2. Music Video Script
Video Title: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. The video starts with computer There is an intro which shows
edited text saying “Radioactive” to
text saying “Radioactive” as an
introduce the song. Have the text
in a „creepy‟ font and have the opening to the music video. Shot
colour of the font light green.
fading to black. 0:00-0:08
Because the name of the song is
radioactive.
2. The second scene is set in a The music intro starts faintly
warehouse (long shot) of all the
on this scene however no lyrics
band stood in the room playing
there instruments are being sung yet. 0:08-0:25
3. The camera starts too zoom in The music gets steadily louder
slowly and sweeps across the band
as the camera zooms in. 0:25-
humming.
0:58
4. The main singer starts singing and “I'm waking up to ash and dust
there is aclose upof him. There is
I wipe my brow and I sweat my
then a panning shot showing the
rest of the band either playing rust
their instruments or backing
I'm breathing in the
singing.
chemicals”0:58-1:08
5. The scene is still set in a “I'm breaking in, shaping up, then
warehouse, even though the band are
preforming for no one. There is a checking out on the prison bus
mid-shot which slowly come down This is it, the apocalypse
from ahigh angle view to a mid
hight shotshowing the whole band Whoa”1:08-1:26
preforming.
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6. The scene changes to the lead “I'm waking up, I feel it in my
singer in a field leaning against a
bones
fence singing. This is a long
shotthat zooms into a close up Enough to make my systems blow
shot. He is looking worn and tired.
Welcome to the new age, to the
There is a long shot as he‟s
walking along the fence. The shot new age”1:26-1:35
then cuts to a close up of his face
as he slowly looks up. Then the
camera cuts to a tracking shot of
the lead singer from the side
continuing to walk along the
field/fence.
7. The scenery then cuts to mid-shot “Welcome to the new age, to the
ofthe lead singer (which
new age
slowlyzooms in)sitting in a field
by himself, looking as thoughhe is Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
having an emotional think. This
radioactive
scene relates shows the lead singer
looking back on his drug fueled Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
lifestyle hence the “flashback”. He
radioactive”
believes himself to be
“radioactive” meaning he is Small slow-motion part 1:35-1:52
poisoned by drugs meaning his whole
life is essentially dying due to
his habit.
8. The scene cuts back to when they “I raise my flags, dye my
are in the warehouse.along shot
clothes
angled at the right hand side. the
full band at the abandoned bridge It's a revolution, I suppose
shown earlier, singing and playing
We'll paint it red to fit right
their instruments. The camera then
shows a close-up of each band in
member individually. Then back to
Whoa”1:52-2:05
the side/mid-shot of the band. “It
a revolution” relates to how his
band members are trying to help him
stop his habits by revolutionizing
his ways.
9. The scene stays in the abandoned “I'm breaking in, shaping up,
warehouse, with a long-shotwith a
then checking out on the prison
low angle view of the entire band
preforming. bus
There are then two close-
This is it, the apocalypse
shotsshowing the band in two halves
playing each band memebers face in Whoa” 2:05-2:19
slow-motion.
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10. The scene changes back to a long- “I'm waking up, I feel it in my
shot the whole band sat on the
bones
fence that the lead singer was sat
on before. There is a medium shotas Enough to make my systems blow
they jump of the fancein slow
Welcome to the new age, to the
motion
new age”
Small slow-motion part2:19-2:31
11. The scene skips a side mid-shot of “Welcome to the new age, to the
the singer slowly making his way
new age
through the feild(shot from side).
The scene skips to a mid – range Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
shot when he is the middle of the
radioactive
feild. The walk up the hill shows
the lead singers journey to make a Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
new turn in his life improving and
radioactive” 2:31-2:49
coming to an end.
12. The scene cuts to the band playing “All systems go, sun hasn't died
very enthusiastically in the
Deep in my bones, straight from
warehouse again. There is a high
angle panning shot it slow motion inside” 2:49-3:01
showing the whole band preforming
to nobody. The enthusiasm the band
has relates to how much faith they
have that the lead singer will
prevail. “Sun hasn‟t died” means
the lead singer hasn‟t given up on
himself succeeding.At some point
zooming in of band member playing
the guitar
13. The scene changes to a mid-shotof “I'm waking up, I feel it in my
the band back at the abandoned
bones
bridge at the start of the music
video. Very enthusiastically Enough to make my systems blow
playing their instruments. This is
Welcome to the new age, to the
shot with a slightly lower angle,
with all the band members facing new age” 3:01-3:13
the camera. This scene again shows
the bands faith in the lead singer.
“I‟m waking up” means the leads
singer has almost beaten his
addiction to drugs.
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14. The last shot shows the lead singer “Welcome to the new age, to the
reach the top of the hill
new age
(sidelong-shot). The there is a
panning mid-shot around the lead Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
singer as he puts his arms out to
radioactive
resemble a cross. The shot then
fades to black slowly as the song Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
ends, finishing the music video.
radioactive”
The lead singer at the top of the
hill symbolizes the lead singer has Scene fades to black signifying
beaten his addiction and has
the end of the song.3:13-3:32
cleansed himself from drug abuse.
His arms out to make a cross shape
shows religion may have been a
factor (along with his bang
members) to beat his addiction.
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