Music Video Script

‘Paradise’ by Polar Music Video Script

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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

1. Since the intro of the song runs until 40 The music is the introduction of the
seconds before the lyrics come in, the
song.
first 10 seconds will allow for slow,
establishing shots of the ‘city scape’. No FX.
This will include shots of the morning sky
to show beginning of the day which will
be played in slight fast motion to
demonstrate a slow sense of movement.
Slow transitions to reflect the slower part
of the song. After which, Arnas will be
captured to jump on his bike. He will cycle
past a group of youths sitting on a step,
drinking and pretending to take drugs
which Arnas cycles away from. He then
cycles past Sonam standing in the store,
down the road. The camera swerves
into the store and there is a close up shot
of Sonam’s hand on the window pane.

2. The close up shot zooms out to an “When she was just a girl she
over the shoulder shot of Sonam. More
expected the world but it flew away
close up shots will follow to capture
Sonam taking off her hoodie, walking from her reach so she ran away in her
slowly to the centre of the room, sitting
sleep and dreamed of”
on the chair and dropping her bag onto
the floor. A medium shot will be used to 0:40-0:54
show both Sonam’s back to the camera
No FX.
and her reflection in the mirror.
No narration.

3. Sonam lip syncing to the chorus with a “Para-para-paradise, Para-para-

rather melancholy facial expression. Then
paradise, Para-para-paradise Every
an extreme close up shot of her eyes in
sync with the second line. time she closed her eyes”
The camera arcs around her in an act of
0:55-1:21
self-reflection, or rather the audience
reflecting on Sonam’s character. A fade FX of the word “paradise” appearing
transition is used to show Arnas cycling
across the screen
on.
A faded transition
No narration.

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4. Medium shot of Arnas lip syncing,
meanwhile Sonam walks to the mirror.
There is a fade to show to show both of
them, simultaneously, on the screen. As
Sonam walks along the mirrors,
flashbacks are shown to depict her past
experiences of objectification.
5. Arnas cycles past a young businessman,
Goncalo, getting robbed by the masked
gang. This take place in slow motion with
a tracking shot. The camera pans up to
the sky getting darker – symbolise the
nearing of the end of the day, the end of
the song, the end of a journey.
6. Medium shots of Sonam picking up a
hammer and breaking the mirrors. She
runs out of the room, and a transition is
used to capture her running through the
crowd of people within the market.
Cameraperson will be running behind
Sonam, either using the SLR camera
freehand, or the go-pro to mimic
Sonam’s actions. Yet slow-motion will be
used to bring a contrast between the
action and the viewer.
7. Sonam stops short upon noticing Arnas
and his band busking at the corner down
Portobello Road. Slow motion is used on
them to indicate the instant connection
they have all along, with close ups to
capture their eye contact.
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
“When she was just a girl She
expected the world But it flew away
from her reach And the bullets catch in
her teeth”
1:21-1:35
FX of black and white flashback
FX of fade between both characters on
the screen
No narration.
“Life gets on, it gets so heavy The
wheel breaks the butterfly Every tear
a waterfall In the night the stormy
night she’ll close her eyes In the night
the stormy night away she’d fly”
1:35-1:59
FX slow motion depiction of the
robbery
No narration.
“And dreams of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh. She’d dream
of para-para-paradise Para-para-
paradise Para-para-paradise Oh oh oh
oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh”
2:00-2:27
FX slow motion
No narration.
2:28 – 2:40
FX slow motion and reverse
No narration.
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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

8. In between these shots, there will be clips “Lalalalalalalalala And so lying
of Arnas’ cycling reversing. The camera
underneath those stormy skies She’d
move in an arc around Sonam and Arnas,
with a clear shot of the block of flats say, “oh, ohohohoh I know the sun
behind to illustrate their working class
must set to rise”
background. The arc will then transition
from them standing in Portobello to being 2:41- 3:00
in Piccadilly Circus.
FX arc and flashback reverse shots
No narration.

9. Long shots of the band and Sonam lip
syncing and dancing casually and almost
candidly having fun and enjoying
themselves. Close up shots of band
members playing instruments and Arnas
lip syncing.
“This could be Para-para-paradise
Para-ara—paradise Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh”
3:01 – 3:41
FX The word “paradise” appearing on
the screen
No narration.

10. Capture the evening sky, and the day “This could be Para-para-paradise
coming to an end, along with the song
Para-para-paradise Para-para-paradise
slowly coming to an end. Pan the camera
down to Sonam and Arnas being the last Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh”
of their group still within Central London,
3:41-4:20
with a speed up effect of people walking
past, yet they are just standing still. The No FX
camera itself is still within its long shot,
No narration.
but stands still on the tripod to show
Sonam and Arnas wal off screen together.
The last scene therefore shows them, with
a long shot outside the store, at the end
of the day, walking past the store
casually, as though not even noticing the
shop anymore, arm in arm. The camera
zooms in on the door swinging open and
shut and open and shut, before it stays,
permanently, shut.

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