Video Title:     Friday Night



     VIDEO                             AUDIO

                                       LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1.   Starts off with a close-up of     *Intro (instrumental part)*
     the main character holding up     /McFly – Friday Night/No
     with the title of the song        narration/No FX
     „Friday Night‟ on a piece of
     cardboard. This shot will then
     zoom out to a medium shot to
     show the audience the
     surroundings as well as the
     character. You will be able to
     see some extras walking around
     in the background so it won‟t
     be just this one person in the
     shot.
2.   An eye-level, medium shot of      Sleeping through the day
     the artist face singing the       cause I work all night, get
     first line of the song to the     out the way things are coming
     camera using direct address.
                                       alive, look over there,
     The camera quickly cuts over to
     a couple having an argument       another fight, I guess I
     which is where along shot will    should have seen the warning
     be used at this point. Then       signs/“ “/McFly – Friday
     another quick cut to a long       Night/No FX
     shot of the artist walking past
     a warning sign.
3.   This shot will starts off as a    We could be together (I'm not
     long shot of a couple having a    looking for a fight) Change
     heated argument in the streets    the world forever (Just wanna
     in the rain which means the       make it through the night)
     lighting will have to be low-
     key. Then there will be 4 quick   Make it all together (They're
     cuts of extreme close up shots    really giving me the) Eye-ey-
     on their faces to show their      eye-ey-eye-ey-eye/” “/McFly –
     facial expressions. The shot      Friday Night/No FX
     will stay focused on one of
     their faces and zoom into
     his/her eyes.
     In this shot it will be the       Think I'm gonna lose it, lose
4.   party scene. It will show low-    it, lose it, think I'm gonna
     key lighting with strobe lights   lose it, lose it, lose it I
     to add to the party feel of the
                                       think I'm gonna lose it/” “
     music. There will be a medium
     shot of hands waving and          /McFly – Friday Night/No FX
     dancing around. When the beat
     kicks in it will cut into a POV
     shot of one of the people are
     the party swirling around
showing a full view of the
     surroundings.
5.   This shot will be set at night    The walls are growing ears
     with low-key lighting. I will     I‟m paranoid no need to fear
     use an over the shoulder shot     what you can‟t avoid, don‟t
     of the character running down
                                       let them in don‟t let them
     the woods. It will then turn
     into a POV shot which will be     out I gave you something you
     fast pace to show that the        could scream about/” “ /McFly
     character is looking around       – Friday Night/No FX
     franticly. It will then quickly
     cut into an extreme close up of
     someone‟s eyes which will
     suddenly open.
6.   It will start off with a          We could be together (I'm not
     medium, eye-level shot of the     looking for a fight) Change
     same couple walking hand in       the world forever (Just wanna
     hand through the park but from
                                       make it through the night)
     behind them. It will cut into
     anothermedium, eye-level shot     Make it all together (They're
     of the couples faces showing      really giving me the) Eye-ey-
     them laughing and joking with     eye-ey-eye-ey-eye/” “/McFly –
     each other.                       Friday Night/No FX
7.   This will cut back to the party   Think I'm gonna lose it, lose
     scene. In this shot it will       it, lose it, think I'm gonna
     show a close up of a girl         lose it, lose it, lose it I
     taking shots. Then the shot
                                       think I'm gonna lose it/” “
     will be a birds-eye angle of
     everyone at the party bouncing    /McFly – Friday
     around. This shot will also do    Night/Cheering and stamping
     a few fast cuts of different
     types of people at the party
     dancing, having a laugh and
     drinking. All of this will be
     in the same pace as the music.
8.   This shot will be set outside     No no no nothing‟s wrong with
     and will have 4 different         dreaming, go, go, go, you're
     characters. I will use a low-     dreaming all away, one love,
     angle shot with all the
                                       one life, that‟s enough to
     characters running at the
     camera at the same time and       get you through the night,
     running past it. It will          tomorrows gotta be a brighter
     quickly cut to a long shot of     day/” “ /McFly – Friday
     them running away. At this        Night/No FX
     point a hand-held camera will
     be used to give the effect of
     home footage being used.
9.   Again this will cut back to the   I think I‟m gonna lose it,
     party scene. This time I will a   lose it, lose it, I think I‟m
     dutch tilt shot from a low-       gonna lose it (I think I‟m
     angle showing just the feet of
                                       gonna lose it) I think I‟m
     the people at the party. It
     will then cut and become a POV    gonna lose it, lose it, lose
     shot on a handheld camera         it, I think I‟m gonna lose
     spinning round and round, not     it/” “ /McFly – Friday
in real-time.                     Night/No FX
10.   This shot will repeat itself      (We could be together?) I am
      with the same one before of the   not looking for a fight
      couple. It will start off with    (Change the world forever?)
      a medium, eye-level shot of the
                                        Just want to make it through
      same couple walking hand in
      hand through the park but from    the night (Make it all
      behind them. It will cut into     together) They‟re really
      another medium, eye-level shot    giving me the eyeeye, eye,
      of the couples faces showing      eye oh the eye/” “ /McFly –
      them laughing and joking with     Friday Night/No FX
      each other. Then it will have a
      few fast cuts of an extreme
      close up of the couple‟s eyes.
11.   This shot will be set not in      No no no nothing‟s wrong with
      real time so it will be fast      dreaming, go, go, go, you're
      forward at a quicker pace. It     dreaming all away/” “ /McFly
      will show a medium, eye-level
                                        – Friday Night/No FX
      shot of people walking past in
      a busy street. Whilst this is
      happening one of the main
      characters is stood there using
      direct address and is showing
      signs of the lyrics at a much
      slow pace which will also be a
      medium, eye-level shot. It will
      cut to the next shot.
12.   This shot will show the main      One love, one life, that‟s
      character‟s singing to the        enough to get you through the
      camera using direct address. It   night, tomorrows gonna be a
      will start off as a long shot
                                        brighter day/” “ /McFly –
      to show the surrounding‟s out
      the outside wood area that they   Friday Night/No FX
      will be in. The shot will zoom
      into a close up of the faces
      when they hold up a sign each
      saying „one‟. Then zooming out
      again to show a worm’s eye view
      of the sun.
13.   The final shot of the video       They come alive when I work
      will show a tracking shot from    the nights, I guess I should
      behind all the characters in      have seen the warning signs/”
      the video walking down the        “ /McFly – Friday
      street in the day so it will
      need to be high-key lighting.     Night/Laughing from the
      It will then show a medium,       characters
      birds-eye shot of a warning
      sign on the street which will
      slowly zoom into a close up. As
      this happens the shot will fade
      out to black in time with the
      music.

Music video script

  • 1.
    Video Title: Friday Night VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 1. Starts off with a close-up of *Intro (instrumental part)* the main character holding up /McFly – Friday Night/No with the title of the song narration/No FX „Friday Night‟ on a piece of cardboard. This shot will then zoom out to a medium shot to show the audience the surroundings as well as the character. You will be able to see some extras walking around in the background so it won‟t be just this one person in the shot. 2. An eye-level, medium shot of Sleeping through the day the artist face singing the cause I work all night, get first line of the song to the out the way things are coming camera using direct address. alive, look over there, The camera quickly cuts over to a couple having an argument another fight, I guess I which is where along shot will should have seen the warning be used at this point. Then signs/“ “/McFly – Friday another quick cut to a long Night/No FX shot of the artist walking past a warning sign. 3. This shot will starts off as a We could be together (I'm not long shot of a couple having a looking for a fight) Change heated argument in the streets the world forever (Just wanna in the rain which means the make it through the night) lighting will have to be low- key. Then there will be 4 quick Make it all together (They're cuts of extreme close up shots really giving me the) Eye-ey- on their faces to show their eye-ey-eye-ey-eye/” “/McFly – facial expressions. The shot Friday Night/No FX will stay focused on one of their faces and zoom into his/her eyes. In this shot it will be the Think I'm gonna lose it, lose 4. party scene. It will show low- it, lose it, think I'm gonna key lighting with strobe lights lose it, lose it, lose it I to add to the party feel of the think I'm gonna lose it/” “ music. There will be a medium shot of hands waving and /McFly – Friday Night/No FX dancing around. When the beat kicks in it will cut into a POV shot of one of the people are the party swirling around
  • 2.
    showing a fullview of the surroundings. 5. This shot will be set at night The walls are growing ears with low-key lighting. I will I‟m paranoid no need to fear use an over the shoulder shot what you can‟t avoid, don‟t of the character running down let them in don‟t let them the woods. It will then turn into a POV shot which will be out I gave you something you fast pace to show that the could scream about/” “ /McFly character is looking around – Friday Night/No FX franticly. It will then quickly cut into an extreme close up of someone‟s eyes which will suddenly open. 6. It will start off with a We could be together (I'm not medium, eye-level shot of the looking for a fight) Change same couple walking hand in the world forever (Just wanna hand through the park but from make it through the night) behind them. It will cut into anothermedium, eye-level shot Make it all together (They're of the couples faces showing really giving me the) Eye-ey- them laughing and joking with eye-ey-eye-ey-eye/” “/McFly – each other. Friday Night/No FX 7. This will cut back to the party Think I'm gonna lose it, lose scene. In this shot it will it, lose it, think I'm gonna show a close up of a girl lose it, lose it, lose it I taking shots. Then the shot think I'm gonna lose it/” “ will be a birds-eye angle of everyone at the party bouncing /McFly – Friday around. This shot will also do Night/Cheering and stamping a few fast cuts of different types of people at the party dancing, having a laugh and drinking. All of this will be in the same pace as the music. 8. This shot will be set outside No no no nothing‟s wrong with and will have 4 different dreaming, go, go, go, you're characters. I will use a low- dreaming all away, one love, angle shot with all the one life, that‟s enough to characters running at the camera at the same time and get you through the night, running past it. It will tomorrows gotta be a brighter quickly cut to a long shot of day/” “ /McFly – Friday them running away. At this Night/No FX point a hand-held camera will be used to give the effect of home footage being used. 9. Again this will cut back to the I think I‟m gonna lose it, party scene. This time I will a lose it, lose it, I think I‟m dutch tilt shot from a low- gonna lose it (I think I‟m angle showing just the feet of gonna lose it) I think I‟m the people at the party. It will then cut and become a POV gonna lose it, lose it, lose shot on a handheld camera it, I think I‟m gonna lose spinning round and round, not it/” “ /McFly – Friday
  • 3.
    in real-time. Night/No FX 10. This shot will repeat itself (We could be together?) I am with the same one before of the not looking for a fight couple. It will start off with (Change the world forever?) a medium, eye-level shot of the Just want to make it through same couple walking hand in hand through the park but from the night (Make it all behind them. It will cut into together) They‟re really another medium, eye-level shot giving me the eyeeye, eye, of the couples faces showing eye oh the eye/” “ /McFly – them laughing and joking with Friday Night/No FX each other. Then it will have a few fast cuts of an extreme close up of the couple‟s eyes. 11. This shot will be set not in No no no nothing‟s wrong with real time so it will be fast dreaming, go, go, go, you're forward at a quicker pace. It dreaming all away/” “ /McFly will show a medium, eye-level – Friday Night/No FX shot of people walking past in a busy street. Whilst this is happening one of the main characters is stood there using direct address and is showing signs of the lyrics at a much slow pace which will also be a medium, eye-level shot. It will cut to the next shot. 12. This shot will show the main One love, one life, that‟s character‟s singing to the enough to get you through the camera using direct address. It night, tomorrows gonna be a will start off as a long shot brighter day/” “ /McFly – to show the surrounding‟s out the outside wood area that they Friday Night/No FX will be in. The shot will zoom into a close up of the faces when they hold up a sign each saying „one‟. Then zooming out again to show a worm’s eye view of the sun. 13. The final shot of the video They come alive when I work will show a tracking shot from the nights, I guess I should behind all the characters in have seen the warning signs/” the video walking down the “ /McFly – Friday street in the day so it will need to be high-key lighting. Night/Laughing from the It will then show a medium, characters birds-eye shot of a warning sign on the street which will slowly zoom into a close up. As this happens the shot will fade out to black in time with the music.