Music Video Script

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Final draft of my music video script

By Tom Ross and Alex Nesbit

Email: 11272774cw@gmail.com

Song name: All in the name

Artist: Janice Graham Band

Music Video Script

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Video Title:

VIDEO

AUDIO

LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

1. 0:00 – 0:30–Close up of red switch

this then gets pushed up this then

makes the music start playing.

Extreme wide shot of Strangeways

prison- Manchester for 5 seconds,

fade to close up ( music starts) of

lead singer laying on cell bed,

singing the introduction to the

song.Flicks to a shot of a prison

guard throwing the rest of the band

into different cells.

Lying on my cell bed thinking

what my father said lying on my

cell bed thoughts going through

my head. What if there’s no way

out now, what if my life’s

mapped out now, what if they

know where I’ve what if they

know all my sins, I can’t wait.

Music starts at 5 seconds after

wide shot with no interruption.

For the first 5 seconds on the

wide shot of the prison there

will be a wind effect heard.

Lead singer lay on bed singing

the introduction in a prison

cell

2. 0:30 – 1:00 – After lead singer

finishes introduction cut to mid

shot of him with a bass and mic in

a dark cell singing the 1st verse

and cut to other members of band

playing their individual

instruments in individual cells.

I’m gonna put the knife in, I

can’t wait, I’m gonna put the

knife in a Holiday to that

strangeways hotel. Some people

call it hell imgonna take it one

step higher, I’m gonna set the

place on fire.

Uninterrupted music

No FX

Each member of band playing

their individual instruments

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VIDEO

AUDIO

LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

3. 1:00 – 1:30 – Cut to bird’s eye

view shot of the cell in black and

white like a security camera and

the lead singer then sets the cell

on fire and then carry’s on

singing. Then it changes to a close

up of the fire.

You were always telling me that

me and you were just a fling,

Well it’s all in the name, you

dealt me those cards the ones

I’ve had from the start.

Ignition of fire sound effects

and crackling of fire

Music plays uninterrupted

Lead man sets cell on fire

because in the lyrics it says

‘imgonna set the place on fire’

4. 1:30 – 2:00 - Cut to each member

of band at midshot as their cells

ignite and they carry on playing

for the whole 30 seconds. The

camera cuts to each member at 5

seconds intervals.Zooms in on their

instruments with the fire behind it

this then would be a close up of

the instruments.

I know man

I know man

Fire crackling sound effects

Music Throughout

Each members cell sets on fire

and they carry on performing

5. 2:00 – 2:30 - Wide shot of

corridor cell doors fling open with

flames spewing out each member

walks out they are followed by a

camera on a tracking system.

Instrumental

Sound effects of fire crackling

and metal doors hitting the wall

Music uninterrupted

All 4 members door flings open

and walk down the prison

corridor.

6. 2:30 – 3:00 –All 4 members walk

down the corridor with mid-shot

with a track going backwards and

then cut to close up of lead singer

still walking. The singer then

walks out of the prison sell and

goes into another room. This room

will be trashed like a mental

perosns room. The prison guard

opens the door to the room with a

switch.

Instrumental

Fire crackling

Music uninterrupted

They walk down the corridor and

escape from the prison.

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VIDEO

AUDIO

LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

7. 3:00 – 3:30–Very wide shot of

prison in flames for 30 seconds

with instrumental playing. All 4

members are seen in the back ground

running away with their instruments

in hand.Same shot as the starting

one however it gets pushed down

this makes the music stop. The

music is fading out.

Instrumental

Wind

Music uninterrupted the fade out

Prison carries on burning and

Band escapes