Music Video – Practical Production Treatment and Plan for EditAudio: Music and Lyrics Time Images

[trumpet intro]

Stay awake‘cos its only for a momentYou will see the path beside your fadeIn a world that’s going backwardsI promise all the cheques are paidAnd she has never been as lowShe has never been as low as she is now

At night, she sings her melodyShe sings like no one’s listeningShe screams outShe 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 aloneClose 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 failingShe came back the only way she knowsShe didn’t say you were the firstShe 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 momentYou will see the path beside your fadeIn a world that’s going backwardsI promise all the cheques are paidAnd 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 doGirl 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

She has never been as low as she is now

At night, she sings her melodyShe sings like no one’s listeningShe screams outShe 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 loveSinging to each otherPerformance 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 failingShe came back the only way she knowsShe didn’t say you were the firstShe 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 failingShe came back the only way she knowsShe didn’t say you were the firstShe 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 failingShe came back the only way she knowsShe didn’t say you were the firstShe 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 timePerformance 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 relationshipBack to beginning clip of guy walking away- this time in forward motionArtist placing down guitar and leaving the frame in the same way as the narrative