1. Music Video Script
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2. Music Video Script
Video Title: Back To Black
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. (0:00 – 0:30) Shows Devon drinking
wine straight from the bottle and
dissolves out to a shot of her
walking up to the canal. It then
dissolves to a shot of birds flying
away. The narrative then goes back
to the start of the relationship
showing happier times by dissolving
to a shot of Devon and Daniel (the
couple) being happy together and
laughing.
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black.
Intro music for 15 seconds
“He left no time to regret, kept
his dick wet with his same old
safe bet”
2. (0:31 – 1:00) After portraying the
couple to be happy and laughing
together the camera then focuses on
Devon’s face while she lights a
cigarette and smokes it which
symbolizes how everything may not
be as happy as it seems. The shot
then dissolves to a medium shot of
her and her friend hugging which
again shows to the audience a
deeper darkness to the relationship
is beginning to show. It again then
dissolves back to a shot of Devon
smoking again then when the lyric
“you go back to what you knew” the
shot dissolves to show Daniel sat
in a pub with friends without
Devon. A close up and extreme close
up of Devon’s eyes is then shown to
portray her emotions to the
audience. The shot then again
dissolves to a medium shot of Devon
looking away into the distance
which could show the audience she
is pondering on what to do with her
life/relationship.
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black.
“Me and my head high and my
tears dry get on without my guy.
You went back to what you knew
so far removed from all that we
went through”
3. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
3. (1:01 – 1:30) A shot Devon looking
out on the canal shows a boat going
by which symbolizes everyone else’s
lives going on and continuing
whilst she is stuck in the
situation she’s in and cannot move
forward. A shot of a match being
lit is then shown with a quick cut
to a lit candle which symbolizes
their relationship.The shot is then
quickly cut back to the match and
it is being blown out which
portrays to the audience the end of
Devon and Daniel’s relationship.
The video then heads towards it’s
darker content by showing a close
up of Daniel’s black eye which give
the audience a hint as to what is
to come. (ONLY UP TO 1:15)
“And I tread a troubled track.
My odds are stacked ,I'll go
back to black. We only said
goodbye with words, I died a
hundred times. You go back to
her and I go back to…”
4. (1:31 – 2:00) A medium shot is
shown of Devon sat alone miming
along with the song which is then
dissolved into a close up of her
continuing singing.
“I go back to us. I love you
much. It's not enough. You love
blow and I love puff, and life
is like a pipe and I'm a tiny”
5. (2:01 – 2:30)
A medium shot is then shown of
Devon and Daniel arguing. A cut is
then to a close up of both Devon
and Daniels face individually to
show expression to the audience. A
medium shot is then shown again of
them still screaming at each other
and throwing stuff across the room
at each other.
“penny rolling up the walls
inside. We only said goodbye
with words I died a hundred
times. You go back to her and I
go back to… We only said goodbye
with wordsI died a hundred”
6. (2:31 – 3:00) A long shot of Devon
sat in the corner of the room with
her head in her hands crying is
then shown which dissolved out to a
shot of the horse riders walking
down along the river bank away from
the camera
“times. You go back to her and I
go back to black, black, black,
black”
4. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
7. (3:01 – 3:30) Shot of horse riders
walking down along the river bank
away from the camera continued
which then cuts to a shot of the
sun setting behind the railway
bridge. The shot then cuts again to
a medium shot of the back of Devon
and she is shaking her head, it
then again cuts to a close up of
her eyes as she looks away from the
camera. The scene it then cut back
to the candle which is shown
earlier in the video, it is blown
out which symbolizes the end of the
relationship. It then cuts to a
shot of Devon walking away from the
camera alone slowly.
“black, black, black, I go back
toI go back to… We only said
good-bye with words I died a
hundred times”
8. (3:31 – 4:00) They are back
together, it’s still
“You go back to her and I go
back to… We only said goodbye
with words, I died a hundred
times. You go back to her and I
go back to black”
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