Music video script
- 1. Music Video Script Video Title: The 1985 – So Far(It’s Alright) VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 1. 0:00 – 0:30 – Moving Establishing Shot of Manchester skyline on the tram. Medium Close Up of female character looking towards the camera. Moving shot continued Extreme Close up of a hand grabbing female characters arm. Close up & Extreme close up of female character crying. Tracking Shot following female character around Media City, Salford Quays. Over the shoulder tracking shot of female character looking out over The Quays. Introduction (5 Secs) (0:05) Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby (x2) Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby (x2) Yeah it's the way we are We were smoking by 11 and knocking round town
- 2. Music Video Script 2. 0:30 – 1:00 – Hand Held Shot of The Quays bridge at night with the lights shining. Close Up of group of friends laughing on steps. Medium Shot of boy balancing and walking up a hand rail. Close Up of boy looking and laughing directly into the camera. Long Shot of boy at the top of the rail throwing his arms in the arm. Beat em' ups on my arm We were never good at selling Couldn't cut down And I stay with my father, while his friends die of heart attacks He's got a heart made of stone but he never gets cold because the sun's always on his back I used to think you're cool and I believed you had a wonderful vision, But I soon found out you're a terrible friend and your mother's on the television Gives a go on your bike, how you getting along with your life
- 3. Music Video Script 3. 1:00 – 1:30 – Upwards Tracking shot from the female character’s ice skates being put on, up towards her face. Wide range of Hand Held camera shots of the female character with her boyfriend and friends at ice skating. Close Up of female character dances with her boyfriend and both of them turn towards the camera smiling. Hand Held tracking shot of both the female character and her boyfriend as they are skating around the ice skating rink. It's alright, yeah it's alright Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Oh well I'm coming to the end of 23 she said, is that alright?
- 4. Music Video Script 4. 1:30 – 2:00 – Close Up of boyfriend talking into the camera. Extreme Close Up of female character looking into the mirror and crying, with mascara running down her face. Tracking Shot of the couple walking together. Medium Wide shot of the couple hugging and looking out over the landscape with the faint Manchester skyline in the distance. Close Up of female character with her head in her hand. Extreme Close Up of a tear rolling down her face. Long Shot of the couple holding hands and walking towards the camera. Over the shoulder shot of the coule walking together. And it's coming to the end of you and me she said, is that alright? And how can you complain about life and talk about being bored If you just sit at Pete's house playing video games, doing sniff that you can't afford? I can't be picking up in the town So get me one off Adam if he's sorting you out I don't really get what all your friends are about, I was always looking for a way to get out, A true reflection of the size of your house, a silver spoon and zoot in your mouth
- 5. Music Video Script 5. 2:00 – 2:30 – Variety of hand held tracking shots of Manchester city centre and Christmas market. Long Shot of the couple holding hands walking up a hill away from the camera. Close Up of boyfriend holding the female character in his arms as they lookout at the landscape. Extreme Close Up of female character wiping her tears. Static Close UP of female character with her hair covering part of her face as she is crying. Long angled Close Up of boyfriend looking towards the camera laughing. But you're alright, yeah it's alright Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright. So here we are, it's quarter to 11 We're knocking round town Pushing in, in the bar
- 6. Music Video Script 6. 2:30 – 3:00 - Tracking shot showing a 360 degree shot of bare tree branches and the sky. Close Up shot of female character laughing into the camera on a bed. Tracking shot of a wall of CDs in a shop and the female character as she browses through the CDs. Hand Held camera shots of Manchester high-street. Hand Held Close Up of female character talking and smiling into the camera. Moving Tracking shot of Manchester at night from the inside of a car. Close Up of female character hiding her face away from the camera. you can cry until 11, it's a quarter of an hour And why stay if you hate it so much? You think you're well cool, You just write about sex and killing yourself and how you hardly ever Went to school Don't you wanna take me up in the clouds, Pretend that I'm the one and you can show me about, She was talking marriage so we had to get out, Now he's making up for it by sleeping about The ultimatum's a ridiculous joke I'm gonna pick the option that allows me to smoke
- 7. Music Video Script 7. 3:00 – 3:30 – Medium Close Up of the couple smiling and facing each other. Continued moving Tracking shot of Manchester from within the car. Long Shot of female character smiling as she is ice skating. Tracking Shot downwards on the group of friends lay each step of the stairs, looking towards the camera. Medium Shot of boyfriend with his arm around the female character as she is checking her phone. Static Medium Shot of boyfriend shoving female character and grabbing her arm violently. Extreme Close Up of female character chest as she reveals a bruise on her collar bone from underneath her top. Cross Cuts between Close Ups of the female character crying and her boyfriend grabbing her. Close up downward tracking shot of the female character as she reveals more bruises on her arms But I'm alright, yeah it's alright Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby Yeah so far, it's alright, alright, baby 8. 3:30 – 3:55 – Extreme Close Up of female characters bruises on her arm in the mirror. Close up of female characters face with mascara smudge and running down her face with tears. Over the shoulder close up shot of the female character as she looks up towards the mirror glancing in the direction of the camera. Black background shot of the Bands name in white followed by the music videos credits and song title. Shot of black background at the end. Instrumental Ending of the song