Scene breakdown for music video

1. Section
name
Timestamp Run
time
Action Shot/cut/etc details Location Costumes/Props
Intro
(shorten?)
0-22 22 sec Putting on school uniform (doing up buttons, etc. they will
already be mostly dressed)
Mid shot of Johnathan Bedroom  ‘Boy’ school
uniform
Verse 1 22-56 34 sec Putting on tie, the rest of the uniform is already on Mid shot, eye hight, as if the
camera was a mirror
Bedroom  ‘Boy’ school
uniform
 Tie with flowers on
it
 School bag
 Breakfast (toast?)
 Tea
 House keys
Walking downstairs with feathers falling from the ceiling
behind
Stationary wide shot of the
stairway, high angle as the
cameraman is at the top of
the stairs
Stairway
In the kitchen eating breakfast and drinking tea Mid shot Kitchen
Grabs house keys + bag and looks in the hallway mirror Mid shot of the hallway, facing
the door
Hallway
Exits through the door and closes it behind Mid shot of the hallway, facing
the door
Hallway
Chorus 1 56- 1:32 36 sec Walking along the street to school, school bag on one
shoulder. At the second “girlfriend boyfriend” Johnathan
switches to the ‘girl’ uniform for the duration of the word
“girlfriend”. At the end of the chorus, they enter the school
building.
Tracking (steady cam) wide
shot
Graphic match with jump cuts
for the uniform changes
Outside on
the street,
entrance to
school
 Uniform (‘girl’ +
‘boy’)
 School bag
Verse 2 1:32-2:12 30 sec In the P.E changing rooms, Johnathan is away from everyone
else in the room getting dressed into P.E kit. The class goes
outside and runs a race and Johnathan wins. Everyone one
else is disappointed and annoyed, the P.E teacher ignores
this and just sends the class inside. Johnathan goes inside
and changes into his uniform. He then enters the bathroom
and looks in the mirror whilst boys walk past behind him.
Wide shots for the changing
room
Outside a mid-shot is used of
the race, with those running in
focus. After they cross the
line, the focus is pulled from
the runners to the rest of the
class watching.
Close up, eye hight shot as if
the camera was the mirror
Changing
rooms,
running
track/field,
bathrooms
 Uniforms (anyone
else wearing a tie
must have a plain,
single dark colour
one)
 P.E kits (don’t have
to be matching,
general sportswear
is fine)
Chorus 2 2:12-2:43 31 sec
Instrumental 2:43-3:22 39 sec

2. Bridge 3:22-3:44 22 sec Sat in a classroom, Johnathan is in the front row by
themselves and the rest of the class is taunting them and
throwing balls of paper, pens, rubbers, etc at their head.
They grab their bag and leave the room, as they walk down
the corridor the teacher pokes their head around the door
and calls after them.
Mid/close up shot of
Johnathan with some of the
class visible behind. Camera
pans to follow Johnathan out
the door. Wide shot of the
corridor, the classroom door is
in frame close to the camera,
Johnathan is walking away
Classroom
Corridor
 Uniform
 Smart clothes for
teacher
 Paper, pens,
rubbers, etc.
 Posters for the wall
 Tables
 Chairs
Chorus 3 3:44-4:26 42 sec Similar to the first chorus, they are walking home and there
is a costume change for the word “girlfriend” in the first line.
They unlock the front door and enter the house and look in
the mirror. Johnathan goes upstairs to their bedroom; they
drop their bag, walk up to their wardrobe, and open it.
Inside there is a vast array of clothes: ‘boy’ and ‘girl’, lots of
colours
Handheld tracking along the
road. An over the shoulder
shot when they look in the
mirror. Handheld close up
shot following Johnathan up
the stairs. Camera stops in the
doorway and switches to a
wide shot of the room
Outside on
the street,
hallway,
bedroom
 Uniform (‘boy’ +
‘girl’)
 House keys
 Wardrobe filled
with dresses, skirts,
blouses, shirts,
trousers, etc
Outro 4:26-4:51 25 sec In the bedroom, Johnathan stands in front of the open
wardrobe, facing the camera. For each line of the outro, the
outfit they are wearing changes
Full body shot to show the
entire outfits
Bedroom  Wardrobe filled
with dresses, skirts,
blouses, shirts,
trousers, etc
 Johnathan wears
the outfits from
the wardrobe
Run time:
 4:51 without cuts
 3:41 with current plans to cut Chorus 2 and the instrumental
 ~3:30 with shortened intro
Characters:
 Johnathan – main subject/character (name is irrelevant, just needed one to reduce confusion)

3.  Pupils/class – their classmates
 P.E Teacher
 Another teacher - can be the same person as the P.E teacher just with a different costume