Music Video Scripting

Videos	Lyrics / Narration / Music / FX
1.  INT. DARK  Relaxed feel, then cutting straight into a medium shot of the actor lip syncing to the song.	A tornado flew around my room before you came Excuse the mess is made, it usually doesn't rain in Southern California, much like Arizona My eyes don't shed tears, but, boy they brawl [0:00-0:20] No narration No FX
2  EXT. FIELD, AFTERNOON. Chorus begins, tracking mid shot of the artist walking along the path in a field, preferably in the rain.	When I'm thinkin' 'bout you I've been thinkin' 'bout you I've been thinkin' 'bout you Do you think about me still? Do ya, Do ya? [0:20-00:33] No narration No FX
3 INT. DARK STAGE. Close up of artist on stage, with only his face visible through spotlight.	Or do you not think so far? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever [00:33-0:57] No narration No FX
4  INT. DARK STAGE. Mid shot of the actor with blue spotlights surrounding him.	No, I don't like you, I just thought you were cool enough to kick it Got a beach house I could sell you in Idaho Since you think I don't love you, I just thought you were cute That's why I kiss you Got a fighter jet, I don't get to fly it, though  [1:01-1:16] No narration No FX
5  INT. DARK STAGE. Mid shot of actor while he is lip syncing to the song.	I'm lyin' down thinkin' bout you I've been thinkin' 'bout you I've been thinkin' 'bout you Do you think about me still? Do ya, Do ya? [1:16-1:30] No narration No FX
6  EXT. FIELD. AFTERNOON. Medium shot of actor sat on a bench in a park.	Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever [1:30-1:54] No narration No FX
7  INT. DARK STAGE.          Mid shot Red spotlight lighting his face while lip syncing along.	Yes, of course  I remember, how could I forget? How you feel? And though you were my first time A new feel It won't ever get old, not in my soul Not in my spirit, keep it alive We'll go down this road Till it turns from color to black and white [1:58-2:26] No narration No FX
8. INT. DARK STAGE.         Mid shot of actor lip syncing	Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever Or do you not think so far ahead? 'Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever [2:26-3:03] No narration No FX

Location

• Stage with curtains
• Field

The stage is where the majority of my music video is going to be filmed. This is because this is the easiest location for me to incooperate the specific lighting I need to carry out the ideas I have for the music video. It also has a somewhat reflective wooden surface meaning that the red candles can reflect more light, this would mean that I don't need to think about a way to include more natural low key lighting. It is also big so I have a lot of space to manouvere and incooperate a variety of long shots.

The field is going to be used everytime the chorous comes on. This will be high in natural lighting. This is so the actor can be walking while lip syncing to the song and can look like the actor is going to try and copy the 'essence' of emotions portrayed by the original artist in the song.

Actor

This is going to be my actor. I have chosen him for this because he is young and also tall (I need this so it will be easier for me to in cooperate the use of the spot lights and other tools). This will really add to the personality of the song. They will represent my artist well as my artist persona is open, friendly looking, good looking, caring. This means that he will fit perfectly into my artists image as he fits the artist persona. I also need someone confident and someone who doesn't shy away from the opportunity of getting filmed. This is important as my entire music video is based on the artist. He represents my target audience well with the listed qualities so he is easily relatable to my target audience age of 16-25.

Richard Walters - The Escape Artist

Having recently been shown this music video, I have been left in awe of the concept behind the video with projection of different lights and designs; all done on a face. I think this style would fit perfectly into my music video, however the time and effort means that I would possibly not be able to in cooperate this into my work. I will although try to add in some sort of projection based from this video.

Initial Music Video Overview

As mentioned before I would like a very dark room with a spot lights to highlight the mood of the song. As well as spot lights I would like to use different types of coloured lighting to highlight the actor. I would also like to add a very midnight blue tint to the music video in order to create a very sadistic atmosphere which would go hand in hand with the song.

Midnight blue

Blacked out room

Costumes & Props

Costume 

Overall, I want my artist to look like the image below except with a dark red shirt. This is so that they fit with the colour scheme red and blue. They will be wearing high tops, with black sunglasses and a black watch. I am getting a hold of this through my own wardrobe.                                                                                                                      

Props

White iphone headphones are also going to be used while my actor is in the field while lip syncing to the song. I own this so it won't be hard to come across.

Magazine Adverts Analysis

Looking at different adverts for magazine adverts, the most common thing is that the picture takes up more than half of the advert with the title shown very explicitly. The pictures are often eye catching, most adverts tend to not use a picture of the artists themselves but a digitally created image of the album they're advertising. At a glance, most of the adverts provide little clue to what genre the artists belong to. However, once you start looking at adverts from different genres the genre becomes somewhat clear, that is if you don't already know the artists/bands. What I mean by this is that the pictures used on the adverts normally give away a clue. However, the typical conventions seem to be there is a clear artist name, album name and the date of release which goes hand in hand with an eye catching image which can be either digitally created or be of the actual artist. This immediately gives us the basics for creating a magazine advert, however there are other extras in most of these adverts such as websites to interact with the fans and getting previews and downloadable content. Some artists/bands have a specific font and/or logo attached to them which is also added to the advert which makes it clear who the advert is for. A less typical thing is for record labels logo to be imprinted on a corner of the advert but it does feature in some of the adverts such as PJ Harvey, Kings Of Leons.