SCRIPT: PLANNING

Script for music video:

We have created this script for our music video which we will use when filming our video. It follows a specific plot line which I found was effective during my research of music videos. The script includes stage directions and speech which we can follow directly during the production of our video, which means we will not waste allocated time and are less likely to fall behind with deadlines.

Opening begins with a young girl sitting on her bed, obviously distressed and upset looking at her phone, sending a text message to her boyfriend saying “ I saw you and her…walking in the rain!”.

KATIE. Sighs piteously and folds her arms across her body, staring complacently into space

Then you are immediately, focused on the Katie’s boyfriend in another location (his bedroom), receiving the text message off the girl

TOM. Sighs, rubbing his head agitatedly. He gets up from his bed and immediately walks over to the window, appearing distressed and confused.

KATIE. Strokes picture of her and her boyfriend as she recalls old memories.

TOM. A straight cut of the boyfriend is depicted; who looks upset and is now lying on his bed in a daze after receiving this text. He walks around in his bedroom repeatedly looking out the window, whereby a close up of his face is shown.

KATIE. Katie steps up in the same position as her boyfriend, again looking outside the window. She suddenly recalls a flashback of her boyfriend with another girl, holding hands. Attempting to forget this memory, she begins getting ready for a night out.

Katie starts putting on her make up and changing outfits and dancing in her room.

KATIE. She sings the lyrics in the mirror; “I saw you and her… walking in the rain… you were holding hands and I… will never be the same”

Katie recalls another flashback of seeing her boyfriend with another girl, which interrupts her, whilst she is getting ready.

KATIE. Katie storms out the house, determined not to cry, whilst recalling flashbacks of her and her boyfriend laughing together. Katie begins to walk up the same road where she saw her boyfriend and the mystery girl holding hands.

Finally, after recollecting these memories the audience observes Katie from behind walking off in the rain, all on her own.
ENDING.