Music Video Script First Draft
Joe Hayes



Video Title: Disclosure – What’s in your head



                    VIDEO                               AUDIO

                                           LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX



1.   (0:00 - 0:15) The first Shot will     FX – General conversations
     be filmed mostly with mid-shots       amongst everybody
     showing all the people included
     doing regular day-to-day activities

2.   (0:16 – 0:30) The second shot will    FX – General conversations again
     be the same camera angels as          but at a much higher level and
     thefirst shotof people pre-drinking   the group of friends begin to
     somewhere, preferably a house ready   become rowdy
     for a night out into town

3.   (0:31 – 0:45) Music begins to fade    Disclosure – What’s in your head
     in and the group of people are
     shown making their way to town
     either on the bus or train, this
     will be shown with a stop-motion
     technique

4.   (0:46 – 1:00) With the music still    Disclosure – What’s in your head
     playing softly in the background
     it’ll show the people queuing up to
     get into a club still using stop
     motion graphic techniques

5.   (1:01 – 1:30) This will show the      Disclosure – What’s in your head
     crowd and the protagonists of the
     video getting drinks and getting a
     feel of the club and its
     surroundings, mostly by mid shots
     and maybe the occasional long shot

6.   (1:31 – 1:55) When the chorus of      Disclosure – What’s in your head
     the song kicks in it will show the
     whole crowd going wild and having a
     good time, this will be done with
     long shots

7.   (1:56 – 2:25) Again, it’ll show the   Disclosure – What’s in your head
     protagonists of the video buying
     even more drinks and the audience
     of the video will be able to slowly
     see them deteriorating into a
     drunken state, this will be done
     using close-up and mid-shots and
     possibly a long-shot
Music Video Script First Draft
Joe Hayes
                     VIDEO                               AUDIO

                                            LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

8.    (2:26 – 3:00) Now the audience will   Disclosure – What’s in your head
      be shown stop motion pictures of a
      fight arising after the club
      finishes

9.    (3:00 – 3:30) These scenes will be    Disclosure – What’s in your head
      just like the ones showing the
      group going to town, except now
      there will be scenes of on the way
      home, mostly with stop motion
      images and close-up shots

10.   (3:30 – 4:00) Now, as the music       The group will be talking with
      comes to a close a short scene of     the music playing faintly in the
      the next morning will be played,      background
      with the protagonists all feeling
      ill and being sick reminiscing over
      the night
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    Music Video ScriptFirst Draft Joe Hayes Video Title: Disclosure – What’s in your head VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 1. (0:00 - 0:15) The first Shot will FX – General conversations be filmed mostly with mid-shots amongst everybody showing all the people included doing regular day-to-day activities 2. (0:16 – 0:30) The second shot will FX – General conversations again be the same camera angels as but at a much higher level and thefirst shotof people pre-drinking the group of friends begin to somewhere, preferably a house ready become rowdy for a night out into town 3. (0:31 – 0:45) Music begins to fade Disclosure – What’s in your head in and the group of people are shown making their way to town either on the bus or train, this will be shown with a stop-motion technique 4. (0:46 – 1:00) With the music still Disclosure – What’s in your head playing softly in the background it’ll show the people queuing up to get into a club still using stop motion graphic techniques 5. (1:01 – 1:30) This will show the Disclosure – What’s in your head crowd and the protagonists of the video getting drinks and getting a feel of the club and its surroundings, mostly by mid shots and maybe the occasional long shot 6. (1:31 – 1:55) When the chorus of Disclosure – What’s in your head the song kicks in it will show the whole crowd going wild and having a good time, this will be done with long shots 7. (1:56 – 2:25) Again, it’ll show the Disclosure – What’s in your head protagonists of the video buying even more drinks and the audience of the video will be able to slowly see them deteriorating into a drunken state, this will be done using close-up and mid-shots and possibly a long-shot
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    Music Video ScriptFirst Draft Joe Hayes VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 8. (2:26 – 3:00) Now the audience will Disclosure – What’s in your head be shown stop motion pictures of a fight arising after the club finishes 9. (3:00 – 3:30) These scenes will be Disclosure – What’s in your head just like the ones showing the group going to town, except now there will be scenes of on the way home, mostly with stop motion images and close-up shots 10. (3:30 – 4:00) Now, as the music The group will be talking with comes to a close a short scene of the music playing faintly in the the next morning will be played, background with the protagonists all feeling ill and being sick reminiscing over the night 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.