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Name of music video: Ed Sheeran – Wake Me Up

Initial Shot-List: Full Script

Location    Character    Props

Scene 1- Julians house (living room)

1. Julian playing piano, close up of hands
2. Long shots of playing at the piano 
3. Close up of face, tightly framed. 
4. Close up of his lips
5. His face playing the piano – looking down
6. Long shot- show area of room – pan to piano after window
7. Fade to black 

Scene 2 – Baysgarth Park

8. Park – close up of water dropping into a puddle.
9. Fade into next shot 
10. Medium shot of leaves blowing

Scene 3 – Julians house

11. ECU of Julians face – brick wall behind him.
12. Close up singing into camera
13. Shot of playing Piano

Scene 4 -  Baysgarth Park

14. low angle shot of the female walking underneath tree in the park – introducing female.
15. Track downwards from her on to their hands
16. 2 shot of them, tracking backwards, him staring at her.

Scene 5 – Table

17. Two passports together on the table- pink one on its own
18. Blue one sliding up to it

Scene 6 – Julians house

Singing into camera

19. Extreme Close up of hands – wearing ring male
20. Extreme Close up of hands her taking the ring off and over cracked – matched cut
21. Medium shot – singing into camera

Scene 7 – Laurens Bathroom

22. bathroom – close up of water coming out the tap
23. wide shot of bubble bath – candles and rose petals
24. tracking a hand swishing around the bath, causing waves.
25. Close up of rose petals

Scene 8 – Bedroom

26. Medium close up of him looking down
27. Over shoulder of photo frame

Scene 8 – Baysgarth Park

28. Picture of them two walking- left of frame –
29. then smile at each other – holding hands
30. Close up of rubbing hands together in gloves – 
31. Close up of holding hot drink in park.
32. Tracking behind her and she looks over the shoulder flicking her hair. – hand held camera.
33. Walking holding hands – close up of hands – hand held camera
34. Arc/ pan around them both 
35. Shot of them two looking at eachother – blurred out
36. Shot of them walking hands – photo on phone

Julians house

37. Singing into camera

Scene 9 – possibly bedroom. Preferably little background

38. Record in mirror her applying red lipstick.
39.  “guilty” over shoulder shot of tinder
40. Close up of female looking happy 

Scene 10 – My kitchen

41. Extreme Close up of kettle boiled - condensation
42. High angle shot of pouring the water in to tea bag 

Scene 11 – My living room

43. Two shot of them on the sofa. Natural light on them. Drinking cups of tea. Blanket. Leaning on one another.
44. Shrek DVD case, over shoulder shot
45. The two looking at the DVD case
46. Close up shot of DVD – “no CD”
47. tracking of VCR
48. Smiling at one another.
49. Shot reverse shot – Close up of the male
50. Close up of the female.

Scene 12 – Bedroom Playing console

51. High angle shot – playing on remote. Close up of hands
52. close up of reaction shot – annoyance at game 
53. camera on floor and remote being dropped.
54. Throwing remote, then placing money on counter counting money. 

Scene 13 – Chip shop

55. High angle shot of opening till and having money
56. Close up of money being counted smacked on table

Scene 14- On a sofa

57. Shot reverse shot of male staring at the female
58. SRS of female looking at the male
59. Medium long shot at the end of sofa of the two laid together 
60. Cut to close up. 

Scene 15 

61. Over shoulder shot of having necklace he brought in its case
62. Close up taking necklace out of box
63. Medium shot – holding the necklace up and face reaction of male smiling

Scene 16 – outside brick wall – my house 

64. Leant against wall- cigarette in mouth covering wind, using a lighter. 
65. Close up of him inhaling 

Scene – my house somewhere

66. Tinder app – over shoulder shot

Scene 17 – Chip shop

67. Low angle shot of the CCTV footage of him smocking
68. Low angle shot of the camera

Scene 18 – Brick wall

69. Medium shot of him dropping the cigarette. 
70. Close up of the cigarette dropping on floor.

Scene 20 – Kitchen

71. Close up of shots cheersing each other
72. Shot reverse shot of male taking shot and smiling at her
73. Shot of female taking shot then picking up phone
74. Close up over the shoulder – message “I want to see you”
75. Long shot, low angle slow pan upwards from ground to show face.

Scene 21 julians house

76. Cut back to Julian singing by the piano

Scene 22– woods

77. Cut to Sophie in medium close up still walking.
78. Low angle – walking to camera – on phone
79. Close up of her looking up and smiling

80. Julian’s singing whilst playing piano passionately

Scene 23 - Humber Bridge viewing area. 

81. Close up over the shoulder shot of the two cuddling
82. Wide shot of the back of a couple leaning on one another 
83. 2 shot of the girl smiling at the boy – sat on the bench
84. arc / pan shot around the two on the bench
85. Point of view shot – what he can see them doing from distance
86. Reaction shot – slow motion upset 
87. Cut to arm dropping
88. Ecu of hand loosening dropping necklace
89. Ecu camera on floor of necklace dropping
90. Fast cuts of flashbacks use previous film. (Memories)
91. Singing directly into camera – close up
92. Julian walking away on the same path she walked in from.
93. Pan around, high angle. 

Full Script - first attempt

Name of music video: Ed Sheeran – Wake Me Up

Initial Shot-List: Full Script

Location    Character    Props

Scene 1- Julians house (living room)

1. Julian playing piano, close up of hands
2. His face playing the piano – introducing artist

Scene 2 – Baysgarth Park

3. Park – close up of water dropping into a puddle.
4. Medium shot of leaves blowing

Scene 3 – Julians house

5. ECU of Julians face – brick wall behind him.
6. Close up singing into camera
7. Shot of playing Piano

Scene 4 -  Baysgarth Park

8. low angle shot of the female walking underneath tree in the park – introducing female.
9. 2 shot of them, tracking backwards, him staring at her.

Scene 5 – Table

10. two passports together on the table.

Scene 6 – Julians house

11. Extreme Close up of hands – wearing ring male
12. Extreme Close up of hands her taking the ring off and over cracked – matched cut
13. Medium shot – singing into camera

Scene 7 – Laurens Bathroom

14. bathroom – close up of water coming out the tap
15. wide shot of bubble bath – candles and rose petals
16. tracking a hand swishing around the bath, causing waves.

Scene 8 – Baysgarth Park

17. Close up of rubbing hands together in gloves –
18. Close up of holding hot drink in park.
19. Tracking behind her and she looks over the shoulder flicking her hair. – hand held camera.
20. Walking holding hands – close up of hands – hand held camera
21. Arc/ pan around them both

Scene 9 – possibly bedroom. Preferably little background

22. Record in mirror her applying red lipstick.
23.  “guilty” over shoulder shot of tinder
24. Close up of female looking happy

Scene 10 – My kitchen

25. Extreme Close up of kettle boiled - condensation
26. High angle shot of pouring the water in to tea bag

Scene 11 – My living room

27. Two shot of them on the sofa. Natural light on them. Drinking cups of tea. Blanket. Leaning on one another.
28. Shrek DVD case, over shoulder shot
29. The two looking at the DVD case
30. Close up shot of DVD – “no CD”
31. tracking of VCR
32. Smiling at one another.
33. Shot reverse shot – Close up of the male
34. Close up of the female.

Scene 12 – Bedroom Playing console

35. High angle shot – playing on remote. Close up of hands
36. close up of reaction shot – annoyance at game
37. camera on floor and remote being dropped.
38. Throwing remote, then placing money on counter counting money.

Scene 13 – Chip shop

39. High angle shot of opening till and having money
40. Close up of money being counted smacked on table

Scene 14- In bed

41. Shot reverse shot of male staring at the female
42. SRS of female looking at the male
43. High angle shot of the two in bed

Scene 15

44. Over shoulder shot of having necklace he brought in its case
45. Close up taking necklace out of box
46. Medium shot – holding the necklace up and face reaction of male smiling

Scene 16 – outside brick wall – my house

47. Leant against wall- cigarette in mouth covering wind, using a lighter.
48. Close up of him inhaling

Scene 17 – Chip shop

49. Low angle shot of the CCTV footage of him smocking
50. Low angle shot of the camera

Scene 18 – Brick wall

51. Medium shot of him dropping the cigarette.
52. Close up of the cigarette dropping on floor.

Scene 19- Tesco

53. Medium long shot of them choosing alcohol
54. High angle shot of the basket – point of view shot

Scene 20 – Kitchen

55. Shot reverse shot of male taking shot and smiling at her
56. Shot of female taking shot then picking up phone
57. Close up over the shoulder – message “I want to see you”

Scene 21 - Humber Bridge viewing area.

58. Close up over the shoulder shot of the two cuddling
59. Wide shot of the back of a couple leaning on one another
60. 2 shot of the girl smiling at the boy – sat on the bench
61. arc / pan shot around the two on the bench
62. Point of view shot – what he can see them doing
63. Reaction shot – slow motion upset
64. Slow motion of dropping necklace on the floor
65. Singing directly into camera – close up

I added more shots to this as i realised there wasn't enough to follow genre conventions, as they normally have nearer to a 100 for pop acoustic. 

Conclusions from Research

Camera Shots:
The pop acoustic genre uses a wide range of shots, for example a convention I’ve noticed, is cutting from a close up to an extreme long shot. This was present in both James Arthur and Taylor Swift when on the lake. Over the shoulder shot would be very effective when on a phone, or when playing an instrument.  The close up on hands is present in this genre, and the hands actually playing the instruments.  The first establishing shot will either be a close up of the hands playing the piano or the shot of the artist.

Angles:
 The use of matched cut is very effective, and using the high angle and the low angle, to show the point of view of the person.  Also using high angles is a convention for when the tar image is playing their instrument and is singing, however is not singing directly into camera and I actually facing forwards.

Framing:
The idea of having them left of frame when the two actors are in the park would work well, and having the right of the frame filled with nature and perhaps using a large tree to be in a shot. This will work well because one of our locations are in the park.

Movement:
Tracking would be very effective when following a person’s hand as they touch someone else; this often gets used in this genre. Also the tracking backwards would work well as they walk together.

Set design:
Props are crucial. We have thought of specifically getting a poster of High School Musical to add inter textuality of when the star image was going to put the necklace on the female, similarly to Troy and Gabriella.

Locations:
With this genre, all the locations tend to incorporate nature. For example they all have reflections of trees, and natural lighting, also the season is in our favour as genre conventions for this tend to be wrapped up in scarfs and it is always in colder seasons. We are going to do over cranking shots of the two walking through the leaves in a park, as this is incorporating genre well.

Costume:
The costumes of the star image, tend to be very casual, and a genre convention is they look slightly messy and effortless, so therefore we are going to ask our star image to wear denim and perhaps ripped clothes.

Make up:
The females in this genres music videos all wear natural make up an look effortless, therefore we will ask the female in our video to wear a nude lipstick and subtle make up. However when she is caught with the other boy she will be wearing brighter lipstick showing she is making more effort for this other boy.

Editing:
Sam Smiths video uses slow motion to show emotions, and I hope to do the same for when the star image has realised the girl is with another boy. Also to have longer shot length when the artist is actually singing into camera, and has shorter shot lengths when we are cutting to memories. Also a lot of continuity editing.

Planning: Organising shooting dates

In order to decide dates, we created a facebook group chat, to check the availability dates for when to shoot. As h is the star image we revolve our dates for when he is free, and then tell our further actors them dates to see if they're free.

We currently have the dates October 24th and October 25th. 

We have also asked for permission from out star image, Julian, if we can borrow his Piano for the intro shots.

We informed our star image that we wanted casual clothes, that were stylish, e.g. denim, we also sent them the link to James Arthurs music video "say you wont let go" to help them to vision how we want to have the artist singing into camera with cuts away into different scenes with lots of natural lighting.

Planning: character and plot analysis.

A lady from Blueprint film foundation came in and explained to us some crucial aspects of planning before shooting, one aspect I liked was the use of  DOSS.

Desire - Obstical - Strategy - Stress

In our music video the desire is Ben Austins love for Abbie. The Obstical is that she seems uninterested and Ben has stronger feelings, the strategy is that he shows more affection and buys her a necklace, but the stress is that she has already found someone else.

Planning: Wordle