Saturday, 26 October 2013

Music Video Script

  • song begins; the artist stands in the middle of the shot facing the camera
  • close up shot of the actor, staring away from the camera in a mournful way
  • artist begins to sing as actor is sat on bed and climbs to get off
  • close up shot of artist singing, switch to actor knocking something over
  • actor turns, bends down to pick it up and spots something odd (a parcel? letter?)
  • cut to artist singing (medium long shot), switch to actor opening object to see photographs
  • she stands, moves back to the bed and begins laying them out with a cut to artist looking down on the floor with a half-smile
  • actor stands back once finished and camera pans over the photographs (extreme close up) between cuts of artist singing
  • actor smiles, picks up a couple photos to reminisce and cut to flashback where sub-actors are smiling, laughing and joking about together (camera represents actor's vision)
  • medium close up shot of artist singing with more movement; switch to actor smiling before placing photo down, bending down for object again and shakes it for anything she missed
  • over-the-shoulder shot of actor's hand holding a note saying 'LOOK AT THE BOOKCASE' where she proceeds to go
  • artist shot holding herself with face turned away from the camera, switch to actor reaching for the bookcase and spotting a bible with a necklace attached
  • actor holds necklace before finding the page it's attached to and finds it to be her favourite part of the bible
  • close up shot of artist singing more strongly, switch to actor who is reading the pages, smiling, and puts down the bible
  • actor stands, holding the necklace and goes to put it on
  • cut to artist who is singing, switch to actor looking back down at the bible, seeing something and bends down to retrieve it
  • ovre-the-shoulder shot of actor's hand holding another note saying 'LOOK IN THE DRAWERS' where she proceeds to go
  • artist shown singing with much more movement, switch to actor who sifts through the drawers and finds a notebook
  • actor opens it to find it has notes from her family left for her, she smiles; cut to artist looking at camera with a smirk
  • over-the-shoulder shot of actor who finds another note reading 'WHEN YOU NEED ME, CALL ME' to which she puts down the notebook
  • cut to artist who is staring directly into the camera and sings softly
  • when tempo rises again, cut to wide shot of the artist increasing her movement whilst singing, switch to actor who grabs her phone and texts her friend
  • many cuts between the artist singing and the actor getting ready to go out and meet her friends occur (artist belting out the lyrics more soulfully whilst actor gets dressed, does her make-up, etc)
  • panning shot (wide shot to close-up) of artist who finishes singing, switch to actor who leave her home (peering over her shoulder, smiling beforehand)

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