2. Dom and Josh
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Video Title: AVICII – HEY BROTHER
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
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0:00 – 0:30–Low Angleshot looking
up at a tree. EST shot of a
house.CU of good brother talking.
Mid Shot from side angle of abusive
brother not laughing and his
girlfriend is laughing. Over the
Shoulder shot of good brother
throwing his brother a drink. Mid
Shot of him catching the can. ECU
of the can opening. CU of good
brother drinking the can then
looking just past the camera. CU of
the girl looking past the camera at
the brother.
Hey brother, there’s an endless
road to re-discover. Hey sister,
know the water’s sweet the blood
is thicker. Oh if the sky comes
falling down, for you, there’s
nothing in this world I wouldn’t
do.
0:30 – 1:00 – Mid Shot of good
brother sat on the couch. POV shot
through door into the hall seeing
the bad brother hit the girl. Mid
Shot of good brother getting up.
Mid Shot of brother leaving the
room and then hear door slam,
behind him the bad brother turns
and looks then the girl is
unblurred and the brother is
blurred.Over the Shoulder shotof
girl looking down behind the bad
brother. Reaction Shot of the good
brother as he has left the house.
Hey Brother, do you still
believe in one another. Hey
sister, do you still believe in
love I wonder, Oh if the sky
comes falling down for you,
there’s nothing in this world I
wouldn’t do.
Slow motion effect when the can
is thrown and when it is being
opened. Lens flare on opening
shot of the tree. Fade after
girl looking past the camera.
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1:00 – 1:30 – Mid Shot of the good
brother walking down the road. CU
of him looking distressed. Long
Shot in the house of the abusive
brother arguing with the girl. CU
of him punching the wall next to
her head in anger (she walks off
after a second or two). Long Shot
from behind of the good brother
walking down a road. Mid Shot of
the brother sat on a hill watching
the cars go by, as if he is sat
there thinking about what has
happened. POV Shot from his view
actually looking at the cars.
What if I’m far from home, Oh
brother I will hear you call,
What if I lose it all? Oh sister
I will help you out. Oh if the
sky comes falling down for you
there’s nothing in this world I
wouldn’t do.
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1:30 – 2:00 –Mid Shotof the girl
sat on the bed looking sad and
effected. CU of good brother looks
up. Mid Shot of him jumping up. Mid
Shot of him starting to walk. Over
the shoulder shot of him as he
starts to jog. Mid shot from the
side of him as he starts to run.
Long Shot from the door of the
girl’s room, abusive brother walks
in and starts shouting angrily. CU
of the girl, the abusive brother is
blurred out and the emotion of the
girl is shown. CU of the girl
turned head looking out the window.
Mid Shot of the good brother
running getting closer to the
house.
Upbeat dance music.
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2:00 – 2:30–Mid Shot from inside
the house of the door, the good
brother runs in. CU of abusive
brother turns away from looking at
the girl and looks towards the room
door, surprised and shocked. POV
Shot from the girl’s point of view
looking towards the door of her
room, abusive brother fades out for
the good brother to appear in the
doorway.Mid Shotof the good brother
push the abusive brother, they
start arguing. CU of good brother
and the abusive brother tussling.
CU of the girl screaming at them.
CU of the abusive brother getting
the good brother to the wall. Mid
Shot of the good brother hitting
him in the face to get him off. Mid
Shot of the good brother grabbing
her hand getting her to go with
him.
2:30 – 3:00 –Mid Shot of them
running down the road. Mid Shot of
the abusive boyfriend sat on his
own in the room, looking down at
the floor coming to terms with what
he has done. CU of the good brother
looking to his side (at the
camera). Mid Shot of the girl
looking at him as well as he has
turned to look at her.Mid Shot in
the room of the abusive brother
stood up looking down. Mid Shot of
the good brother and the girl stood
at the corner laughing cheering her
up. Over the shoulder shot of the
abusive brother walking down the
road towards them. Long Shot of the
two blurred out with the abusive
brother walking towards them down
the road, it changes to them being
unblurred and the abusive brother
being blurred.
Hey brother. There’s an endless
road to rediscover.
Slow motion on the shot of the
good brother and abusive brother
as they start to tussle and
fight with one another.
Hey sister. Do you still believe
in love I wonder, oh if the sky
comes falling down for you.
There’s nothing in this world I
wouldn’t do, what if I’m far
from home, oh brother I will
hear you call.
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3:00 – 3:30–POV Shot from the good
brother’s point of view, first
looking at the girl then the view
pans to the side to see his brother
coming towards them. Mid Shot from
the side of the abusive brother
walking to him and the good brother
holds his arm out signaling him to
stop. Over the shoulder shot of him
pushing the abusive brother to the
floor. Long Shot of the brother on
the floor and the sight of the good
brother reaching out to grab the
girls hand. CU of the good
brother’s hand grabbing the girls
hand to run off. Mid Shot as the
two start to run away. CU of
abusive brother on the floor
looking like he’s given up. CU of
the good brother as they are
running, smiling creates binary
opposites between the two. Mid Shot
running past a park. Mid Shot past
a street. Mid Shot further past the
streets.
What if I lose it all? Oh sister
I will help you out. Oh if the
sky comes falling down for you,
there’s nothing in this world I
wouldn’t do.
3:30 – 4:00 –Long Shot in the
abusive brother’s room as he is
throwing the pictures of him and
the girl in anger. CU of him
putting his head in his hands. Mid
Shot of them running further past a
road. Long Shot of them running
across a field slowing down as they
have gotten away from the abusive
brother. CU of the girl looking
happier than she has the whole
video. Mid CU of them sat down on
the hill where he was earlier in
the video. Mid Shot from behind
them looking at each other, she
says the quote to him, it goes over
the music. Mid Shot of him putting
his arm round her and pulling her
close to him.
Upbeat dance music.
Slow motion effect on the shot
where he is grabbing the girls
hand for them to run away.
“Sometimes the heart sees what
is invisible to the eye.” Girl
says it to the good brother
(Voiceover)
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4:00 – 4:15–Mid Shot from the front
of him holding the girl close to
him. Mid Shot of him by himself, as
the girl has disappeared. CU of his
face as he realizes it was all in
his head and none of it had
actually happened, he never went
back to help her.
Upbeat dance music.
Fades from the shot of him
holding the girl close to him,
to a shot of him sat on his own
as it was all in his head.
