(Post 26) Planning Script/Stage Directions

My music video focuses on the progression of a romantic relationship between two teenage
women. To show this, I am going to use a split screen to portray two scenarios- one in the past,
when they were still together, and the other in the present, with the relationship after it has
ended. I will use this idea in a different way to the usual flashback format of such videos.
Specifically, I am going to show this through photographs- the main character in the present will
look at old photographs of the couple, and these will move (I will edit over another layer, with
clips of the couple over the top). This will portray their relationship through time, without using
an overused technique (flashbacks). Because of this, my idea revolves around two-time frames
with different stories:

The Past:

This part of my music video mostly focuses on how good their relationship was. They were

deeply happy together, and very much in love. This is portrayed through a series of

photographs. Because of this, there won't be much of a linear narrative in the past, but it will

simply be a representation of their relationship. I will use multiple locations and costumes to

portray a long period of time. Specific locations include- in a field in the rain, in their living room,

wrapped up in blankets, on the bus, etc. This will portray how their relationship spanned over a

long period of time. There will be one of these clips that portrays a story, however. This will be

the last photograph revealed and will portray the end of their relationship. They will be fighting

in their home, and the main character will scream and storm out of the house, thus ending their

relationship. This must be a pinnacle moment, as it will cause the character in the present to run

and find her girlfriend again.

The Present:

The majority of the action in my video will happen in the present time frame. This time period

will focus mainly on one of the girls. The video will open on the pair lying on the ground, looking

at the sky. The camera will then pan up to the sky, where a quote will appear. It will then pan

down in the same way, but this time the main character is alone on the grass. She will be lying

on the same picnic blanket, and will only have a bag with her. After a couple of seconds, she will

arise, brushing herself off and will ready herself to go. She grabs her bag but accidentally knocks

it over, and photographs will tumble out of it, onto the floor. She notices that they're all of her

and her girlfriend, and she goes to put them away. However, she is shocked to see that the

photographs begin to move as if they were alive. They begin moving and show the 'best bits' of

their relationship. They are happy and in love. This is where the past timeline comes into it, and

she begins to see the clips from the past, causing her a great deal of nostalgia and upset. She

will then sadly leaf through them, showing all their great times. In several moments, the camera

will pan 'into' the photograph, and more influential photos will be full screen. In the climax of the

song, she will stick them to a nearby wall. Standing back, she will smile in nostalgia- there is still

love there, and no bad feelings. She turns to leave but notices one photograph left over under her

shoe. This is the one she did not want to see. It depicts her girlfriend with another person, and they

are kissing. In the past, her reaction was to scream at her girlfriend, drop the tray she is carrying

and storm out in anger. However, the picture will show her what really happened- the person with

her girlfriend is drunk and drunkenly makes a move-her girlfriend is not in the wrong. The main

character will realise then (in the present) what a terrible mistake she has made. As the song

begins to close, she will run to her girlfriend's house, and I will film several shots of her running,

interlaced with shots of them happy. At the very end of the video, she will turn up at her girlfriend's

house and knock on the door. The camera will pan up, showing her girlfriend answering, and the

video will end. It ends rather ambiguous and doesn't show whether they get back together. This

is up to the audience to decide.