Screenplay for a music video

1. LOST IN A DEJA VU
Directed by John Sacapano
Music by Matrix Marquez

2. FADE IN:
INT. FLAT AREA – NIGHT
A person is shown to be on the bed. Eyes completely dilated
mouth with some foam, body completely pale and frozen. Next to
them was a bottle of pill, some spilt some on their hand.
POLICE REPORT (Voice only)
Seventeen. Male. Drug overdose. Eszopiolone. Body is
now in a state of rigor mortis. Time of death has
been roughly six hours. What’s the cause of death?
Suicide-
DISSOLVE TO BLACKOUT:
INT. FLAT AREA – NIGHT
BEDROOM
SAM, a TEENAGER living alone, 17 and a classic introvert jumps
up in shock. He sits up at bed, and begins to cry.
SAM
(Breathes heavily)
He continues to weep and breathe heavily, portraying his fear of
what he had just witnessed in his nightmares.
CUT TO NEXT SCENE:
INT. FLAT AREA – DAY
BEDROOM
SAM is looking through TUMBLR as several images are shown. The
names of the film and the cast are also mentioned. He glances at
the clock and begins to prepare for school.

3. SAM
(PREPARING for school)
Why is life so hard? Why life is unfair? Do we ever get to
decide what we can do, or are our actions simply given to us as
orders and not truly from our own wills? Why doesn’t life ever
give us a chance to live it? It’s all questions we want answers
to, but can never seem to get one.
MUSIC BEGINS as he looks at himself in the mirror with loathing.
SAM
Blank, I’ve been feeling numb inside.
Empty, lost myself tonight.
CUT SCENE
EXT. ROAD - DAY
On his way to school, SAM walks along the path. Music continues
as he makes his way to school. It cuts from close up shots, to
long shots.
SAM
Been far too strong
For far too long
Lost in the streets of my own creation
SWITCH TO:
INT. SCHOOL ROOM – DAY
At school, he is isolated from everyone and sits at the back of
the class, where people simply glares at him but does not
acknowledge him.
SAM
A world I’ve lost control
The violins weep

4. The voices laugh
Am I gone?
INT. LOCKERS AREA/MUSIC ROOM – DAY (CROSSCUT TO PIANO SCENES)
HYPERLAPSE TECHNQIUE is used as he walks around the halls,
watching people pass by quickly as he slowly walks around them.
Certain scenes cuts to the piano being played by a girl as well,
and his mouth singing the lyrics.
SAM
Lost in a Déjà vu
I’m up I’m down
I’ve lost my mind
I’m back I’m out
I’m lost in a Déjà vu
I think my heart has given up..
CUT SCENE
EXT. CLOUD MOVEMENTS – DAY
TIMELAPSE of clouds are shown to portray the movement of time.
This continues for a few seconds until it cuts to another scene.
INT. FLAT AREA – DAY
BEDROOM
SAM is shown to have somewhat recovered from his depression and
looks more brighter than before. He takes a deep breath, and
leaves for school.
INT. CLASS ROOM – DAY
SAM is still isolated, but is shown to have made a friend. She
tries to further strengthen him. However, he constantly
questions her optimism, and soon she begins to find out about
his ‘dark side’. She grows distant towards him, leaving SAM to
be alone for himself once more.

5. SAM
Tears, they never seem to stop
I just sleep it off
It’s hard to keep on failing
-insert few more lyrics here-
EXT. SCHOOL – DAY
SAM watches closely as his ‘friend’ denies the fact that she is
friends with him and ridicules him. He tries to confront her,
but she denies him.
SAM
Lost in a Déjà vu
I’m here I’m there
I’ve lost my light
I’m blind I’m tired
I’m trapped in a Déjà vu
I think my soul is losing faith
CUT SCENE TO:
EXT. ALLEY – DAY
As he is walking by an abandoned building alley way, he is
suddenly ganged up by bullies who begin to beat him up badly.
Left there to bleed, he struggles and cries in a corner.
LYRICS
Where did it begin
Where can it all end
There’s no way out
There’s no way home
I wish to be free
CROSSCUT TO:

6. INT. FLAT AREA – BEDROOM
SAM struggles to rest due to his injuries. He looks at himself
in the mirror, pathetic and absolutely destroyed. He cries once
more, losing all hope.
LYRICS
And now it all begins
The end will never last
It’s all rewinding fast
Images of his lost loved ones are shown on the screen, several
with crosses on them to portray their abandonment of him. He
sits up on his bed and looks to the side, where sleeping pills
lie. He grabs in violently and stares at it carefully.
LYRIC
Lost in a Déjà vu
-Newly written lyrics here-
Flashbacks of his loneliness are shown, and visions of his
nightmare appear. He makes his mind up, and chugs a whole lot of
the pills.
LYRICS
Lost in a Déjà vu
I’m up I’m down
I’ve lost my mind
I’m back I’m out
I’m lost in a Déjà vu
I think my heart has given up..
A POV shot is revealed to show his vision slowly beginning to
blur as he looks at the images on the bedside. It slowly fades
into black and the music ends.
EXEUNT.