This document is the script for Beyonce's music video for her song "Single Ladies". The video depicts a woman getting ready to go out with her friends to a club after breaking up with her boyfriend. It shows her getting ready, going to the club and dancing with her friends, as well as flashbacks to her ex-boyfriend. Throughout the video, the lyrics and dancing are synced to tell the story of a woman celebrating her new single status and independence after a breakup.

1. SONG NAME: SINGLE LADIES BY BEYONCE KNOWLES
MUSIC VIDEO SCRIPT
VIDEO
SCENE 1:20 SECONDS
(SHOT BEGINS IN GIRLS BEDROOM)
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT (ZOOMED
INTO PHONE)
Paige texts her boyfriend a
saying ‘It’s Over’
(CAMERA CUTS TO BOYS BEDROOM)
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT (ZOOMED
INTO PHONE)
We see the text message come
through on his phone.
(CAMERA CUTS TO A CLOSE UP)
(TO SHOW HIS REACTION)
(CAMERA THEN CUTS BACK TO OVER
THE SHOULDER SHOT OF GIRL)
She then texts her friends
telling them to come over
SCENE 2:DURATION 15 SECONDS
RAPID CUT IN
Scene starts with shot of girls
standing dramatically in front
of green screen in
formation(Darkness with white
background)
CAMERA PANS FROM GIRL TO GIRL
IN MID SHOT - LEFT TO RIGHT
WIDE SHOT
Girls all put their hands up
SCENE CUTS DRAMATICALLY INTO
DARKESS
SCENE 3: DURATION 30 SECONDS
SERIES OF CUTTING BETWEEN CLUB
SCENE AND BEDROOM SCENE
AUDIO
Lyrics Narration Music FX
(FADE IN)
No music
No lyrics
(FADE OUT)
(CUT IN)
All the single ladies (All the
single ladies)
All the single ladies (All the
single ladies)
All the single ladies (All the
single ladies)
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up
(CUT OUT)
Up in the club, we just broke up
I'm doing my own little thing
You decided to dip but now you

2. Girls dancing in club
Girls are getting ready
(extreme close ups) e.g
applying lipstick, picking
clothes and putting on
jewellery)- Fast paced editing
to match.
SCENE 4: DURATION 10 SECONDS
SCENE IN BOYS BEDROOM
(POV SHOT)
Looking at photos of them
together throwing them. (SLOW
MOTION)
(FLASH BACKS TO GIRLS FACE IN
EXTREME CLOSE UP - CROSS
CUTTING)
Finding ring he was going to
give girlfiend, then throwing
it in the bin.
(SLOW MOTION)
ACTION MATCHES WITH CLOSE UPS
SCENE FIVE: DURATION 10 SECONDS
Girls dancing in formation in
front of green screen (flashing
in different colours)
(HIGH ANGLE WIDE SHOT)
SCENE SIX: DURATION 10 SECONDS
SCENE IN GIRLS BEDROOM
(POV SHOT)
Girl scribbling out ex
boyfriend in photos of them.
(ACTION MATCH POV)
Girl puts on her own rings.
SCENE SEVEN: DURATION TWENTY
SECONDS
CLUB SCENE - GREEN SCREEN
(EXTREME CLOSE UP CAMERA PANS
LEFT TO RIGHT IN FAST MOTION)
Close up of girls lips as they
wanna trip (STROBE LIGHTING)
Cause another brother noticed me
I'm up on him, he up on me
don't pay him any attention
Cause I cried my tears, for three
good years
Ya can't be mad at me
'Cause if you liked it then you
should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda
put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he
want it
If you liked it then you shoulda
put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it, then you should
have put a ring on it
If you liked it, then you t be
mad once you see that he want it
Don't be mad once you see that he
want it
If you liked it, then you shoulda
put a ring on it
I got gloss on my lips, a man

3. wear lipstick.
Girls turn around and flip
their hair (LOW ANGLE WIDE
SHOT)
Camera moves to show main
singer drinking from her cup
(EXTREME CLOSE UP - SLOW
MOTION)
(ACTION MATCH) CUTS TO GIRLS
BEDROOM
Girls tears up photos of her
and ex.
CUTS BACK TO CLUB SCENE
Girls continue to dance.
SCENE EIGHT - 30 SECONDS
GREEN SCREEN
DIFFERENT SHOTS - CLOSE UPS,
MID SHOTS
Girls all dressed in white,
dancing slowly to match pace of
song. Editing to symbolise
heartbreak on green screen.
Girls walk off on the end, for
girls to dissapear (like a
ghost)WIDE SHOT
SCENE NINE - FOURTY SECONDS -
FINAL CHORUS
CAMERA MOVES FORWARD QUICKLY
INTO EXTREME CLOSE UP FROM
WIDE SHOT
Girls repeat dancing scene.
on my hips
Got me tighter in my Dereon
jeans
(CUTS TO BLACK)
(GREEN SCREN CUTS BACK ON)
Acting up, drink in my cup
I can care less what you think
I need no permission, did I
mention
Don't pay him any attention
'Cause you had your turn and
now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to
miss me
(GREEN SCREEN CUTS TO BLACK)
(GREEN SCREEN CUTS ONTO CLOUDS)
Don't treat me to these things of
the world
I'm not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what
I deserve
Is a man that makes me then takes
me
And delivers me to a destiny, to
infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms
Say I'm the one you want
If you don't, you'll be alone
And like a ghost I'll be gone
(GREEN SCREEN FADES OUT)
'Cause if you liked it then you
should have put a ring on it

4. Scenes from the video flash
through fast like a flashback
and the scene ends with the
girl jumping into bed. She then
does signature Beyonce hand
move.
If you liked it then you shoulda
put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he
want it
If you liked it then you shoulda
put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
Single ladies plays muffled in
the background.
(VIDEO ENDS WITH DRAMATIC CUT)