Building a Future Where Everyone Can Ride and Drive Electric by Bridget Gilmore
Music Video Shotlist
1. Music Video Shot List
Shot
Number
Shot Type Shot Description &
Camera Movement
Equipment,Props &
Costumes
Location
1 Close up Close up of ticking
watch/clock – still
camera
Camera
Tripod
Watch/clock
Bedroom
2 Close up Side of head shot with
actor 1 wearing‘beats’
headphones looking
away fromthe camera.
Slow motion camera
pan.
Camera
Tripod
Beats
Grey/black Hoodie
Bournemouth
(pier/stair
set/wall).
3 EstablishingShot Wide anglesshot,with
actor 1 off-centre in
the frame sat against a
graffiti wall with
headphones on
looking to either the
left/right.
Still camera – tripod
mounted.
Camera
Tripod
Beats Headphones
Grey/Black hoodie
Black skinny jeans
Nike shoes
‘Walk of art’
underpass
(Ringwood)
4 Medium Close-
up
Side shot from
passenger seat of car
as actor 1 is driving.
Slight handheld
movement to give the
realistic driving feel.
Camera
Car
Beats Headphones
Grey/Black Hoodie
White V-neckt-shirt
Inside the car
5 Close Up Slow motion camera
pan of clothes and
underwear on
bedroom floor.
Camera
Underwear (male
and female)
Bed
T-shirt
Trousers
Socks
Bedside table
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
6 Medium Close-
up
Hand held/Mounted
camera (undecided) as
actor 1 is looking into
the camera lip syncing
the first few lines of
the song. Opens with
blur-to-focus.
Bed with bedding
Bedside table
Lamp (lighting)
White V-neckt-shirt
Bedroom
7 Medium Shot Actor one sat on the
end of the bed with
headin hands/shaking
them in frustration
No cameramovement.
Camera
Tripod
White V-neckt-shirt
Bed with bedding
Bedside table
Bedroom
2. Lamp (lighting)
8 Close up Clock/Watch close up
No camera movement
Clock/Watch
Camera
Bedroom
9 Close up Slow motion panning
of underwear on
bedroom floor. Hand
held
panning/movement.
Camera
Underwear/Clothing
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
10 Medium Close
up
Actor one points to
their head whilst lip
syncing the final lines
in the chorus. Slight
camera movement
whilst mounted on
tripod.
Camera
Tripod
Lamp (lighting)
Bed
White V-neckt-shirt
Bedroom
11 Medium Close
up
Actor 1 lip syncs with
hand on heart to
match the lyrics. No
camera movement.
Camera
Tripod
Lamp (lighting)
White v-neck t-shirt
Bed
Bedroom
12 Medium/Wide
shot
Actor 1 sat on side of
the bed,handson back
of head/rubbing hair,
looking out the
window. No camera
movement - possibly
use of slow motion
Camera
Tripod
Bed
Bedside table
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
13 Wide shot Actor 1&2 knelton the
bed, holding each
other closely and then
push apart. No
camera movement
Camera
Tripod
Underwear
Bed
Bedside table
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
14 Medium Shot Actor 1 pushing items
of desk in anger. Hand
held camera
movement.
Camera
Desk – deodorant,
paperwork,
stationary
Bedroom
15 Medium shot Actor 2 ledinbed, arm
out (tattoo in shot).
Hand held camera
movement.
Camera
Bed
Underwear
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
16 Medium Close-
up
Actor 1 looking into
camera lip syncing
final linesinthe verse.
No cameramovement.
Camera
Tripod
Bed
Lamp (lighting)
Bedroom
17 Medium/Long
shot
Walkingdownpath,lip
syncing into camera as
actor 1 shakes finger
to match the lyrics.
Mounted camera on
tripod whilst walking
Camera
Tripod
Grey/Black hoodie
White V-neckt-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Grey Nike shoes
Ferndown –
Winding path
lined with trees
and street lamps.
3. for stabilisation. Street lamps
(lighting)
18 Close up Red traffic light to
match the lyrics. Blur-
to-focus effect. No
camera movement.
Camera
Tripod
Traffic light
Grey Hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Ferndown
19 Close up Green traffic light to
show the change in
lyricsthat oppose each
other in meaning
(stop/go). No camera
movement – possible
blur-to-focus effect
Camera
Tripod
Traffic light
Grey Hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Ferndown
20 Medium shot Actor 1 lip syncing
whilst pointing to
watch they are
wearing.
Walking/handheld
camera movement.
Camera
Tripod
Watch
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Ferndown
21 Medium shot Stood against lamp-
post, lip syncing the
final lines to the
second chorus.
Camera
Tripod
Lamp-post(usedfor
lighting)
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Ferndown
22 Medium shot Actor 1 sat down,
kneesup(‘W position)
against graffiti wall lip
syncing. One face on
shot and then a cut to
a side shotfor firstand
thensecondline of the
verse. No camera
movement (slight blur
to introduce the
verse).
Camera
Tripod
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Grey Nike shoes
Beats headphones?
Ringwood – ‘Walk
of art’
23 Medium Shot Actor 1 sat on end of
bed lighting a lighter
whilst actor 2 resting
on shoulders behind.
No camera movement
– slow motion shot.
Camera
Tripod
Lighter
White v-neck t-shirt
(actor 1)
Underwear/Long
sleeve top (actor 2)
Bedroom
24 Medium Shot Actor 1 driving car, in
the rain, windscreen
wipers on lip syncing.
Hand held camera
movement.
Camera
Tripod?
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Car
Ringwood (driving
down a street
lined with
lampposts for
lighting)
4. 25 Close up Actor 1
punching/restinghand
against graffiti wall,
eyes closed, lip
syncing.No/Handheld
camera movement
(undecided).
Camera
Tripod
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Ringwood – walk
of art (nighttime).
26 Medium/Wide
shot
Actor 1 stood against
car/sat on bonnet lip
syncing. Hand held
camera movement.
Camera
Tripod
Car (lights on for
lighting)
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Black skinny jeans
Ringwood – picket
post lookout
point.
27-39 Medium Shot,
Medium Close-
up, Close up and
Wide Shot.
Freestyle
actions/movement
performed by actor 1
whilst lip syncing the
repeated choruses to
end the song. Some
shotswill be still, with
the use of a tripod and
othersfeaturing hand-
held tracking
movement (this will
need practice shoots
to decide on the final
choices).
Camera
Tripod
Car
Lamp
Bed
Grey hoodie
White v-neck t-shirt
Underwear (scenes
for actors 1&2)
Black skinny jeans
Grey Nike shoes
Bedroom
Ferndown
pathway/lamppost
Car – lookout
point
Walk of art
Alternating
between scenes
for each/every
few lines.
40 Medium Close-
up
Actor 1 ending the
song/video by lip
syncing into the
camera,sat on the bed
where it all started
(creates a beginning,
middle and end). No
camera movement –
ending with slow
motion and blur-out
effect as actor 1 turns
away.
Camera
Tripod
Bed
Lamp (lighting)
White v-neck t-shirt
Bedroom
Note:All shots1-40 listedanddescribedabove are the mainshotstoform the bodyof the music
videoandhelpvisualise the lyrics.There willbe littlecutsof randomshotsin-betweenlip-syncing
but these will happenduringfilmingif anyextraideasare thoughtof.