Music Video Script




Video Title:If I’m James Dean you’re Audrey Hepburn by
Sleeping with Sirens.

                   VIDEO                               AUDIO

                                        LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX



1.   (0.00-0.15 seconds) the video      Smoke in front of the band,
     will start off with an empty       while they are performing.
     room, with just the band and
     instruments in, blacked out(for    Stay for tonight
     4 seconds). Then the lights will   If you want to
     slowly turn on and (you will see   I can show you
     some smoke) as the vocalist        What my dreams are made of,
     starts singing and the band        As I'm dreaming of your face
     starts playing their               I've been away for a long
     instruments. (The camera shot      time
     will be an Extreme long shot of
     the band, so you can see them
     performing straight away).

2.   (0.16-0.30)The band will still     Such a long time
     be on show, (but the camera will   And I miss you there
     slowly zoom in onto the            I can't imagine being
     vocalist’s face, the camera shot   anywhere else
     will end up as an extreme close    I can't imagine being
     up of the vocalist singing.) The   anywhere else but here
     band is still playing their
     instruments.

3.   (0.31-0.45)Camera cross cuts       How the hell did you ever
     from the vocalist to a girl        pick me?
     walking through a forest looking   Honestly, I could sing you a
     sad and lost. The camera is a      song
     long shot of the girl slowly       But I don't think words can
     walking, the camera will follow    express your beauty
     the girl keeping her in the        It's singing to me
     middle of the shot, (pans)         How the hell

4.   (0.46-1.00) Camera Cross cuts      Did we end up like this?
     from a long shot of the girl to    You bring out the beast in me
     a close up of the vocalist, the    I fell in love from the
     camera slowly zooms out to a       moment we kissed
     long shot of the band playing to   Since then we've been history
     show the performance based.
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5.   (1.01-1.15) The camera slowly      They say that love is forever
     moves to a Birds-eye-view shot     Your forever is all that I
     of the band the camera will tilt   need
     a little on this shot. , the       Please stay as long as you
     camera is mainly focused on the    need
     band members other than the        Can't promise that things
     vocalist though.                   won't be broken

6.   (1.16-1.30) The camera will zoom   But I swear that I will never
     in onto the vocalist, while on a   leave
     Birds-eye-view, the camera angle   Please stay forever with me
     will slowly change into an         It goes to show, I hope that
     extreme close up of the            you know that you are
     vocalist’s facial features.

7.   (1.31-1.45) Camera shot will       What my dreams are made of
     cross cut from an extreme close    Can't fall asleep, can't fall
     up of the vocalists face to an     asleep
     extreme close up of the girl’s     I lay in my bed awake, in my
     sad looking eyes, (5 seconds).     bed awake at night
     The Camera cross cuts from the     As I dream of you
     girl to the vocalist looking       I'll fall in love, you'll
     lost trying to look for her.       fall in love
     Long shot of the vocalist.

8.   (1.46-2.00)Cross cuts to the       It could mean everything,
     girl stood against a wall,         everything to me
     slowly sliding down into a ball    I can't imagine being
     crying Low angle on the girl,      anywhere else
     cross cuts back to the vocalist    They say that love is forever
     trying to look for her, Long       Your forever is all that I
     shot of the vocalist.              need
                                        Please stay

9.   (2.01-2.15) The camera cross       as long as you need
     cuts from a long shot of the       Can't promise that things
     vocalist to a Low angle of the     won't be broken
     girl in a ball against the wall    But I swear that I will never
     (X4) Each shot lasts 3 seconds.    leave
     The Camera cross cuts to a long    Please stay forever with me
     shot of the band performing.
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10. (2.16-2.30) Camera slowly zooms    Tempo slows down a lot, the
    in, hand-held shot, on one of      bands beat goes slower and a
    the guitarists guitar, shows the   little quieter and the the
    guitarist’s string and             vocalist sings softer.
    pick/hands. Camera stays on
    guitar for 5 seconds, Camera       The way that we are
    slowly zooms out and goes into     It's the reason I stay
    another Birds-eye-view of the      As long as you're here with
    band playing.                      me

11. (2.31-2.45) Camera cross cuts      I know we'll be Ok
    onto the vocalist back to          The way that we are
    looking for the girl, 3 seconds    It's the reason I stay
    later he runs towards the camera   As long as you're here with
    slowly till he is against it and   me
    camera goes black, Camera cross    I know I'll be Ok
    cuts to the girl looking up at
    him on the floor, over-the
    shoulder shot.

12. (2.46-3.00)Cross cut to the band   Tempo goes back to how it was
    playing there instruments (6-      at the beginning.
    7seconds) zooms in onto the
    vocalist’s face, cross cuts onto   They say that love is forever
    a close-up of the girls face.      Your forever is all that I
                                       need
                                       Please stay as long as you
                                       need
                                       Can't promise

13. (3.01-3.15) Camera slowly zooms    that things won't be broken
    out, circling around the           But I swear that I will never
    vocalist and the girls             leave
    hugginghand-held shot, over-the    Please stay forever with me
    shoulder shotof the two, Both      (I couldn't love just anyone,
    looking slightly happier but       I was created to love just
    still a sad tear.                  one baby)
                                       They say that love is forever
                                       Your forever
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14. (3.16-3.30) Camera cross cuts to   is all that I need
    a close-up of the vocalist,        (I couldn't love just anyone,
    camera slowly zooms out to show    I was created to love just
    the band performing, long shot     one girl)
    of the band. (Band looking         Please stay as long as you
    slowly worn out).                  need
                                       (I couldn't love just anyone,
                                       I was created to love just
                                       one baby)
                                       Can't promise that things
                                       won't be broken
                                       But I swear that I will never
                                       leave


15. (3.31-3.42)Long shot of the        (I couldn't love just anyone,
    band, as music stops the           I was created to love just
    vocalist put the microphone        one girl)
    down and slowly walks off          Please stay forever with me
    with his back to the camera.
    (Long shot of the vocalist         End of the song you hear a
                                       micro phone sound effect
    walking off.)                      getting dropped on the floor.

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  • 1.
    Music Video Script VideoTitle:If I’m James Dean you’re Audrey Hepburn by Sleeping with Sirens. VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 1. (0.00-0.15 seconds) the video Smoke in front of the band, will start off with an empty while they are performing. room, with just the band and instruments in, blacked out(for Stay for tonight 4 seconds). Then the lights will If you want to slowly turn on and (you will see I can show you some smoke) as the vocalist What my dreams are made of, starts singing and the band As I'm dreaming of your face starts playing their I've been away for a long instruments. (The camera shot time will be an Extreme long shot of the band, so you can see them performing straight away). 2. (0.16-0.30)The band will still Such a long time be on show, (but the camera will And I miss you there slowly zoom in onto the I can't imagine being vocalist’s face, the camera shot anywhere else will end up as an extreme close I can't imagine being up of the vocalist singing.) The anywhere else but here band is still playing their instruments. 3. (0.31-0.45)Camera cross cuts How the hell did you ever from the vocalist to a girl pick me? walking through a forest looking Honestly, I could sing you a sad and lost. The camera is a song long shot of the girl slowly But I don't think words can walking, the camera will follow express your beauty the girl keeping her in the It's singing to me middle of the shot, (pans) How the hell 4. (0.46-1.00) Camera Cross cuts Did we end up like this? from a long shot of the girl to You bring out the beast in me a close up of the vocalist, the I fell in love from the camera slowly zooms out to a moment we kissed long shot of the band playing to Since then we've been history show the performance based.
  • 2.
    Music Video Script VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 5. (1.01-1.15) The camera slowly They say that love is forever moves to a Birds-eye-view shot Your forever is all that I of the band the camera will tilt need a little on this shot. , the Please stay as long as you camera is mainly focused on the need band members other than the Can't promise that things vocalist though. won't be broken 6. (1.16-1.30) The camera will zoom But I swear that I will never in onto the vocalist, while on a leave Birds-eye-view, the camera angle Please stay forever with me will slowly change into an It goes to show, I hope that extreme close up of the you know that you are vocalist’s facial features. 7. (1.31-1.45) Camera shot will What my dreams are made of cross cut from an extreme close Can't fall asleep, can't fall up of the vocalists face to an asleep extreme close up of the girl’s I lay in my bed awake, in my sad looking eyes, (5 seconds). bed awake at night The Camera cross cuts from the As I dream of you girl to the vocalist looking I'll fall in love, you'll lost trying to look for her. fall in love Long shot of the vocalist. 8. (1.46-2.00)Cross cuts to the It could mean everything, girl stood against a wall, everything to me slowly sliding down into a ball I can't imagine being crying Low angle on the girl, anywhere else cross cuts back to the vocalist They say that love is forever trying to look for her, Long Your forever is all that I shot of the vocalist. need Please stay 9. (2.01-2.15) The camera cross as long as you need cuts from a long shot of the Can't promise that things vocalist to a Low angle of the won't be broken girl in a ball against the wall But I swear that I will never (X4) Each shot lasts 3 seconds. leave The Camera cross cuts to a long Please stay forever with me shot of the band performing.
  • 3.
    Music Video Script VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 10. (2.16-2.30) Camera slowly zooms Tempo slows down a lot, the in, hand-held shot, on one of bands beat goes slower and a the guitarists guitar, shows the little quieter and the the guitarist’s string and vocalist sings softer. pick/hands. Camera stays on guitar for 5 seconds, Camera The way that we are slowly zooms out and goes into It's the reason I stay another Birds-eye-view of the As long as you're here with band playing. me 11. (2.31-2.45) Camera cross cuts I know we'll be Ok onto the vocalist back to The way that we are looking for the girl, 3 seconds It's the reason I stay later he runs towards the camera As long as you're here with slowly till he is against it and me camera goes black, Camera cross I know I'll be Ok cuts to the girl looking up at him on the floor, over-the shoulder shot. 12. (2.46-3.00)Cross cut to the band Tempo goes back to how it was playing there instruments (6- at the beginning. 7seconds) zooms in onto the vocalist’s face, cross cuts onto They say that love is forever a close-up of the girls face. Your forever is all that I need Please stay as long as you need Can't promise 13. (3.01-3.15) Camera slowly zooms that things won't be broken out, circling around the But I swear that I will never vocalist and the girls leave hugginghand-held shot, over-the Please stay forever with me shoulder shotof the two, Both (I couldn't love just anyone, looking slightly happier but I was created to love just still a sad tear. one baby) They say that love is forever Your forever
  • 4.
    Music Video Script VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 14. (3.16-3.30) Camera cross cuts to is all that I need a close-up of the vocalist, (I couldn't love just anyone, camera slowly zooms out to show I was created to love just the band performing, long shot one girl) of the band. (Band looking Please stay as long as you slowly worn out). need (I couldn't love just anyone, I was created to love just one baby) Can't promise that things won't be broken But I swear that I will never leave 15. (3.31-3.42)Long shot of the (I couldn't love just anyone, band, as music stops the I was created to love just vocalist put the microphone one girl) down and slowly walks off Please stay forever with me with his back to the camera. (Long shot of the vocalist End of the song you hear a micro phone sound effect walking off.) getting dropped on the floor.