Daniella Johnston, Adam Cunliffe, Ryan Baxter Music Video Script Video Title: Use Somebody VIDEO AUDIO LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX 1. (0.00– 0.03) Shot of the camera zooming out into a wide long shot to eventually show all band members in the frame sat in their apartment watching television and relaxing during the evening. This introduces us to the band and establishes part of the setting and their lifestyle. There will also be a change in depth of field. As the camera zooms out the frame becomes clearer – focus pull. Instrumental 2. (0.04 – 0.05) Wide shot close up of a train moving from the right side of the frame to the left revealing what is behind – the city of Manchester and establishes the setting. Instrumental 3. (0.06 – 0.09) Tilt shot with the camera tracking forward showing the city e.g. some of the skyline and tall buildings. This will be during the night to highlight that Manchester has a lively nightlife, contrasting with the band that are sat in their dark apartment. Instrumental 4. (0.10 – 0.12) Tracking shot to the left from the right to include more scenery from Manchester and continue to establish the setting. Instrumental 5. (0.13-0.14) Close up of girls getting off train. Only their feet are in the frame, we see them walking off in heels assuming they are going on a night out unlike the band. No camera movement. Instrumental Slow motion
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Daniella Johnston, Adam Cunliffe, Ryan Baxter Music Video Script
Video Title: Use Somebody
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX1. (0.00– 0.03)
Shot of the camera zooming out into a wide long shot to eventually show all band members in the frame sat in their apartment watching television and relaxing during the evening. This introduces us to the band and establishes part of the setting and their lifestyle. There will also be a change in depth of field. As the camera zooms out the frame becomes clearer – focus pull.
Instrumental
2. (0.04 – 0.05)Wide shot close up of a train moving from the right side of the frame to the left revealing what is behind – the city of Manchester and establishes the setting.
Instrumental
3. (0.06 – 0.09)Tilt shot with the camera tracking forward showing the city e.g. some of the skyline and tall buildings. This will be during the night to highlight that Manchester has a lively nightlife, contrasting with the band that are sat in their dark apartment.
Instrumental
4. (0.10 – 0.12)Tracking shot to the left from the right to include more scenery from Manchester and continue to establish the setting.
Instrumental
5. (0.13-0.14)Close up of girls getting off train. Only their feet are in the frame, we see them walking off in heels assuming they are going on a night out unlike the band. No camera movement.
Instrumental Slow motion
6. (0.15)High angle wide shot showing the motorway and cars travelling past from right side of the frame to the left (just like the shot of the train above). However we find out later that the bands are the ones travelling on the road whilst on tour. No camera movement.
Instrumental
7. (0.16-0.17) Wide shot from inside the car from the driver’s perspective looking ahead. No camera movement.
Instrumental Time lapse/very fast motion
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX8. (0.18-0.19) Medium shot of the band getting out of a
car looking like they are in a rush. Also could be wearing sunglasses to hide from press to reflect their busy and hectic lifestyles. No camera movement.
Instrumental
9. (0.20) Long low angle show of the band walking towards the camera down a corridor, as if they are approaching backstage to get ready to go on stage. No camera movement.
Instrumental Black and white
10. (0.20) Medium shot of a group of girls going into town. Doesn’t show their faces, only their bodies so we are not fully introduced to them yet. Camera tracks the movement of the girls from one side of the frame to the other.
Instrumental
11. (0.21) Medium low angle shot of one of the members of the band playing guitar and singing. No camera movement.
Instrumental
12. (0.22) Wide shot of the band walking down a street together, giving the impression they do everything together. Walking towards the camera, which is backwards tracking.
Instrumental
13. (0.22) Medium wide shot from inside the car from the driver’s perspective looking ahead whilst driving. No camera movement.
Instrumental Time lapse/very fast motion
14. (0.23) Close up of one of the members of the band drinking from a bottle of water in between songs backstage. No camera movement.
Instrumental
15. (0.23) Wide shot of the band performing on the stage. Camera is positioned at the side of the stage to catch the band at a different angle but there is no camera movement.
Instrumental
16. (0.23) Close up of one of the band members smoking and blowing smoke into the camera. Handheld camera effect.
Instrumental Black and white
17. (0.24) Aerial shot of inside the club looking down on the ground floor with everybody dancing, including the girls that were shown earlier on in the video. Camera zooms into the crowd during this.
Instrumental
18. (0.24) Extreme close up of girls dancing, only middle part of them shown and no faces revealed. No camera movement.
Instrumental
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX19. (0.25) Medium shot of the band playing on the stage
with the camera zooming out into a wide shot with the entire band in the frame.
Instrumental Black and white
20. (0.25) Wide long shot of a road like the one shown in the image. No camera movement.
Instrumental Time lapse/very fast motion
21. (0.26) Medium shot of one of the band members lying down on the floor backstage, looking exhausted. No camera movement.
Instrumental
22. (0.27-0.29) Another wide establishing shot of the city to show there is lots going on in the city. Camera tilts and tracks.
Instrumental
23. (0.30 – 0.47) Two shots together showing buildings lit up and Manchester’s busy nightlife against an extreme close up of the lead singer of the band sat in his apartment beginning to sing to the camera. No camera movement.
Cross fadeI've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see Painted faces fill the places I can't reach You know that I could use somebody
24. (0.48) Close up of the girl. No camera movement. Instrumental
25. (0.49-0.50) Long shot of the lead singer sitting alone in the apartment. Forward tracking camera towards him slowly.
Instrumental
26. (0.51-0.56) Back to the extreme close up of him singing to the camera. No camera movement.
You know that I could use somebody
27. (0.57-0.58) Previous shot against the one of inside the car from the driver’s perspective with everything sped up.
Cross fadeTime lapse/very fast motion
28. (0.59) Medium shot of someone putting their arm around the girls back. Her face still isn’t shown in any shots. No camera movement.
Instrumental
29. (1.00-1.03) Close up of the lead singer singing. There is no camera movement.
Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
30. (1.04) Extreme close up of the members of the band smoking. No camera movement.
Instrumental
31. (1.04) Medium high angle shot of the lead singer lying down on couch in dark apartment. Camera tracks to the side.
Instrumental
32. (1.05) Extreme close up of another member of the band drinking from a bottle of beer. No camera movement.
Instrumental
33. (1.06) Close up high angle of the fourth and final member of the band looking upwards towards the camera just lying down. No camera movement.
Instrumental
34. (1.07-1.09) Back to the previous shots of the lead singer sitting alone in apartment, but this time the camera tracks backwards from a close up of the vocalist into a medium shot.
Countless lovers under cover
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX35. (1.10-1.11) Wide long shot of the band all sitting
together in the apartment on the couches relaxing. We can see it is late and during the evening from the window showing outside. Camera tracks to the side.
of the street
36. (1.12) Extreme close up of the lead singers face near his eyes. Only half of his face is in the frame with the other half of the frame just being dark. No camera movement.
Instrumental
37. (1.13-1.15) Wide long shot of the band all sitting together in the apartment on the couches relaxing (same as previous shot). The camera tracks forwards towards them.
You know that I could
38. (1.16) Extreme close up of the vocalists face singing with eyes closed. No camera movement.
use somebody
39. (1.17) Aerial shot of inside the club with everybody dancing. No camera movement.
Instrumental
40. (1.18) Close up of the girl in the crowd smiling, laughing, dancing etc. No camera movement.
Instrumental
41. (1.18) Low angle long shot of the sky to show the moon highlighting it is late. Camera tracks forward.
Instrumental
42. (1.19) Close up of one of the band members opening his eyes after being closed lying down in the apartment. No camera movement.
Instrumental
43. (1.19) Wide long shot of the band all in the apartment together (like before). No camera movement.
Instrumental
44. (1.20-1.24) Extreme close up of the lead singer singing into the camera, making eye contact this time.
You know that I could use somebody
45. (1.25) Medium shot of a crowd waiting for the band to come on stage. No camera movement.
Instrumental
46. (1.25) Wide long shot of the stage with lights flashing onto it. No camera movement.
Instrumental
47. (1.26) Medium shot of people’s hands being waved about cheering from in the crowd. No camera movement.
Instrumental
48. (1.26) Medium low angle shot of drummer on stage playing as you can clearly hear him on this part of the song. Cameras tilts upwards towards him.
Someone likeBlack and white
49. (1.27) Extreme close up of vocalist singing. No camera movement.
you
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX50. (1.27-1.28) Back to drummer hitting the symbol. Same
type of shot. The camera tracks backwards away from the drummer.
InstrumentalBlack and white
51. (1.29) Low angle medium shot of one the guitarists singing into the microphone. Camera tilts upwards showing more of him in the shot.
InstrumentalBlack and white
52. (1.30-1.31) Low angle wide shot of the entire band playing together on the stage. Camera tracks from left to right.
InstrumentalBlack and white
53. (1.32) Extreme close up of one of the members of the band singing on stage. No camera movement.
InstrumentalBlack and white
54. (1.33) Medium shot of the band putting their guitars round them and preparing on stage. No camera movement.
InstrumentalBlack and white
55. (1.34) Wide long shot of the band playing on stage. Camera is at the side of it and tracking forwards towards them.
InstrumentalBlack and white
56. (1.35) Close up of lights flashing. No camera movement. InstrumentalBlack and white
57. (1.35) Another extreme close up of one of them singing. InstrumentalBlack and white
58. (1.36) Medium shot of the lead singer on stage performing. The camera zooms into his hands playing the guitar.
InstrumentalBlack and white
59. (1.37) Long shot with the entire band hugging backstage. No camera movement.
InstrumentalBlack and white
60. (1.38) Tracking shot of the band walking down a corridor approaching backstage. As they walk towards the camera it moves backwards.
InstrumentalBlack and white
61. (1.39-1.41) Wide long shot of the entire band playing together on stage again.
InstrumentalBlack and white
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX62. (1.42-1.33) Medium shot of them playing on part of the
stage. Camera tracking forwards and sidewards.InstrumentalBlack and white
63. (1.44-1.46) Long wide shot of the band all with their arms around each other on stage with the camera circling them.
InstrumentalBlack and white
64. (1.47-1.56) Lots of backstage footage with a handheld camera.
InstrumentalBlack and white
65. (1.57 – 2.00)Close up of lead singer singing into microphone on stage. No camera movement.
Off in the night while you live it up I'm off to sleep
66. (2.01-2.03)Shots of the girl inside the club dancing and drinking with friends.
Waging wars
67. (2.04-2.07)Medium shot of the lead singer sat in his apartment at night alone with a beer. In this shot he drinks some of it and checks his phone. No camera movement.
to shake the poet and the beat He has texted a girl (audience are unsure of who she is to him). She is out in the city enjoying the nightlife whilst he is sat in his apartment after a gig/concert.
68. (2.08) Close up of the phone on the table. No camera movement.
I hope it's gonna make you notice
69. (2.09-2.14) Girl at the bar in the club gets a message on her phone. She takes some of her drink and then gets it out of her bag and reads it. Camera zooms and tracks towards her as she does this.
InstrumentalShe reads a text message on her phone so we presume it is off him. The audience doesn’t find out what it says.
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX70. (2.15-2.22)
Band getting ready on stage again. There is close ups of each member of the band playing their instrument. Camera zooms into each one of them doing this.
I hope it's gonna make you notice
71. (2.23-2.37)Several shots of the band playing on stage together. Camera tracks across the stage showing all of them in the frame. It also zooms out to get them all in a shot together. During part of the lyrics there is a close up of the vocalist singing into microphone.
Someone like me, someone like me,Someone like me,
72. (2.38 – 2.39) Close up of the lead singer sat in his apartment again and a close up of the girl in the clubs face after she has just read the message. These are overlapped so we can see them both in one shot.
somebody Cross fadeClose ups imply they are both thinking of each other. The
cross fade highlights their contrasting lifestyles.
73. (2.40-2.46) Playing on stage together again. Wide long shot tracking forward closer to the band.
Instrumental
74. (2.47-2.49) Close up of the girls body and arm in the club, puts her drink down on the side and leaves. Camera remains looking at the drink but we can see her walking away at the side of the frame. No camera movement.
InstrumentalThe girl decides to leave the club. However the audience does not find out where she goes.
75. (2.50) Close up of a car door slamming. No camera movement.
Instrumental
76. (2.51-3.04) Montage of all previous shots e.g. showing them on stage, backstage, on the road, the time lapse in the car, people dancing in the club etc.
Fast paced editing/montage I'm ready now, I'm ready now I'm ready now, I'm ready now I'm ready now, I'm ready now I'm ready now
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX77. (3.05-3.16) Cutting back and forth from the shots on the
road to the guitarist doing the guitar solo in the song and other band members on stage performing. One of the shots will be a close up of his hand playing the guitar.
Time lapse/fast motionBlack and white
78. (3.17-3.27) Close up of the vocalist singing to the camera. No camera movement.
Someone like you, somebody Someone like you, somebody
79. (3.28 – 3.29) Shots from inside the car and cars passing on the road.
Time lapse/fast motion Instrumental
80. (3.30-3.33) Wide and medium shots of the band playing on stage together again. Camera zooms, tilts and tracks.
Someone like you, somebody
81. (3.34) Low angle close up of a girls feet walking away from the camera into a long shot. No camera movement.
InstrumentalDoesn’t show the girls face to create confusion. The audience is not sure whether it is the girl from the club or where she is going.
82. (3.35-3.37) Camera zooming out of the band performing on stage into a wide/long high angle shot.
Instrumental
(3.38) Girl knocks at hotel door/his apartment. Close up of her hand doing this. No camera movement.
Instrumental
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX83. (3.39-3.44) He acknowledges someone is outside and
he gets up and walks to the door to open it. Camera tracks his movements.
I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
84. (3.45-3.47) Over the shoulder shot showing the door opening over her shoulder. No camera movement.
85. (3.48-3.51) Shot reverse shot of a close up of each of their faces. Once he has opened the door it shows him and then shows her facial expression in response. No camera movement.
At the end of the video we realize she has gone to meet him at his hotel, this relates to the title of the song as he could ‘Use Somebody’ and that somebody is her.
