1. Script: Creating a Music Video – “Somebody Told Me”
Casting
Ben Hollis – Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Cam Brown – Lead Guitar
Luca Abraham – Bass Guitar
Ben Potter – Percussion
Costumes
Ben Hollis: Black Blazer, Red polo, jeans, converse
Ben Potter: Hoodie, Graphic T-Shirt, Jeans, Vans
Luca Abraham: Tank Hoodie, Chinos, Fake Converse
Cam Brown: Blazer, Shirt, Chinos, Vans
Props
Microphone x 2
Microphone Stands x2
Guitars x 2
Bass guitar x1
Guitar leads x3
Drum Set x1
Drum Sticks
Setting
Stage – Cromwell Community College
Location 1 – 6th form Common Room
Location 2 – 6th form open area
Location 3 Entrance to Neale wade
Running Time
Somebody Told Me (Running Song Time) – 3minutes 22 Seconds
Running Music Video Time – 3 Minutes 35 Seconds.
2. Shot List
Shot Shot Type Shot Time Description
Opening Shot Master Shot Band Sitting on the sofa, Listening to ‘Somebody told Me’
Shot (2, 3, 4) Close Ups Close Ups of Three of the band members
Shot (5) Close Up Close Up of the lead singer fades out into the start of the Song.
Intro of Song 0.20.5s
Shot (6) Start Establishing Shot 0.03s Shot of the stage, setting, Flashing Lights all in sync
Shot (7) Mid Shot 0.02s Showing half of the lead singer and microphone
Shot (8) Side Shot 0.02s Close up showing the Side of the lead singer
Shot (9) Close Up 0.03s playing the chords of the song focused on the fret board
Shot (10) Mid Shot 0.02s Canted angle Mid Shot of Lead Guitarist.
Shot (11) Close up 0.02s Looking down the fret board of the Bass Guitar
Shot (12) Low Angle 0.02s Looking up at the Bass Guitarist
Shot (13) Close up 0.02s Drum Stick Hitting the Ride Symbol
Shot (14) Long Shot 0.02s Drummer Hitting the Symbol Repetitively
Verse 1 0.32s
Shot (15) Close Up 0.04s Singing the Opening Line of Song, With Microphone
Shot (16) Zoom Out 0.04s Zoom out to Mid Shot (Fast Paced Zoom)
Shot (17) Low Angle LS 0.03s Low-Angle Long Shot for the instrumental fill
Shot (18) Side Shot 0.03s Side Shot of Lead singer singing with Microphone in shot.
Shot (19) Long Shot 0.04s Long shot of the lead guitarist playing
Shot (20) Pan 0.06s Pan From Lead guitarist, to drummer, to bassist ) (Fast)
Shot (21) Mid Shot 0.04s Singing with the Microphone
Shot (22) Close up (side) 0.04s Close Up at the side, singing the final line of the verse
Bridge 0.12s
Shot (23) Long shot 0.02s Long shot of the band playing
Shot (24) Long Shot 0.03s Long shot of the drummer playing to the beat
Shot (25) Extream Close Up 0.02s Close up of bass guitarists mouth singing ‘woo hooo’
Shot (26) Mid Shot 0.04 Singing the last line of the bridge ‘Never thought I’d let a….’
Shot (27) Mid Shot 0.01 Drummer hitting with the beat.
Chorus 0.15.5s
Shot (28) Close-Up 0.02s “Somebody Told Me…” shot of lead singer
Shot (29) Mid - Shot 0.02s “You had a boyfriend” Shot of Ben Potter
Shot (30) Mid- Shot 0.02s “You look like a girlfriend” Shot of girl
Shot (31) Ariel Close -up 0.03s Of lead singer singing
Shot (32) Mid – Shot 0.02s “It’s not confidential” – White background
Shot (33) Mid – Shot 0.02s “I’ve got potential” – Las Vegas background
Shot (34) Long – Shot 0.01s Band standing motionless
Verse 2 0.16s
Shot (35) Tracking shot 0.02s “Ready let’s roll onto…” walking right with the microphone
Shot(36) Long Shot 0.02s Band singing autographs
Shot (37) Two shot 0.02s Two shot of two of the band members (Luca + Cameron)
Shot (38) Eye-line match 0.01s Looking at the picture they are going to sign
Shot (39) Long shot 0.02s Lead singer leaving the table
Shot (40) Mid Shot 0.02s Shot of Dave
Shot (41) Mid Shot 0.02s Shot of Drummer
Shot (42) Side Shot 0.01s “I said heaven aint…”
Shot (43) Close – up 0.02s “Close in a place like this”
3. Shot Shot Type Shot Time Description
Bridge 2 0.12s
Shot (44) Long-Shot 0.04s “Bring it back down” – Band walking down the street
Shot (45) Mid-Shot 0.02s Luca (Backing singer) - Woooohoooooo
Shot (46) Long-Shot 0.06s Backs of the band walking down the street
Shot (47) Mid-Shot 0.001s Banging of the Drums in sync by the drummer
Chorus 2 0.15s
Shot (48) Long-Shot 0.02s “Somebody Told Me” – Lead singer looking at cam.
Shot (49) Long-Shot 0.02s “You had a boyfriend” – Looking at Luca
Shot (50) Master-Shot 0.02s Band playing the song
Shot (51) Canted Mid Shot 0.02s Drummer Playing the beat in sync
Shot (52) Long-Shot 0.01s “Of last year” Lead singer singing those lyrics
Shot (53) Close-up 0.02s “It’s not confidential” – Camera focused on Cam
Shot (54) Close-up 0.02s “I’ve Got Potential” – Camera focused on Luca
Shot (55) Mid-Shot 0.02s “Rushing & Rushing Around…” – lead singer
Interlude 0.25s
Shot (56) Low-Angle 0.12s Band walking down stairs
Shot(57) Mid-Shot 0.06s Brandon standing singing
Shot (58) Side-Shot 0.02s Luca: “Maybe…Baby...” Singing.
Shot (59) Tracking shot 0.05s Walking along corridor “but all I wanna...”
Shot(60) Long-Shot 0.001s Punch Air to the beat
Chorus3/Outro 0.44s
Shot (61) Two-Shot 0.02s Luca + Bap backstage putting jackets on
Shot (62) Two-Shot 0.02s Ben + Cam Putting jackets on
Shot (63) Eye line Match 0.01s Cam Picking up guitar
Shot (64) Long-Shot 0.04s Cam putting the guitar on and thumbs up to the crew
Shot (65) Close-up 0.02s Luca shot from the side looking focused
Shot (66) Close-up 0.02s Ben Shot from the side looking focused
Shot (67) Master-Shot 0.02s Band Preparing backstage
Shot(68) Establish/Master 0.13s Walking out the front of school, swag.
Shot (69) Mid Shot 0.02s “Somebody Told Me”... Lead Singer singing
Shot (70) Side Shot 0.02s “You had a boyfriend”… Showing Cam Brown
Shot (71) Side Shot 0.02s “That looked like a girlfriend”… Showing Hannah
Shot (72) Master Shot 0.03s “February of last year”…Brandon Singing
Shot (73) Long Shot 0.02s “It’s not Confidential”… Singing
Shot (74) Mid Shot 0.01s “Ive got potential”…
Shot (75) Close/Mid Shot 0.03s “Rushing and Rushing around”…
Shot (76) Mid Shot 0.01s Drummer hitting drums in sync
Shot (77) Establishing Shot 0.10s Band walking in slow motion onto the stage.