Shooting Script

Shooting Script – The Script – Nothing – Music Video
Visuals	Audio
1.Location: Wooded area – County Road bridge. Dan Fields as main artist. Props: Plain white tee, long black chain, ripped jeans and white hi tops – Scruffy Look to represent the just woken up/rough night look. Shot: Close up/Angle: Eye Level/Movement: Still Camera focused on face asleep, eyes then open at the first strong beat.	Slow beat at the beginning of the song. Am I better off dead
2.Location/Props same as above. Medium/Low Angle/Tilt Upwards Dan gets up from the floor	Am I better off a quitter
3.Location/Props same as above. Medium/Eye Level/Right to left pan and tilt, eye level to floor. Dan bends and picks one of the many bottles from the night before.	They say I'm better off now Than I ever was with her
4.Location/Props same as above. Medium/Eye Level/Backtrack. Empty Bottle included in one line. Backtrack continues until the verse finishes and Dan emerges from the wooded area.	As they take me to my local down the street I'm smiling but I'm dying trying not to drag my feet They say a few drinks will help you to forget her But after one too many I know that I'm never Only they can see where this is gonna end But they all think I'm crazy but to me it's perfect sense
5.Jump cut to Green Room. Performance scene. Medium/Eye Level/Still	And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over town
6.Jump cut to front room. Ashley pulls back Dan, trying to calm him down. Dan looks frustrated. Medium shot. Over the shoulder of Ash. Eye level and handheld camera. This emphasises the infuriated mood of that scene.	I'm swearing if I go there now I can change your mind turn it all around
7.Cut to green room. Long shot. Slight low angle. Still camera on tripod. Performance.	And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words And she'll listen this time even though their slurred
8/9.Cut back to house. Right to left pan following Dan’s movement. Dan walks out of conservatory doors on the phone and in garden. Handheld camera remains in the conservatory looking out to Dan.	Dial her number and confess to her I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing
10.Jump cut to railway lines. Medium shot/Backtrack/Eye Level Throughout that short verse. Several shots cut to the beat. Same location.	So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences I know if I'm face to face that she'll come to her senses Every drunk step I take leads me to her door If she sees how much I'm hurting She'll take me back for sure
11.Jump cut to Green Room = Performance. Same clothing as above. Medium/Eye Level/Still	And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over town
12.Dan coming out the front door of the house. Long shot/Still/Eye Level Dan walks towards the camera and then begins backtrack.	I'm swearing if I go there now I can change your mind turn it all around
13.Pan left to right following Dan’s movement as he passes the camera. Medium - close up.	And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words
14.Following Dan from behind – Handheld camera. Tracking Dan/Medium.	And she'll listen this time even though their slurred Dial her number and confess to her I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing
15.Dan presses the bell, no ones in and sits on the step. Long shot/Still on tripod.	She said nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing Nothing I got nothing Nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing
16.Dan under bridge, darkness but light coming from lamppost above. Close up/On tripod. Performance.	Oh sometimes love is intoxicating
17.Same as above. High angle long shot on tripod. Dans performing this verse whilst making some eye contact with the camera. Performance.	Oh you're coming down your hands are shaking
18.Same as above. Performance. Slight low angle. Medium long shot. Dan walks up and past the camera as the verse fades out.	When you realise there's no one waiting
19.Dan is stood upon the top of the rocks near County Road Bridge. Low angle on tripod. Throws his jacket past the camera / Lands next to camera.	Am I better off dead Am I better off a quitter
20.Medium – long shot on tripod. Slight low angle. Dan jumps from the rocks, out of the frame.	They say I'm better off now Than I ever was with her
21.Green room. Full chorus of performance. Variation of shots edited to the beat. Long shot/close up/medium shots. End of chorus = High angle as Dan slouches to the floor. Fade transition.	And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over town I'm swearing if I go there now I can change your mind turn it all around And I know that I'm drunk but I'll say the words And she'll listen this time even though their slurred Dial her number and confess to her I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing
22.Dan laid on the floor. Only face, neck and bit of shoulders in the frame. High angle direct from above. Close up. Dan mouths lyrics for the first few lines then eyes close. Fade out.	She said nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing Nothing I got nothing Nothing Oh I wanted words but all I heard was nothing Oh I got nothing I got nothing I got nothing

Narrative

Within music videos there is usually a story being told, this story telling is known as narrative. narrative is a series of actions in a cause & effect chain (where someone does an action that leads to another action) occuring in time and space (location).
If a music video was to succeed with its verisimilitude (realism for audience to engage) the story must follow the rules of continuity, temporal and spacial coherence. This means the diegesis must be realistic and for the video to consist of linear narrative so thats its easier for the audience to understand and engage with the song.
There are many different types of narrative structures which are used in music videos depending on the song and genre of music; these include:

Multi-strand narrative - there is more than one story going on in the video.

Closed narrative - everything ties up in the video/song, no lasting questions.

Open narrative - leaves questions at the end.

Interactive narrative - interact with audience/public. These are mainly used on tv programmes.

Point of view narrative - the audience find out information as the character does throughout the music video

LIIAR

Language - The specific terminology we learn to describe media, relevant to the gerne, audience and content of the text

Institution - The company/organisation of the production.

Ideology - What it represents. Implicit and explicit values of media E.g. good guy, bad guy. A system of beliefs.

Audience - Consumers of media. Who they are aiming their media at.

Representation - Re-presents back to society. Concepts such as stereotypes

Codes and Conventions of Music Video

Code is a sign which signifies and creates meaning (connotation)

Codes of a music video are:
-Dancing and acting in the video creates more of a performance and promotes the song.
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Convention - what we expect to see in the music video.

Conventions of a music video are:
-Seeing the artist peform in someway (singing/dancing).
-Close ups of the artists to give the audience recognition of the artist.
-Video with some reference to the lyrics of the song.
-The video will be edited to the beat of the music.

History of Music Videos

Premiering in 1974, the Australian TV show 'Countdown' played an important role in the development of the music video industry. Music video clips were used as a method of promoting acts that were to appear on the show. As the popularity of the video clips grew, the music industry began to realise the marketing potential of these music clips. One of the most notable video clips features was the AC/DC hit, "It's A Long Way to the Top." During the 1980s, 'Countdown' aired in 22 countries.
In 1981, the U.S. video channel MTV was launched and it began the age of 24-hour music television. They launched the channel with the video, "Video Killed the Radio Star." Throughout the 1980s, MTV expanded to become an important tool used in music marketing. Singers like Madonna not only used music videos to promote their albums, but to create their images. In 1983, the almost 14-minute-long video for Michael Jackson's song "Thriller," was released.
It becIn 1985, MTV launched the channel VH1 which featured softer music for an older audience than the typical young MTV audience. In 1987, MTV Europe was launched and in 1991, MTV Asia was introduced.
In 1988, the MTV show, Yo! MTV Raps was launched. The show helped to bring hip hop music to a nation wide audience. Two of the videos that are most famous for being two of the three most expensive music videos of all time are Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream," which cost $7 million to produce, and Madonna's "Bedtime Story," which cost $5 million. "Scream" is still the most expensively video ever made.
During the 1990s, MTV launched channels around the world that included: MTV Latin America in 1993, MTV India in 1996, and MTV Mandarin in 1997. In 1996, MTV2, originally called "M2" was launched as an alternative and older music video channel.
By the mid-2000s, MTV and many of its other channels had stopped showing a large number of music videos and began showing reality television shows.

The Brief

A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

-a website homepage for the band;

-a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package);

-a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).