Conceptually, the video will be based around a loose story structure but mainly focus on complex nonsense and visually rich imagery.

The story will follow one main character, a deep sea oil rig worker who is overtaken by his loneliness and homesickness and embarks on a journey to find any situation better than his current one, alone at sea.

All images will be constructed out of found textures to emulate a “cut paper” look. The color choice will emphasize saturated and other worldly extremes. Psychedelic.

A sketch of what the main character could look like.

A motion test and visual sketch of the oil rig.

First visual concept of whale breaching, may make for nice event whilst out at sea.

A sketch of a nautilus. Our hero may ride on the back of the nautilus to originally escape from isolation on the rig.

Visual test of bridges as our hero makes his way inland. Extreme color choices.

Some reference photos for landscape ideas. I love the idea of old buildings covered up by hills and grass just barely poking through.

All in all the video will take place in a psychedelic world of nonsense where really anything can happen without explanation. I’d like to place emphasis also on the use of “home” a motif. Perhaps our hero is trying to find a new home, or return to his previous home.

The conclusion is yet to be established. Will he ride off into the sunset destined to search indefinitely? Will he find a better situation and have his problem resolved? or will he find a different situation and realize that he’s no better off than he was before.. a tale of “grass is always greener” syndrome.