Music Video - Planning Draft 02

Draft 02

1. Shot starts facing left. shot panning downward. once a lower angle is reached camera pans to the right to where Chip is asleep under a computer desk. Steady pace. Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open.
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3. Cut to an extreme close up of Chips' face, his eyes open. (Close up of eyes opening) he consumes the frame, his eyes are the focus of the shot, rest of face is not visible. Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open.

2. A MLS shot from a high angle of him sitting up and looking around. Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open.
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4. Cut to a POV with the camera panning right to left.  Steady pace again. Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open.

3. Wide shot of a band performing, location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. camera on a tripod.
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5. Cut in with MCU of Chip performing with his instrument: the guitar, strumming in time with the music, focus on the instrument. face not included in the frame. location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. Possibly Steadicam.

4. Mid shot of him climbing up onto a chair looking worn out from the side. Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open. camera handheld and positioned either facing toward the widow or away from the window allowing the natural lighting to shine from behind, to be determined in production.

5. Cut in with Medium Close Up of a band member performing with their instrument e.g the Bass strumming in time with the music, focus on the instrument face not included within the frame. This is repeated with the third member of the band. The drummer, however shot angle changed to behind him. location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. Possibly Steadicam.

6. Close up from his face of him sitting down then falling asleep. face fills frame, tired expression. Blurred backround. Eyes suddenly open.
7. Camera gradually zooms out while the people around him move quickly as he lip syncs the lyrics at a normal speed.  Natural lighting, blinds in the classroom open.

7. Camera rapidly turns to the right 180 degrees and we see the lyrics ‘life’s an illusion’ appear on a computer screen. 

8. A very quick shot of him looking confused at the screen camera positioned in front of the computer screen, sat on the table.
9. other rapid turn to the right to see him appear on a stage performing (wide shot) 

9. Close up of him performing Facial expression: looking bored (extreme close up) 

10. Camera turns to face people cheering in the seats, switching place randomly. Shot type: long shot all people in view. multiple cuts each time the people are in different positions.

11. Quick second long clips (close ups) of people smiling, played I time with the chords of the song). For the chorus. Example a group of people from school smiling 

12. Camera turns to face people cheering in the seats, switching place randomly. Shot type: long shot all people in view. multiple cuts each time the people are in different positions.

13. Another rapid camera turn to face the computer screen again, From right to left. this time with the lyrics ‘I was so tired of being upset’ displayed on the screen.

14. Medium close up of him looking at the screen. camera positioned in front of the computer screen, sat on the table.

15. A shot from another angle of him standing up and walking out of frame. camera positioned at the back of the classroom. long shot.

16. A slow motion wide shot of him walking down a corridor while those around him walk by rapidly in ‘fast motion’. He is lip syncing the lyrics again. Medium long shot - shoulders in view.

17. Another quick mid shot of the band performing. location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. Possibly Steadicam.

18. A very similar shot of the smiling people, but this time they’re different people. Once again, in time with the chords being played. Shot type: long shot all people in view. multiple cuts each time the people are in different positions.

19. Another scene of the bad performing. location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. Possibly Steadicam. with each chord it’s a close up of each member, ending with chip looking bored.focus on the instrument face not included within the frame. This is repeated with the third member of the band. The drummer, however shot angle changed to behind him. 

20. A collection of very short clips in varying places from varying distances. Each time chip is somewhere in the shot singing a line from the lyrics. 

21. A mid shot of the whole band performing.location - Garage. dim, harsh lighting. Possibly Steadicam. 
22.  Jump cut to chip singing ‘but I know its’ (extreme close up) 

22. Two extreme close ups of the smiling people from earlier singing the words ‘ok ok’ 

23. A medium shot of Chip running out of the back door of Sixth form center. side on so we can see him reach for and open the door.

24. Immediate jump cut to Chip running through the front door as if he’d never left the building (medium close up) he looks confused. again shot from the side.

25. A close up of the drummer from the band playing in time with the music in the background. The drummer, however shot angle changed to behind him. 

26. With each chord, a shot of chip running through the front door again looking more and more confused each time, from a different angle every time.  

27. A dejected facial expression mid shot of him returning back upstairs. Shot from the side so we see him walk out of frame. 

28. Another scene of the band performing but close ups to each member smiling again except Chip. 

Two identical scenes of him sitting back down under the table and him sitting down at the end of the song ‘mixed together’ (quick cuts between the two scenes ending with chip asleep under the table again).