This document is a 13-point script for a music video for the song "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. It follows the band as they get trapped in a forest but eventually find their way out. The video starts with close-ups of the band playing in different locations. It then shows them walking through the forest trying to escape. The band is ready to give up until one of them sees a way out. Later scenes show the band playing triumphantly on top of hills after conquering their prison in the forest. The script uses different camera shots and angles to depict the band's journey from being trapped to breaking free.
Music video script_template_ first draft christian owens
1. Music Video Script 2nd Draft Christian Owens
Video Title: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. It starts with a close-up of a The music intros softly to with
guitar as the musician plays the
a guitar and background
intro, Then close-ups and mid shots
of the other band members in instruments. 0.00 – 0.35
different locations ready to
play/sing the song.
2. A pan in from the right to the main I'm waking up to ash and dust
singer singing the first verse, as
I wipe my brow and I sweat my
the camera keeps moving to the left
keeping a mid-shot until the singer rust
is out of shot.
I'm breathing in the chemicals.
0.35 – 0.45
3. The location with a long shot of a I'm breaking in, shaping up,
forest, then it cuts to the band in
then checking out on the prison
the forest playing, with close-ups
of the instruments and the singer buzz
mouth. Also high angle shots from
This is it, the apocalypse
the trees to show the band being
small and imprisoned in the forest. Whoa0.45 – 1.10
4. The camera is still shot with the I'm waking up, I feel it in my
whole band in shot as they try to
bones
escape the forest. (Band member
walks right and comes in on the Enough to make my systems blow
left of the camera.) The camera
Welcome to the new age, to the
close ups on the band members face
confused. new age. Special Effects, video
overlaying.
5. To bird’s eye view of the band walk Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
through the forest trying to find a
radioactive
way out mid shots of them walking
together supporting each other. Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
Cutting between this scene and the
radioactive1.10 – 1.45
band playing in different part of
the forest to keep sanity.
2. Music Video Script 2nd Draft Christian Owens
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
6. The band are ready to surrender to I raise my flags, don my clothes
the forest as they are it
It's a revolution, I suppose
prisoners. It’s a long shot of the
band like they are so far away. We're painted red to fit right
Then it cuts to a perspective point
in
of view as a band member sees the
way out. Whoa
7. The scenery then cuts to mid-shot I'm breaking in, shaping up, then
ofthe Band (which slowlyzooms
in)sitting in a field as they have checking out on the prison buzz
concurred there prison and face This is it, the apocalypse
their demons. The band playing the
song on the field with a mid-shot. Whoa
8. The scene cuts back a side/mid-shot I'm waking up, I feel it in my
of the full band on the
bones
field,singing and playing their
instruments. The camera then shows Enough to make my systems blow
a close-up of each band member
Welcome to the new age, to the
individually. Then back to the
side/mid-shot of the band. “It a new age
revolution” relates to how his band
members are trying to help him stop
his habits by revolutionizing his
ways.
9. Flash backs, back to scene 5 and 6. Welcome to the new age, to the
new age
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
radioactive
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
radioactiveFlash back effect
10. Zooms in on the lead singer as he All systems go, the sun hasn't
sings the last verse until it comes
died
to a close-up of his face.
Deep in my bones, straight from
inside
11. Cuts to the band on top of hills I'm waking up, I feel it in my
playing enthusiastically, the hills
bones
symbolize their victory. Shots used
are close-ups, long shots, mid Enough to make my systems blow
shots and high angle shots to make
them look strong.
3. Music Video Script 2nd Draft Christian Owens
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
12.
The band continues playing using
Welcome to the new age, to the
the same shots and the same
location. new age
Welcome to the new age, to the
new age
13. The band finishes the song with a Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
long shot as they pose on top of
radioactive
the hill with the sun setting.
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive,
radioactive
