The video script summarizes scenes for a music video to accompany the song "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap. It includes 8 scenes: 1) an establishing shot of traffic and friends in a park, 2) long landscape shots as the song's pace is slow, 3) quicker shots as the pace picks up, 4) views from a train and of friends in college, 5) a house party inspired by "Project X" with dancing, 6) the morning after showing people asleep after the party, 7) flashbacks to the party, and 8) the friends walking away from the house at sunrise as the song ends.

1. Sweet Disposition
Second Draft Music Video Script – Hannah Morse
Video Title: Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. The intro will show an establishing “Sweet disposition, Never too soon, Oh,
shot of passing traffic showing the
surrounds of a motorway. This shot reckless abandon, Like no one's watching
will not be done in real time and you.”
will be fast forward. Then showing
a medium shot, low angle of a group Intro- short laughs or conversation between the
of friends sitting in a circle characters.
having a laugh and talking in a
park. Themusic is the introduction of the song.
No FX.
2. For the first time these lyrics are “A moment of love, A dream, A laugh, A kiss, A
sang it is at a slow chilled pace,
this is where I will place long cry, our rights, our wrongs” (repeated x2)
shots that will pan across From 1:08 – 1:22
different landscapes of mornings
(cold, sunny, frosty). This is No FX
where the longer shots of the video No narration
will be. As the pace of the music
is still slow, the shots will be
longer, they will be lower key than
the rest of the video. The shots
will be mainly long shots or medium
shots.
3. The songs pace picks up a lot at “So stay there, 'Cause I'll be coming over,
this point, so this is where the
lighting of the video goes more While our blood's still young
high key. The shots will get It's so young, it runs, We won't stop 'til it's over
quicker. There will be low angle
shot looking up at a character with Won't stop to surrender”
them spinning (this will be slowed From 1:22 – 1:55
down). Behind them will be blue
skies. Then the same shot but with No FX
bad weather, preferably heavy rain. No Narration
Quicker shots will then be added of
hand-held cameras making the shot
look like the girls are spinning
holding hands.

2. Sweet Disposition
Second Draft Music Video Script – Hannah Morse
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
4. The beginning of this scene will “Songs of desperation, I played them for you”
start with a view out of the window
of a train. It will be high key and From 2:00- 2:24
will include a pan shot round to No FX
the girls on the train. The next
shot will be of the girls in No Narration
college, we will see a few seconds
of a girl writing on a piece of
card, it will then cut to the other
girls holding the sign that will
say “weekend” and the camera will
zoom in from a medium, to a close
up on the sign.
5. A high angle long shot will be used “A moment of love, A dream, A laugh, A kiss
to see the characters and a few
extras dancing at a house party. A cry, Our rights, Our wrongs” (x2)
This part of the video will be From 2:24- 2:44
inspired by the film “project X”
but obviously not to that extent. I No FX
just mean with the hand held camera No Narration
and the music over the video
footage. A dutch tilt will also be
used showing the feet of the people
at the party dancing.
6. The next lot of clips will be the “Stay there 'Cause I'll be coming over, While
morning after the party. A pan shot
will go across the house and show our blood's still young, It's so young, it runs,
people asleep, spread out across We won't stop 'til it's over, Won't stop to
each other and the room. The house
will look as though there has surrender”
stereotypically been a teen (skins From- 2:44- 3:16
like) party. There will be
conventions of this such as, No FX
bottles, people with pen all over No Narration
them, streamers, general mess,
people getting up and leaving half
dressed, messy hair and hung-over.
It will show the teens waking up
and laughing about the night
before.

3. Sweet Disposition
Second Draft Music Video Script – Hannah Morse
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
7. For the final part of the song, it “Won't stop 'til it's over, Won't stop 'til it's over
will show the girls, having flash
backs of the party. The clips will Won't stop 'til it's over,”
be mainly medium shots and some From 3:16- 3:55
close ups of them generally having
a good time. A fading transition No FX
will go from a packed room full of No Narration
people dancing to it fading to all
the people asleep.
8. The final scene will be the girls “Won't stop to surrender”
walking out the house, looking
rough, but happy, showing that they From 3:33- 3:55
had a good night. The shot will be No FX
a long shot of them walking up a
road, walking away from the camera, No Narration
with their backs towards the camera
walking toward the sunrise, so it
will be high key. The three of them
will be holding hands, hobbling
away, as they get into the distance
it will fade to black as the song
finishes.

4. Sweet Disposition
Second Draft Music Video Script – Hannah Morse