Friday, 25 October 2013

My Script


Track name: Saint Era
Artist: The Scarlets
Director: Ellie McCarthy
Duration: 3.40
5 Actors: Mel?

Jemma (Girl 4)

Ben McCarthy-walking down the street (Boy 2)

Molly McConnell-putting on lipstick, purses lips at camera (Girl 3)

Lauren Sahota-gets in the car, takes off her uniform, ruffles hair, does makeup-looks completely different, turns the music up and drives off. (Girl 2)

          Andy Froud- (Boy 1)

Charlotte Ward-in bed, slowly wakes up, roles out of bed. (Girl 1)

Video
Audio
LYRICS/NARRATION/MUSIC/FX/
0.00-0.06 The first 6 seconds of the introduction is the first 8 beats of the intro. It will be during the middle of the day. The camera is handheld and zooms closer to the image.

0.06-0.12 Jump cut to the next frame, which swaps to the front. His head is down, we can’t see his face.
0.10-0.12 At 10 seconds, he lifts his head and makes direct eye contact with the camera.


0.12-0.15 The scene jump cuts to an extreme close up of the side of his face.  He is looking down but looks straight ahead and mouths the lyrics.



0.15-0.21 Jump cuts to girl 1 (charlotte) in bed, face in pillow, alarm goes off and roles off the bed, gets up and walks of out of view.





0.21-0.24 Font ‘WAY OUT’. Woods in the background and large white capital letters. Sepia in the background.


0.24-0.27 jump cuts to extreme close up of persons hand playing the guitar.





0.27-0.30 jump cuts to a busy street at night, raining, point of view shot, jagged movements.


0.30-0.36 Girl 3 (Molly) puts on lipstick, looking in the mirror, camera on side, turns to camera, purses her lips and walks out the room.





0.36-0.42 band rocking out







0.42-0.51 gets in the car, takes off her uniform, ruffles hair, does makeup-looks completely different, turns the music up and drives off. Takes her point of view and shows people walking in the streets. Stops on Ben as he is passed in the car.



0.51-1.03 Boy 2 (Ben) walks down the street, headphones in. Has a pair of drumsticks in his hand which he hits mid-air to the beat.








1.03-1.06 Ambulance drives past.




1.06-1.13 Girl 1 (Charlotte) working, tapping to the rhythm not paying attention.










1.13-1.27 Girl 4 (Jemma) gets up, bottles all around her, looks in the mirror, checks her watch and freaks out.









1.27-1.35 girl 1 (Charlotte) sings lyrics.







1.35-1.45 Bands rocking out.




1.45-1.47- Girl 4 (Jemma) walking towards the woods.



1.47-1.49- Boy 1 (Andy) walking towards the woods.



1.49-1.51 – Girl 3 (Molly) walking towards the woods.



1.51-1.53- Boy 2 (Ben) walking towards the woods.



1.53-1.57 font ‘TO HOPE THAT MY HEART WILL COME BACK SOMEDAY’






1.57-2.00- (Girl 2) Check her hair in the car door, steps out slams door.



2.00-2.03- Focus on foot stepping out of the car, door slams shut.




2.03-2.12 walking through woods from point of view shot. Lyrics climb up trees ‘that my heart will come back some day’


2.12-2.18 band rocking out.






2.18-2.24 walking along the street, back facing camera rocking out.

2.24-2.48 group slowly form, come together hug, say hi, get things out of their bag.

2.48-2.51 feet running through the woods.


2.51-2.54 getting bottles out of a bag.


2.54-3.00- band rocking out.



3.00-3.08 look at the dark sky as they run through the woods.

3.08-3.40 people arrive in the woods, get the bottles out, laughing, fire, chilling, ends with close up of two bottles of beer smashing together and a ‘woo’
No Lyrics.
Intro- shows a man walking down the street, back towards the camera.
The music is the introduction to the song.
No fx.

No Lyrics.
Intro-shows a man with his head down and continues walking down the street. He lifts his head and makes eye contact with the audience.
The music is the introduction to the song.
No fx.

‘Oh the state things are in.’
He is looking in front of him whilst the camera is facing his side. Extreme close up.
Beginning lyrics.
No fx.

‘walked alone through the cold catacombs. I’ll find my…’
In bed, face downwards, alarm goes off, roles out of bed, gets up and stumbles out of view (right hand corner of frame.)
No fx.

‘Way out’
Text in white against the wooded background.
Sepia photograph of the wood.

‘These empty streets are snowed over’
Extreme close up of hand playing the guitar, out of time with the music.
No fx.


‘they fill my heart and mind’
Point of view shot, walking through the streets.
No fx.

‘With their memories, ohh oh oh’
Comical, casually puts on make up in the mirror, medium close up shot, then looks towards the camera and purses her lips towards the audience.
No fx.

No lyrics.
Showing the band rocking out. One drummer and one guitar player. Moving their heads, swaps from different artists.
No fx.

‘Oh saint era’
Gets in the car, takes off her uniform, ruffles hair, does makeup-looks completely different, turns the music up and drives off. Takes her point of view and shows people walking in the streets. Stops on Ben as he is passed in the car.
No fx.


‘Oh saint era. I’ll wait by the sea, to hope that my heart will come back someday, Oh saint era’
Camera is behind him; he is rocking out to the music through his headphones. He has drumsticks in his hand, which he hits to the beat, randomly not in time with the music.
No fx.

‘Oh saint era’
Point of view shot from he pavement to tracking the ambulance.
Blurred, smeared effect.

‘I’ll wait by the sea, to hope, that my heart will come back someday’
Establishing shot of girl 1, sitting at a desk in the library, books spread out across her, but isn’t playing attention and instead banging on the table. Person sitting net to her looks distracted.
No fx.

‘Broken glass along my feet, boarded holes and wandering souls. They’ve got their peace’
They’ve got their peace.’
Sitting on the floor, surrounded by bottles. Two other people are slouched up against the wall again. Stumbles up, looks in the mirror, then casually looks at her watch, and panics.
No fx.

‘And empty swings they pierce right through, everything they had a chance to do.’
Extreme close-up of girl one, singing the lyrics. Side of view shot.
No fx.

‘They’ve got their wings.’
Drum kit and guitarist in frame, rocking to the music.
Sepia effects.  

‘Oh saint era’
Camera angle behind her, walking through the woods.
No fx.

‘Oh saint’
Walking towards the camera, establishing shot.
Old movie effect.

‘Era, I’ll’
Side view (right) camera shot walking in the woods.
No fx.

‘Wait by the sea’
Side view (left) camera shot walking in the woods.
No fx.

‘To hope, that my heart will come back someday’
Lyrics come up on screen as text. White bold font(American typewriter), with woods in the background.
Sepia fx.

‘Oh saint era, I’ll wait by’
Check out hair in main mirror. No fx.



‘Oh Saint Era.’
High angle, extreme close up of foot stepping out the car and then see the door slam closed.
No fx.

‘the sea, to hope’
High angle, looking at one pair of feet walking through the woods.
No fx.


‘That my heart will come back some day’
Establishing shot showing the band, (drums and guitarist) playing.
No fx.

‘oh ohh ohh’
Old movie fx.


No lyrics.

No fx.

‘Ohh oh ohh’

No fx.

No lyrics.

No fx.

No lyrics.

No fx.

No lyrics.

No fx.

(3.12) ‘Oh Saint era, oh saint eraaa…’
No fx.


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