2. Music Video Script
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1.
0:00 – 0:30 – Numerous LS of birds
flying. Cut to
There is a peaceful tune. There
will be a dull effect and most
likely in slow motion. Different
shots edited together.
Static LS of a girl sat at a train
station alone. Cut to
‘She was waiting at the
WIDE shot of a boy walking of a
train. Cut to
stabilized.
station’. And the camera will be
‘he was getting off the train’
again this shot will be
stabilized like the first.
2.
0:30 – 1:00 - CU shot of boy
checking his pockets for tickets.
The ECU of his hands with the
contents of his pockets
LD shot of girl and boy holding
hands running through train station
‘He didn’t have a ticket so he
had to run through the
barriers... again’ 2 similar
shots just one more close up
than the other. Steady filming
(un stabilized) dissolve
transition between this shot and
the next shot.
Over shoulder shot of ticket
inspector seeing them running
through the station
‘well the ticket inspector saw
them rushing through’ again an
un-stabilized shot, still
showing it from the ticket
inspectors POV.
MD shot of boy and girl talking.
CD shot of girl and boy talking
‘Girl, you don’t know ho much
I’ve missed you but’
‘we better run because I haven’t
Over shoulder shot of girls face
got the funds to pay this…’
‘fine, she said. Fine’
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1:00 – 1:30 – LD shot of girl and
boy running out of the station
The separate shot of them running
onto a bus
Then extreme close up of travel
tickets and there bottles.
‘so they ran out of the station’
tracking shot of them running
‘and jumped onto a bus’
‘with 2 of yesterday’s travel
cards and 2 bottles of bud’
MD shot of girl and boy sat on a
bus talking
dissolve transition from the
part above to the part bellow.
Over shoulder shot of girls face
smiling
WIDE ANGLE MID shot of girl and boy
walking through a park. then the
shot is still them walking through
a park but with different angles of
the it.
‘and he said you look well nice’
‘well she was wearing a skirt
and he thought she looked nice
and yeah she didn’t really care
about anything else because she
Only wanted him to think that
she looked nice… and he did’
4.
1:30 – 2:00 - over shoulder CU of
boys face looking at the girl funny
‘But he was looking at her yeah
Over shoulder view of girls face.
Then the same scene just from a
different shot so you can see both
the girl and the boy in their
entirety.
‘she said c’mon boy tell me what
Boys face from over the shoulder
view showing body language.
‘he said alright I’ll try’
LD shot of the boy and girl sat on
a park bench as the night is
drawing in and the boys talking to
the girl
‘well the stars up in the sky
all funny in the eye’
you’re thinking no don’t be shy’
both of these clips to be
steadily filmed.
and the leaves in the trees’
Tripod set up. After this shot
going to the next there will be
a dissolve transition.
MD shot of boy tripping up and girl
laughing
‘all the broken bits that make
you trip up’so it’ll be like a
scene that has happened
previously and they’re laughing
about it.
ECU of grassey paving stones.
‘and the grassey bits inbetween’
Extreme close up and very
focused. camera will be slightly
moving also.
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2:00 – 2:30 - LD steady show back
to the bench scene in the park with
the boy explaining to the girl how
much he loves her.
Extreme close up of girls face
still sat on the bench, looking
confused.
‘all the matter in the world
that’s how much that I like you’
‘she said what?’
ECU of boys face sighing still sat
on the park bench.
‘he said let me try and explain
Wide angled shot of a tree with
birds in it.
There is a long pause in between
again’
the 2 verses’ and it is calming
so it needs a chilled clip to go
with it. Steady filmed.
Sky view of birds flying
‘right birds can fly so high’
tracking shot
A similar shot as previous just
obviously a different version
‘and they can sh*t on your head
ECU of an eye
shot to the next there will be a
yeah they can’going from this
dissolve transition.
‘Almost fly into your eye’
really focused so it’s clear and
pretty looking. Going from this
shot to the next there will be a
dissolve transition to make it
look like its going back intime.
MD shot of boy creeping up on the
girl and making her jump (scared)
‘And make you feel so scared’
another shot which has
previously happened so it looks
like they are having flash backs
from fun times they’ve spent
together.
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2:30 – 3:00 - 2:30 – 3:00 – MD shot
of birds still, not flying
‘but when you look at them and
Over shoulder shot of girls face
and the boy saying she’s beautiful.
‘Beautiful that’s how I feel
LD shot of girl and boy sat on park
bench. And boy talking to the girl.
‘Right birds can fly so high and
Over shoulder medium distance of
the girls face and boy still
talking and goes to poke her in the
eye.
‘yeah they can almost fly into
LD shot of boy and girl on the
bench boy still talking to her
you see that their’
about you’close up and focused.
they can sh*t on your head’
your eye and make you feel so
scared’
‘but when you look at them and
you see that they’re beautiful
that’s how I feel about you’
Over shoulder shot of girls face
and you can see the boy slightly in
the corner of the shot. You see his
arm slightly point to her.
‘that’s how I feel about
you’close up and focused. music
slowly becomes slower.
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3:00 – 3:30 - MD bench shot of them
still sat there of the girl shaking
her shoulders as if to say what.
Over shoulder shot of boys face
pointing and talking towards the
girl
Over shoulder shot of girl miming
‘what are you talking about’
‘she said what?’
‘he said you’
‘what are you talking about?’ as
though she’s saying it but it
MD shot of the bench but from a
different angle than the others and
the boy still talking.
Boy grabs the girls hand and they
rush off from the bench. Camera
still at the same LD angle as
before.
Behind shot of girl and boy walking
down a path by a forest boy in
front holding her hand (sort of
rushing) looking up to trees as the
lyrics are on.
Boy stops faces the girl and holds
her arms still the angle is from
behind and about medium distance.
Switch angles to in front of the
girl and boy
Closer up angle on them stood on
the path and the boy is still
talking to the girl.
isn’t really her voice.
‘he said you’
No lyrics just calming tune
‘Right Birds can fly so high’
‘and they can sh*t on your head
yeah’
‘They can almost fly into your
eye and make you feel so scared’
‘but when you look at them and
you see that their beautiful
that’s how I feel about you’
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3:30 – 4:00 - LD Panning shot of
Birds flying in a blue sunny sky
‘Right birds can fly so high and
Another shot of birds flying
similar to the previous one but not
so sunny.
‘almost fly into your’
ECU of an eye
they can shit on your head’
‘eye’ very focused and very
stabilized as it’s only a short
clip.
Close up clip of boys face looking
scared
‘and make you feel so scared’
stabilized shot like the eye.
‘but when you look at them and
you see thst their beautiful’
Long shot of birds in a tree and
there’s a nice blue sky behind.
MD shot of the boy reaching for the
girls hand then them holding hands.
‘that’s how I feel about you’
dissolve transition from this
clip to the next.
LD shot of boy and girl still on
the path hugging.
‘that’s how I feel about you’
fade transition to black
9.
4:00 – 4:30–Ld behind shot of girl
and boy sat on a bridge holding
hands
‘she said thanks, I like you
too. He said cool’
Behind MD shot of girl and boy
walking off holding hands
Just a soothing, calming tune.
Quick clip of the train station
featured at the beginning.
Fades to black.