking warry) ( suite having a cunning look on his face)
But even still I can't say much Because I know we're all the same, oh yes we all seek out to satisfy those thrills "Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked, Money don't grow on trees. We got bills to pay, We got mouths to feed, There ain't nothing in this world for free. I know we can't slow down, We can't hold back, Though you know, we wish we could. No there ain't no rest for the wicked, Until we close our eyes for good"	Back to mid shot on sofa . . Multi shot as screen splits up into 5 or 6 depending if we use the preacher if we want to in this shot . . . . . . . Fade to black