Daniella Johnston, Adam Cunliffe, Ryan Baxter

Music Video Script

Video Title: Use Somebody

VIDEO AUDIO

LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

1. (0.00– 0.03) Instrumental
Shot of the camera zooming out into a wide long shot
to eventually show all band members in the frame sat
in their apartment watching television and relaxing
during the evening. This introduces us to the band and
establishes part of the setting and their lifestyle. There
will also be a change in depth of field. As the camera
zooms out the frame becomes clearer – focus pull.
2. (0.04 – 0.05) Instrumental
Wide shot close up of a train moving from the right side
of the frame to the left revealing what is behind – the
city of Manchester and establishes the setting.
3. (0.06 – 0.09) Instrumental
Tilt shot with the camera tracking forward showing the
city e.g. some of the skyline and tall buildings. This will
be during the night to highlight that Manchester has a
lively nightlife, contrasting with the band that are sat in
their dark apartment.

4. (0.10 – 0.12) Instrumental

Tracking shot to the left from the right to include more
scenery from Manchester and continue to establish the
setting.
5. (0.13-0.14) Instrumental
Close up of girls getting off train. Only their feet are in Slow motion
the frame, we see them walking off in heels assuming
they are going on a night out unlike the band. No
camera movement.
6. (0.15) Instrumental
High angle wide shot showing the motorway and cars
travelling past from right side of the frame to the left
(just like the shot of the train above). However we find
out later that the bands are the ones travelling on the
road whilst on tour. No camera movement.

7. (0.16-0.17) Wide shot from inside the car from the Instrumental
driver’s perspective looking ahead. No camera Time lapse/very fast motion
movement.
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8. (0.18-0.19) Medium shot of the band getting out of a Instrumental
car looking like they are in a rush. Also could be wearing
sunglasses to hide from press to reflect their busy and
hectic lifestyles. No camera movement.
9. (0.20) Long low angle show of the band walking Instrumental
towards the camera down a corridor, as if they are Black and white
approaching backstage to get ready to go on stage. No
camera movement.
10. (0.20) Medium shot of a group of girls going into town. Instrumental
Doesn’t show their faces, only their bodies so we are
not fully introduced to them yet. Camera tracks the
movement of the girls from one side of the frame to the
other.
11. (0.21) Medium low angle shot of one of the members of Instrumental
the band playing guitar and singing. No camera
movement.

12. (0.22) Wide shot of the band walking down a street Instrumental
together, giving the impression they do everything
together. Walking towards the camera, which is
backwards tracking.

13. (0.22) Medium wide shot from inside the car from the Instrumental
driver’s perspective looking ahead whilst driving. No Time lapse/very fast motion
camera movement.
14. (0.23) Close up of one of the members of the band Instrumental
drinking from a bottle of water in between songs
backstage. No camera movement.
15. (0.23) Wide shot of the band performing on the stage. Instrumental
Camera is positioned at the side of the stage to catch
the band at a different angle but there is no camera
movement.

16. (0.23) Close up of one of the band members smoking Instrumental

and blowing smoke into the camera. Handheld camera Black and white
effect.

17. (0.24) Aerial shot of inside the club looking down on the Instrumental
ground floor with everybody dancing, including the girls
that were shown earlier on in the video. Camera zooms
into the crowd during this.
18. (0.24) Extreme close up of girls dancing, only middle Instrumental
part of them shown and no faces revealed. No camera
movement.
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19. (0.25) Medium shot of the band playing on the stage Instrumental
with the camera zooming out into a wide shot with the Black and white
entire band in the frame.

20. (0.25) Wide long shot of a road like the one shown in Instrumental
the image. No camera movement. Time lapse/very fast motion

21. (0.26) Medium shot of one of the band members lying Instrumental
down on the floor backstage, looking exhausted. No
camera movement.
22. (0.27-0.29) Another wide establishing shot of the city to Instrumental
show there is lots going on in the city. Camera tilts and
tracks.

23. (0.30 – 0.47) Two shots together showing buildings lit Cross fade
up and Manchester’s busy nightlife against an extreme I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
close up of the lead singer of the band sat in his Painted faces fill the places I can't reach You know that I could
apartment beginning to sing to the camera. No camera use somebody
movement.
24. (0.48) Close up of the girl. No camera movement. Instrumental

25. (0.49-0.50) Long shot of the lead singer sitting alone in Instrumental
the apartment. Forward tracking camera towards him
slowly.
26. (0.51-0.56) Back to the extreme close up of him singing You know that I could use somebody
to the camera. No camera movement.
27. (0.57-0.58) Previous shot against the one of inside the Cross fade
car from the driver’s perspective with everything sped Time lapse/very fast motion
up.
28. (0.59) Medium shot of someone putting their arm Instrumental
around the girls back. Her face still isn’t shown in any
shots. No camera movement.
29. (1.00-1.03) Close up of the lead singer singing. There is Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
no camera movement.
30. (1.04) Extreme close up of the members of the band Instrumental
smoking. No camera movement.
31. (1.04) Medium high angle shot of the lead singer lying Instrumental
down on couch in dark apartment. Camera tracks to the
side.
32. (1.05) Extreme close up of another member of the band Instrumental
drinking from a bottle of beer. No camera movement.
33. (1.06) Close up high angle of the fourth and final Instrumental
member of the band looking upwards towards the
camera just lying down. No camera movement.
34. (1.07-1.09) Back to the previous shots of the lead singer Countless lovers under cover
sitting alone in apartment, but this time the camera
tracks backwards from a close up of the vocalist into a
medium shot.
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35. (1.10-1.11) Wide long shot of the band all sitting of the street
together in the apartment on the couches relaxing. We
can see it is late and during the evening from the
window showing outside. Camera tracks to the side.
36. (1.12) Extreme close up of the lead singers face near his Instrumental
eyes. Only half of his face is in the frame with the other
half of the frame just being dark. No camera
movement.
37. (1.13-1.15) Wide long shot of the band all sitting You know that I could
together in the apartment on the couches relaxing
(same as previous shot). The camera tracks forwards
towards them.
38. (1.16) Extreme close up of the vocalists face singing use somebody
with eyes closed. No camera movement.
39. (1.17) Aerial shot of inside the club with everybody Instrumental
dancing. No camera movement.

40. (1.18) Close up of the girl in the crowd smiling, laughing, Instrumental
dancing etc. No camera movement.
41. (1.18) Low angle long shot of the sky to show the moon Instrumental
highlighting it is late. Camera tracks forward.

42. (1.19) Close up of one of the band members opening his Instrumental
eyes after being closed lying down in the apartment. No
camera movement.
43. (1.19) Wide long shot of the band all in the apartment Instrumental
together (like before). No camera movement.
44. (1.20-1.24) Extreme close up of the lead singer singing You know that I could use somebody
into the camera, making eye contact this time.
45. (1.25) Medium shot of a crowd waiting for the band to Instrumental
come on stage. No camera movement.
46. (1.25) Wide long shot of the stage with lights flashing Instrumental
onto it. No camera movement.
47. (1.26) Medium shot of people’s hands being waved Instrumental
about cheering from in the crowd. No camera
movement.

48. (1.26) Medium low angle shot of drummer on stage Someone like
playing as you can clearly hear him on this part of the Black and white
song. Cameras tilts upwards towards him.
49. (1.27) Extreme close up of vocalist singing. No camera you
movement.
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50. (1.27-1.28) Back to drummer hitting the symbol. Same Instrumental
type of shot. The camera tracks backwards away from Black and white
the drummer.

51. (1.29) Low angle medium shot of one the guitarists Instrumental
singing into the microphone. Camera tilts upwards Black and white
showing more of him in the shot.

52. (1.30-1.31) Low angle wide shot of the entire band Instrumental
playing together on the stage. Camera tracks from left Black and white
to right.

53. (1.32) Extreme close up of one of the members of the Instrumental

band singing on stage. No camera movement. Black and white

54. (1.33) Medium shot of the band putting their guitars Instrumental
round them and preparing on stage. No camera Black and white
movement.

55. (1.34) Wide long shot of the band playing on stage. Instrumental
Camera is at the side of it and tracking forwards Black and white
towards them.

56. (1.35) Close up of lights flashing. No camera movement. Instrumental

Black and white

57. (1.35) Another extreme close up of one of them singing. Instrumental

Black and white

58. (1.36) Medium shot of the lead singer on stage Instrumental

performing. The camera zooms into his hands playing Black and white
the guitar.

59. (1.37) Long shot with the entire band hugging Instrumental
backstage. No camera movement. Black and white

60. (1.38) Tracking shot of the band walking down a Instrumental

corridor approaching backstage. As they walk towards Black and white
the camera it moves backwards.

61. (1.39-1.41) Wide long shot of the entire band playing Instrumental
together on stage again. Black and white
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62. (1.42-1.33) Medium shot of them playing on part of the Instrumental
stage. Camera tracking forwards and sidewards. Black and white

63. (1.44-1.46) Long wide shot of the band all with their Instrumental
arms around each other on stage with the camera Black and white
circling them.

64. (1.47-1.56) Lots of backstage footage with a handheld Instrumental

camera. Black and white

65. (1.57 – 2.00) Off in the night while you live it up I'm off to sleep
Close up of lead singer singing into microphone on
stage. No camera movement.

66. (2.01-2.03) Waging wars

Shots of the girl inside the club dancing and drinking
with friends.

67. (2.04-2.07) to shake the poet and the beat

Medium shot of the lead singer sat in his apartment at He has texted a girl (audience are unsure of who she is to
night alone with a beer. In this shot he drinks some of it him). She is out in the city enjoying the nightlife whilst he is
and checks his phone. No camera movement. sat in his apartment after a gig/concert.

68. (2.08) Close up of the phone on the table. No camera I hope it's gonna make you notice
movement.

69. (2.09-2.14) Girl at the bar in the club gets a message on Instrumental
her phone. She takes some of her drink and then gets it She reads a text message on her phone so we presume it is
out of her bag and reads it. Camera zooms and tracks off him. The audience doesn’t find out what it says.
towards her as she does this.
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70. (2.15-2.22) I hope it's gonna make you notice
Band getting ready on stage again. There is close ups of
each member of the band playing their instrument.
Camera zooms into each one of them doing this.

71. (2.23-2.37) Someone like me, someone like me,Someone like me,
Several shots of the band playing on stage together.
Camera tracks across the stage showing all of them in
the frame. It also zooms out to get them all in a shot
together. During part of the lyrics there is a close up of
the vocalist singing into microphone.

72. (2.38 – 2.39) Close up of the lead singer sat in his
apartment again and a close up of the girl in the clubs
face after she has just read the message. These are
overlapped so we can see them both in one shot.
somebody
Cross fade
Close ups imply they are both thinking of each other. The
cross fade highlights their contrasting lifestyles.

73. (2.40-2.46) Playing on stage together again. Wide long Instrumental

shot tracking forward closer to the band.

74. (2.47-2.49) Close up of the girls body and arm in the
club, puts her drink down on the side and leaves.
Camera remains looking at the drink but we can see her
walking away at the side of the frame. No camera
movement.
Instrumental
The girl decides to leave the club. However the audience
does not find out where she goes.

75. (2.50) Close up of a car door slamming. No camera Instrumental

movement.

76. (2.51-3.04) Montage of all previous shots e.g. showing Fast paced editing/montage
them on stage, backstage, on the road, the time lapse in I'm ready now, I'm ready now I'm ready now, I'm ready now
the car, people dancing in the club etc. I'm ready now, I'm ready now I'm ready now
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77. (3.05-3.16) Cutting back and forth from the shots on the Time lapse/fast motion
road to the guitarist doing the guitar solo in the song Black and white
and other band members on stage performing. One of
the shots will be a close up of his hand playing the
guitar.

78. (3.17-3.27) Close up of the vocalist singing to the Someone like you, somebody
camera. No camera movement. Someone like you, somebody

79. (3.28 – 3.29) Shots from inside the car and cars passing Time lapse/fast motion
on the road. Instrumental

80. (3.30-3.33) Wide and medium shots of the band playing Someone like you, somebody
on stage together again. Camera zooms, tilts and tracks.

81. (3.34) Low angle close up of a girls feet walking away Instrumental
from the camera into a long shot. No camera Doesn’t show the girls face to create confusion. The
movement. audience is not sure whether it is the girl from the club or
where she is going.

82. (3.35-3.37) Camera zooming out of the band Instrumental

performing on stage into a wide/long high angle shot.

(3.38) Girl knocks at hotel door/his apartment. Close up Instrumental

of her hand doing this. No camera movement.
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83. (3.39-3.44) He acknowledges someone is outside and I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see
he gets up and walks to the door to open it. Camera
tracks his movements.

84. (3.45-3.47) Over the shoulder shot showing the door

opening over her shoulder. No camera movement.

85. (3.48-3.51) Shot reverse shot of a close up of each of At the end of the video we realize she has gone to meet him
their faces. Once he has opened the door it shows him at his hotel, this relates to the title of the song as he could
and then shows her facial expression in response. No ‘Use Somebody’ and that somebody is her.
camera movement.