Monday, 24 October 2016

Screenplay



 Visuals

Wide shot of trees over a lake in the dark or at sunrise
Spinning camera – slow motion - establishing
See the protagonist walking in the distance – long shot
Starts dancing in the sunrise

Panning shot of the train station
 Audio

Sounds of trees in the wind – intro 0:18

Guitar solo enters 0:19
Lonely’ lyrics enter 0:28

Electronic sound effects 0:35
Drums and the lyrics ‘Lonely’ 0:40
Got my high heels on’ 1:00

Tracking shot of protagonist walking around the abandoned buildings

Turns to camera looking down and stands in the middle of the room
Road in the night – lit by car lights – protagonist is almost a silhouette - dances
Dances
Calms down – goes to abandoned building – tracking shot
And my lipstick
got my velvet dress in the closet
and my phone on vibrate’ 1:17
All I do is wait’ 1:20

Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 1:22

My night drive loneliness’ 1:35
Lyrical 1:47

Quick extreme close shot of the lips – flash editing
Road in the night – lit by car lights – protagonist is a silhouette – dances
Fighting with herself – medium shot facing the camera – hands on the head shaking
Lyrics begin again 2:02
Of all the things that I’ve said
there’s one thing that I regret’ 2:12
Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 2:25

Lyrical - 2:48

Black screen
Long low shot – protagonist up on a hill – sunset – walking slowly looking into the sky
Flashing editing – stop start motion in a large abandoned ally way – spotting around the room
Road in the night – lit by car lights – silhouette dancing
Music stops 3:08
Acapella 3:09

Over and over’ – music begins again 3:29


Chorus – ‘my night drive loneliness’ 3:50


Using footage from earlier in the video – quick editing
Close shot of protagonist losing it – shaking head
My night drive loneliness’ 4:02

Lyrical – 4:33


Dancing on the train tracks – night time
Flash editing – gradually getting closer to the camera –finally looks at the camera and fades
Oh well oh well oh well’ – lyrical 5:08
Music fades 5:17-5:25





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