1. Music Video Script
First Draft Music Video Script
By Emma Upton
Artist: Bring Me the Horizon
Song: Can You Feel My Heart

2. Music Video Script
Video Title: Can You Feel My Heart – Bring Me the
Horizon
VIDEO
AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1.
0:00 – 0:30–Fade into CU shot of
the back of the vocalists head in
the lightly lit white room,
tracking downwards to his
shoulders. Cut-In shot to CU shot
of vocalists hands beside his body
from the front in the same room.Cut
to CU shot of vocalist’s face
slowly tracking backwards with the
rest of band slowly coming into
shot as tracking backwards.Cut to
WS of whole band facing away from
camera in abandoned building
tracking inwards. Cut to WS of
whole band included in shot, band
starting to play the music camera
track slowly left to right from the
front in the abandoned dark house.
Cut to WS of band playing music
from the left hand side. Cut to MS
of guitarists playing. Cut to WS of
drummer playing. Cut to WS of front
shot of entire band preforming in
brightly lit white studio. Cut to
WS of front of band preforming in
dark abandoned house. Cut to WS of
band preforming on graffiti filled
skate park from the left.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 0:00 to 0:30
NARR: Band preforming music in
high key lighted white room.

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VIDEO
AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
2.
0:30 – 1:00 – Cut to WS of band
walking towards a forest/woods at
around sunset together. Cut to CU
of band members feet walking from
the front. Cut to WS of behind the
band while they are looking at the
forest/woods as one band member
walks towards it, others follow.
Cut to VWS of the forest/woods with
the band in the middle of the shot
barely noticeable. Fade to a POV
shot of the forest/woods from the
ground slowly spinning clockwise.
Cut to CU shot of vocalists face
looking upwards. Cut to MCU and Two
shot of other band members looking
around. Cut to WS of band stood
with their instruments or next to
microphone with light coming from
behind them, faces/front of body in
darkness/shadow, tracking inwards
slowly.Cut to MS of vocalist
singing ‘Can you feel my heart’
back in the highly lit white room.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 0:30 – 1:00
NARR: Band walking to
woods/forest, standing in
woods/forest.
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel, can you feel my
heart?
(Can you feel my heart)

4. Music Video Script
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AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
3.
1:00 – 1:30 – WS of band walking
through town center laughing
together, cut to MCU of vocalists
face looking down smiling whilst
walking, cut to MCU of guitarists
face, cut to MCU of drummers and
bassist face in shot while walking
and talking to each other. Cut to
place in Manchester town center
known as Urbis where people
skateboard, WS of vocalist
skateboarding. WS of other band
members skateboarding useQuick Cuts
to cut to each band member
skateboarding. Cut to two shot of
vocalist and other band member sat
down on a step, one smoking one
talking to other.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 1:00 – 1:30
NARR: Band members walking
through town, then skateboarding
and talking to each other.
Can you help the hopeless?
Well, I'm begging on my knees,
Can you save my bastard soul?
Will you wait for me?
I'm sorry brothers,
So sorry lover,
Forgive me father,
I love you mother.
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?
Can you feel my heart?
4.
1:30 – 2:00 –Cut to WS of band
stood in the same forest/woods as
before, preforming in the dark of
night with lights shining on them.
Quick cuts of CU shots of each band
member playing their instrument,
and CU shot of vocalist singing.
Cut to WS of whole band preforming.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 1:30 – 2:00
NARR: Band preforming in same
forest/woods as before.
Can you feel my heart? [2x]
Some slow motion shots of band
preforming along with regular
speed shots mixed in.

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2:00 – 2:30 – Fade to WS of band
facing forward in the high key lit
white room with lighting coming all
from behind them, tracking right to
left. Fade to WS of band facing
away from camera in an abandoned
building, stood fairly still,
lighting coming from the front,
back of bodies in darkness/shadow,
while camera slowly tracking
inwards. Cut to WS of band stood in
the woods/forest from before,
lighting surrounding the band,
tracking right to left showing the
whole band, each one preforming
along with vocals starting at
2:15.Cut to CU shot of vocalist
singing, tracking left to right.
Cut to MS of guitarist and bassist
preforming tracking right to left.
Cut to CU shot of drummer playing.
Cut back to MS of vocalist
preforming.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
2:30 – 3:00 –Cut to WS of whole
band facing the camera stood in the
middle of a graffiti filled
skateboarding ramp, each of them
preforming, camera tracking inwards
to the vocalist. Cut to MS of
bassist stood in the forest/woods
playing. Cut to MS of drummer in
forest/woods playing. Cut to CU
shot of vocalists face whilst
singing in the forest/woods. Cut to
CU shot of vocalist’s hands
touching the microphone/microphone
stand whilst singing. When lyrics
sing again cut back to shot of
vocalist.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
3:00 – 3:30–Quick cut to WS of
whole band back when they were
skateboarding. Quick cut to CU shot
of vocalists face in the abandoned
house. When drums start cut to MS
of drummer playing in the
forest/woods. Cut to CU of drummer
in high lit white room. Cut to CU
of drummer playing in abandoned
house. Cut to CU shot of bassist
and guitarist playing. Cut to CU
shot of guitarist hands whilst
playing.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 2:00 – 2:30
I'm scared to get close and I
hate being alone.
I long for that feeling to not
feel at all.
The higher I get, the lower I'll
sink.
I can't drown my demons, they
know how to swim.
Feel My Heart 2:30 – 3:00
I'm scared to get close and I
hate being alone.
I long for that feeling to not
feel at all.
The higher I get, the lower I'll
sink.
I can't drown my demons, they
know how to swim. [2x]
Feel My Heart 3:00 – 3:30
Can you feel my heart?
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken?

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3:30 – 4:00- Fade to POV shot of
the trees in the forest/woods
looking upwards, panning clockwise.
Cut to WS of band stood looking at
the forest/woods. Cut to WS of all
band sat together on wall in town.
Bring Me The Horizon – Can You
Feel My Heart 3:30 – 3:46
Can you feel... can you feel my
heart?