This document provides a script for a music video for the song "The Girl" by City and Colour. The script outlines 10 scenes that will make up the music video. Each scene is 30 seconds or less and depicts the relationship of a couple through moments of intimacy, romance, and everyday life. The scenes show the couple getting ready for a date, spending time together, dancing, and implied intimacy. The overall script aims to visually portray the lyrics and narrative of the song through a story of love and commitment between the main characters.

1. Music Video Script
The Girl – City and
Colour
Music Video Script –
First Draft
Zara Yaffe

2. Music Video Script
Video Title: City and Colour- The Girl
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. 0:00 – 0:30 – Fade in to MS of girl
sitting down on bed putting shoes
on (heels). Struggling to put shoes
on (until 6s) Cut to MS of man in
mirror putting a tie on and
spraying after shave on (until 9s)
CU of tightening of the tie. Cut to
girl putting mascara on CU shot. MS
of girl putting perfume on and
twirling in it feeling happy,
smiling with herself etc. (until
13s). Cut to ECU man doing his belt
up (until 15s). LS of man
practicing how he should greet
girl, waving in mirror, sighing,
smiling, sighing etc. (until 18s).
MS of man sitting on end of bed,
texting girl. ECU of mobile phone,
sends “can’t wait to see you later”
to girl. (until 22s) Cuts to MS of
girl receiving message, smiling,
happy etc. (until 24s). Cuts to LS
in synchronized split screen of
couple locking houses up, checking
themselves in the mirror, deep
breaths and leaving to meet up.
(until 28s) Jump cut to LS when
they meet up and see each other,
kiss each other. (Until 30s).
0-25s MUSIC
I wish I could do better by

3. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
2. 0:30 – 1:00 – Cut to LS of man and
girl holding hands walking
together. (until 33s) CU of man
opening up umbrella for them to
share together. MS of looking onto
them from behind walking together
under the rain. (until 37s). ECU of
holding hands locked together
(until 39s). Panning upwards to see
the rain falling down next to a
street light so the droplets can be
clearly seen (until 43s). MS of man
holding door open to restaurant for
his girlfriend (until 45s). Panning
downwards to CU of girl’s feet
going through the door (until 46s).
Jump cut to LS of waitress taking
in the menus from the couple (until
48s). Cut to MS food already eaten
on the table, couple joking and
laughing about, having fun (until
51s) Cut to ECU of bill on table
with cash on the plate too. (Until
53s). Cut to MS/CU of door swinging
after couples have left (until
55s). Cut to back outside, OTS of
man, looking at him twirling her
under his arm, laughing and joking
about. (until 58s). Cut to CU,
twirls her in for a kiss. (until
1.00)
You, cause that’s what you
deserve. You sacrifice so much
of your life in order for this
to work. While I’m off chasing
my own dreams, sailing around
the world, please know that I’m
yours to keep, my beautiful
girl.
3. 1:00 – 1:30 – MS of girl in living
room drinking alcohol in man’s arms
in house. (until 1.04) Cut to LA
watching onto man helping girl get
up the stairs whilst drunk and
stumbling (until 1.08) Cut to LS of
man and woman salsa-like dancing
together whilst drunk (until 1.13).
Cut to HA of girl getting brought
in by the man to kiss him (until
1.16) cut to CU of man putting
pearl necklace around her neck
(until 1.19) Cut to MS of man
getting mirror and showing the girl
herself and necklace in mirror
(until 1.23) Cut to LS of man
writing something onto a notepad
and scribbling it out and re-
writing it etc repeatedly (until 1.
27) Cut to MS man and girl fighting
over notepad, he doesn’t want to
show her but she wants to see
(until 1.30)
When you cry a piece of my heart
dies, knowing that I may have
been the cause. If you were to
leave and fulfill someone else’s
dreams, I think I might totally
be lost. You don’t ask for no
diamond rings,

4. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
4. 1:30 – 2:00 – Cut to CU of man
singing it for her to the exact
same lyrics as what’s playing with
music (Until 1.38) Cut to MS of
them singing “ooooo” together sat
together on the floor(until 1.43).
Cut to LS of man and girl dancing
together, she’s in his arms (until
1.48) Cut back to MS singing “oooo”
together on the floor (until 1.55)
Cut to HA girl crying with
happiness over the song, he wipes
away her tears and kisses her
(until 2.00)
No delicate strings of pearls,
that’s why I wrote this song to
sing, my beautiful girl. OOOOOH
(repeated x 16)
5. 2:00 – 2:30 – Cut to standing up,
LS of girl slowing taking his t-
shirt off and him smiling and
laughing together (until 2.03). Cut
to MS of them smiling at each
other, nodding and comforting each
other (until 2.07) LS of him taking
her t-shirt off (until 2.10). Cut
to ECU of her skirt at her feet and
her stepping out of it (until 2.13)
Cut to ECU of belt being undone
(until 2.14) Cut to ECU his jeans
on the floor and him stepping out
of them (2.17) Cut to LS of them
in underwear kissing (Until 2.19)
Jump cut to OTS RS in bed over his
shoulder of girl just smiling at
him in awe (until 2.21) Cut to ECU
of his hand clenching onto bed
cover and squeezing it (until 2.22)
Cut to LS of bedroom with them
under the covers and her hair is
all over the pillows (until
2.23)Cut to ECU of clenching hands
onto his back and scratches (until
24) Strobe of all the last 4 shots
repeatedly over and over for 1
second each (until 2.30)
OOOOH (repeated x4) MUSIC from
2.04

5. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
6. 2:30 – 3:00 – Jump cut LA to
outside where there’s rain,
watching it fall (until 2.33) Jump
cut MS back to bed where they both
take a deep breath and exhale and
smile (until 2.35) Jump cut to LS
of road where the couple are
running up it together holding
hands in the rain (until 2.39) Cut
to CU of man picking flowers from a
garden and giving them to her
(until 2.42) Cut to MS tracking
shot of girl sinning round with the
flowers in her hands (until 2.45)
Cut to HA shot panning of all the
flowers (until 2.46) Cut to MS of
girl looking down at the floor and
smiling and giggling, embarrassed
(until 2.49) Cut to CU of her face
looking down and the main’s hands
on it, pushing her chin up and
pulling her mouth out so that she
smiles (until 2.53) Cut to MS of
the couple, the man touching her
nose to make her laugh (until 2.55)
Cut to MS of man beckoning his girl
so that they can go home (until
2.57) Cut to LS of girl following
behind him (until 3.00)
MUSIC until 2.35 one, two, a
one, two, three, four. I wish I
could do better by you ‘cause
it’s what you deserve. You
sacrifice so much of your life
in order for this to work. While
I’m off chasing my own dreams
(my own dreams),
7. 3:00 – 3:30 – Cut to ECU of their
hands locked together and swinging
(until 3.03) Cut to MS tracking
shot of the couple walking up the
road, tracking shot turns and shows
other people walking up the road
too (until 3.06) Jump cut back to
bedroom, LS of them sat on the
floor with a laptop and they’re
watching the official video to this
song (until 3.09) Cut to CU of the
laptop screen with the main
vocalist actually singing it (3.14)
Cut back to them watching it, MS
with them singing along as well
(3.17) Jump cut to CU of him
kissing her forehead in bed where
she then falls asleep (until 3.21)
Jump cut to MS in kitchen in the
morning of the couple making
themselves breakfast (3.24) Cut to
MS of man opening the bin and
putting last night’s bottles of
alcohol into the bin and smiling,
shaking his head and looking at her
(until 3.28) Cut to ECU of the bin
closing (until 3.30)
Sailing around the world (round
the world), please know that I’m
yours to keep, my beautiful
girl. And when you cry, a piece
of my heart dies knowing that I
may have been the cause. If you
were to leave and fulfill
someone else’s dreams, I think I
might totally be lost.

6. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
8. 3:30 – 4:00 – Cut to MS of the man
putting last night’s flowers he
picked for her into a vase (until
3.33) Cut to CU of the tap filling
the vase up with water (until 3.35)
Cut to LS of kitchen where the vase
with flowers is in the middle of
the table and is focused on them,
then it focuses onto the girl at
the end of the table and unfocussed
on the flowers (until 3.38) Focuses
back onto the flowers (until 3.40)
Cut to LA of man walking up the
stairs (until 3.43) Cut to CU of
kettle pouring water into a mug
(until 3.46) Flashbacks of
everything that’s happened
before/last night. Fade and cut to
MS of man in mirror putting a tie
on and spraying after shave on
(until 3.48) Fade and cut to back
outside, OTS of man, looking at him
twirling her under his arm,
laughing and joking about. (until
3.51s). Fade and cut to MS man and
girl fighting over notepad, he
doesn’t want to show her but she
wants to see (until 3.54) Fade and
cut to MS of them singing “ooooo”
together sat together on the floor.
Fade out(until 4.00).
But you don’t ask for no diamond
rings, no delicate string of
pearls, that’s why I wrote this
song to sing, my beautiful girl.
MUSIC from 3.45

7. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
9. 4:00 – 4:30 - Jump cut to OTS CU of
girl in mirror taking off last
night’s make up (until 4.04) Cut to
MS of her spraying herself (until
4.06) Jump cut to CU of a bag with
wrapping paper in, man clearly
searching for something inside it
(until 4.09)Cut to LS of man making
the messy bed and fluffing the
pillows (until 4.13) Cut to CU of
man finding note pad with lyrics on
it from night before (until 4.15)
Cut to ECU of the notepad with
lyrics (until 4.17) Cut to MS of
man holding notepad and singing
along to it to the exact same
lyrics as too what are playing
(until 4.21) Jump cut to ECU back
to downstairs where she’s doing up
her dressing gown and tightening it
(until 4.23) Cut to MS of her
biting her nails nervously (until
4.25) Cut to ECU of her feet under
the table tapping from anxiety
(until 4.27) Jump cut to LS of the
man upstairs anxious and tapping
his feet (until 4.30)
MUSIC until 4.22 But you don’t
ask for no diamond rings
(diamond rings), no delicate
string of pearls (string of
pearls), that’s why
10. 4:30 – 5:00 – Jump cut to LA
tracking shot of the girl wandering
upstairs curiously (until 4.33) Cut
to MS of them both together smiling
at each other (until 4.35) Cut to
LS of him getting down on one knee
with a ring in hand (until 4.38)
Cut to RS CU where she can’t stop
smiling and is gob smacked (until
4.40) Cut to LS where she’s
shouting and jumping ‘yes’ (until
end – 4.43)
I wrote this song to sing my
beautiful girl (END AT 4.43)
Voice over where she’s shouting
yes continuously
11. 5:00 – 5:30 -
12. 5:30 – 6:00 -
13. 6:00 – 6:30 -
14. 6:30 – 7:00 -
15. 7:00 – 7:30 -