Music Video Practical Production Treatment

1. Music Video – Practical Production Treatment and Plan for Edit
Audio: Music and Lyrics Time Images
[trumpet intro]
Stay awake
‘cos its only for a moment
You will see the path beside your fade
In a world that’s going backwards
I promise all the cheques are paid
And she has never been as low
She has never been as low as she is now
At night, she sings her melody
She sings like no one’s listening
She screams out
She screams out loud
00.00-00.11
00.11-00.43
00.43-01.03
Long shot of boy and girl sitting on bench backs both facing the camera
Boy gets up to leave and we see him walk out of shot. Reverse then
kicks in and you see him walk backward to the same position.
Performance of singer playing guitar in front of white backdrop alone
Close up of girl crying- tear going down face- same with the guy
Extreme close up of holding hands and then drifting apart
Burning of a photo of them (different location extreme close up)
Shows previous night argument in bedroom- throwing things pushing
each other general screaming (long shots, crane shot, close ups, pan)
Close ups of each other’s faces
The windows shake and all my words are failing
She came back the only way she knows
She didn’t say you were the first
She didn’t say you were the last one tonight
01.03-01.22
Guy storming out of girls room, down corridor and out of house
Guy surprising girlfriend by going to house- going into bedroom seeing
his girlfriend with another guy- arguments and crying between them
Stay awake
‘cos its only for a moment
You will see the path beside your fade
In a world that’s going backwards
I promise all the cheques are paid
And she has never been as low
01.22-02.04
Close up shot of phone texting girl with no reply- shot of boy waiting
and not knowing what to do
Girl with this new guy- being over friendly and leaving her actual
boyfriend out of conversation (long shot)
Performance of singer playing guitar in front of white backdrop- drum
kit and trumpet being played in background

2. She has never been as low as she is now
At night, she sings her melody
She sings like no one’s listening
She screams out
She screams out loud
02.04-02.25
Texting between each other ‘ I love you’
Dancing in boyfriends bedroom/garden listening to records – really
happy and in love
Singing to each other
Performance of singer playing guitar in front of white backdrop- drum
kit and trumpet being played in background
The windows shake and all my words are failing
She came back the only way she knows
She didn’t say you were the first
She didn’t say you were the last one tonight
02.25-02.43 Meeting in a coffee shop- laughter between the two and guy brushes hair
of girls face
Run out together and maybe kiss (medium shot)
The windows shake and all my words are failing
She came back the only way she knows
She didn’t say you were the first
She didn’t say you were the last one tonight
02.43-03.01
Meeting at a party- go off into a separate room- lots of close up shots of
holding hands and touching (POV editing)
Performance of singer playing guitar in front of white backdrop- drum
kit and trumpet being played in background
The windows shake and all my words are failing
She came back the only way she knows
She didn’t say you were the first
She didn’t say you were the last one tonight
[guitar and drum instrumental]
[Guitar cord outro]
End
03.01-03.19
03.19-03.30
03.30-03.45
Meeting at school- classroom scene with them making eye contact for
the first time
Performance of singer playing guitar in front of white backdrop- drum
kit and trumpet being played in background
Montage of clips in normal order really quickly with different shots of
different stages in relationship
Back to beginning clip of guy walking away- this time in forward
motion
Artist placing down guitar and leaving the frame in the same way as the
narrative