1. Section Timing Music Lyrics Visuals
Intro 1 0:00 – 0:18
0:15
0:17
Strong
electro
music.
N/A Slo-mo, girls feet
walking- picks up
letter/book with photos
on doorstep.
Camera cuts to the door
slamming behind her.
Close up of the girl
standing in room with
book in her hands.
Intro 2 0:18 – 0:35
0:23
0:24
0:25
0:27
0:28
0:29
0:32
0:33
0:34
Beat is
added
N/A Close up as she flickers
through the pictures.
*flashback*
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Verse 1 0:36 – 0:41
0:44 - 0:51
Lyrics
start
Baby, you can
believe me when I
say I tried my best
But there’s no other
way, you deserve the
world, I couldn’t give
you less.
Close-up of boy with his
hands on the steering
wheel, cuts to extreme
close-up of his eyes as
they look at something.
Point of view shot from
boy’s perspective as he
looks at the girl who we
can see through the
window of her house.
2. Pre -
chorus
0:51 – 1:06 Lyrics But I’m not perfect
the way you’re
perfect and though it
hurts, yeah it hurts to
say goodbye.
Girl sits down, mid
shot of her looking
upset at the photos
(shallow focus) rule of
thirds something
positioned in front of
the camera covering
two thirds of the
screen.
Gap 1:06 -1:09 N/A Boy gets out of his car
and slams the door.
Chorus 1:09 – 1:18
1:19 – 1:22
1:23 – 1:28
1:29 – 1:41
Lyrics I know I let you down
it wasn’t that your
love wasn’t good
enough
Couldn’t stick around
Its only in myself that
I didn’t trust
I had good intentions
I had good intentions
*Flashback*
Mid shot of boy standing
outside
Flashback*
*Flashback*
Gap 1:42 – 1:44 N/A Deep focus on street
light
Verse 2 1:45 – 1:52
1:54 – 1:56
21:56 –2:00
Lyrics And it’s a shame, oh
ironic that I went and
put you through
I take the blame
Cause the truth,
there’s really nothing
you could do.
*Flash back* long shot
of boy and girl arguing
in a hallway.
ECU of girl crying, sat
on the staircase.
ECU of boy shouting
up at the girl.
Pre
chorus
2:02 – 2:06 Lyrics But I’m not perfect ECU boy’s eyes
shutting, camera cuts
3. 2:07 – 2-19 The way you’re
perfect and though it
hurts yeah, it hurts to
say goodbye.
to ECU of girl’s eyes
shutting.
*Flashback* First time
they met.
Chorus 2:20 – 2;28
2:29 – 2:37
2:38
2:47
2:56
3:05
Lyrics I know I let you
down, it wasn’t that
your love wasn’t
good enough.
Couldn’t stick
around, it’s only in
myself that I didn’t
trust.
I had good intentions
I had good intentions
I had good intentions
I had good intentions
*Flashback*
(Some kind of dance
scene)
*Flashback*
Close-up of girl
Close-up of boy
Close-up of girl
Close-up of boy
Outro 3:10 – 3:27
3:28 – 3:47
Lyrics But I’m not perfect
the way you’re
perfect and though it
hurts, yeah, it hurts
to say goodbye
But I’m not perfect
the way you’re
perfect and though it
hurts, yeah, it hurts
to say goodbye
*Flashback*
*Flashback*
