My new animated script

The story arc to my video

My video is going to be one of love, jealousy, pain and passion between a boy and a girl.
I am starting my video with a few establishing shots to set the tone and then a close- up of my main singer (male) singing.

From here it shows the main singer on a hill looking all thoughtfull and staring into nothing and then cuts to a shot from behind him walking into a club (I am thinking Gordonstoun house on a Saturday night), there will then be a few shots of him partying and dancing and some shots of the club to change the mood again to a more up beat sort of feel.
A POV shot of the guy getting pulled out of the main dance hall by the second main character (female) to a slightly better lit place where there is a shot of them from down the corridor of the two of them together but doesn't show anything going on.
I then thing I will have a shot of him walking down the corridor by himself looking all smug with the girl still there in the background and then have it cut to an arc shot of the main guy singing then cut to a close-up of his face singing.
I am thinking that I want a montage of shots here in the music gap, having a calender stop motion to show the days passing and some fast motion to show the sun setting.
It then cuts back to the club a few days on to show the guy with a different girl for a few seconds, then another girl, and another and another which tells the viewer that the guy gets around.
Jump cut to the girl seeing him with a different girl and her running away.
The main guy runs towards the camera trying to catch her to say he's sorry but he can't find her (different shots of him looking around) and he walks out the door in shame and sorrow.
It cuts back to an arc shot of the guy singing and all upset from his mistake.
It then cuts to the hill that the guy was sitting on in beginning and the girl coming up behind him, she sits down with him and they look at each other and start talking, they start to smile and stand up, it cuts to a close-up of their hands coming together and then a shot of them walking off together.
In short, they fall in love, he cheats on her and she sees, he is sad and she finds him and forgives him and they fall back in love and walk off together.

Stop motion video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44FfPCzbO2E

Animated film script

Defining the Key Elements

For my video I am going to try and stick what is normal and usually seen in Dance/Pop videos.

I have to show a club or some sort of party in my video because they are shown in almost every other video out there from Dance to Rock, these party scenes usually build up and show the energy and power of the song and expresses the nature of the singers or even dancers if there are any, it is also a good mood setter.

I do plan to have only one male singer in my video even though the original song is sung by a boy band, this shouldn't effect the outcome in any way because I plan for him to only sing the chorus of the piece which is sung by the whole grup together at once but if I film and edit it right then I should be able to make it work.

Girls are always found in music videos these days, whether they are actually shown or just sung about. In my video I am hoping to have about four girls that are shown of a few seconds, then the one main girl that the song is wraped around and lastly however many girls appear in the background in the party scene.

Lights are an important element in making a music video and it will be quite difficult to find anywhere in my video where I can fit lights in without making the whole thing look weird, I think that the lighing in the party will have to be enough and hopefully will be bright enough to see the dancing as well.

The camera shots in my video will be standard to any other music video out there, I will have everything from close-ups to extreme long shots and might also try some arc shots and such like to see if it works with the music.

The editing is quite important in Dance/Pop videos because that is where the magic is performed, fast and slow motion is a good effect to place with this music because it has both fast moment and slow moments and it can also change the mood of a piece. Colour changing is a good effect but not normal for this genre of music so i don't know if I will be using it, other forms off CGI is used in this genre but I simply don't have the technology.

The costumes for the piece, not easy to pick out but I have an idea for a simple layout of white T-shirt and baggy jeans for the guy and skinny jeans and tank top for the girl. This layout of dress sticks with the genre quite well and does not exploiting anyone involved.

shooting scrip for and shot list for the video

From what I write down here to the actual filming I will chop and change the different camera angles and actions so this is just to help me get a rough idea.

The sun goes down (shot of campus, no one in shot, long shot)
The stars come out (shot of campus, no one in shot, long shot)
And all that counts (shot of campus, no one in shot, long shot)
Is here and now (shot of campus, no one in shot, long shot)
My universe will never be the same (shot of campus, no one in shot, close-up)
I'm glad you came (fade to black, close-up)

(montage of shots around campus, mix of both long shots and close-ups with mid shots and low and high angle shots as well)

You cast a spell on me, spell on me (Singer, close-up of face)
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me (continued)
And I decided you look well on me, well on me (cut to shot of him posing over a landscape, over the shoulder shot)
So let's go somewhere no-one else can see, you and me (different shot of posing over landscape, side on mid shot)

Turn the lights out now (shot from behind walking into a club, mid shot)
Now I'll take you by the hand (shot of partying in a club, mid shot)
Hand you another drink (different shot of partying in a club, close-up)
Drink it if you can (Shot of drinking, close-up)
Can you spend a little time, (getting pulled out of club by a girl, POV shot)
Time is slipping away from us so stay, (shot down a hall of guy and girl together, long shot)
Stay with me I can make, (guy starts walking back up the hall with a grin on his face, long shot to mid shot)
Make you glad you came (jump cuts of the guy walking up the hall)

The sun goes down (Guy singing, arc shot)
The stars come out (round into a low angle shot)
And all that counts (swings back up to an arc shot round him completly)
Is here and now (continued)
My universe will never be the same (close-up)
I'm glad you came (close-up, cut out)
I'm glad you came (close-up, fade out)

(Monatge of shots, mix of both long shots and close-ups with mid shots and low and high angle shots as well)

You cast a spell on me, spell on me (different girl, close-up with him, mid shot)
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me (different girl, close-up with him, mid shot)

And I decided you look well on me, well on me (different girl, close-up with him, mid shot)
So let's go somewhere no-one else can see, you and me (different girl, close-up with him, mid shot)

Turn the lights out now (first girl from early on see's him with other girl, mid shot)
Now I'll take you by the hand (shot of her walking awaymid shot)
Hand you another drink (guy see's her and runs after her, close-up)
Drink it if you can (shot of him looking round for her, close up)
Can you spend a little time, (mid shot, guy puts hand to his face)
Time is slipping away from us so stay, (guy angry, mid shot to long shot of him walking away)
Stay with me I can make, (walking through a door, long shot)
Make you glad you came (door shuts and fade out)

The sun goes down (close-up of guy singing)
The stars come out (still singing)
And all that counts (still singing)
Is here and now (still singing)
My universe will never be the same (different shot of guy singing, side on close-up)
I'm glad you came (shot of him looking upset, mid shot)
I'm glad you came (continued)

I'm glad you came (girl walks up to him with landscape in the background, mid shot to long shot)
So glad you came (sits down with him, shot continued)
I'm glad you came (they hug, shot continued)
I'm glad you came (different shot of hugging, mid shot)

The sun goes down (shot of them getting up, long shot)
The stars come out (and turning to each other, continued)
And all that counts (hands go out long shot)
Is here and now (close-up of holding hands)
My universe will never be the same (start walking down away from the camera, long shot)
I'm glad you came (walking away, extreme long shot)
I'm glad you came (fade to black)

Channel 4

I went onto the channel 4 wesite and checked out E4 aswell. I found out that they target their audiences for their adverts and videos and music at both men and women aged between 18 and 24, this is because they are the largest amount of people to lisson and watch to the latest media so they want the biggest amount possible to watch them. I could possibly fit this sort of thing into my video by making it relevent to younger ages such as 18 by having the actors and singers in it the same age group.