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Music Video Script

Music Video

Kate Nash- Birds

Director- Sarah Murray

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LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

1. 0:00 – 0:30 – Numerous LS of birds flying. Cut to

Static LS of a girl sat at a train station alone. Cut to

WIDE shot of a boy walking of a train. Cut to

There is a peaceful tune. There will be

a dull effect and most likely in slow

motion. Different shots edited

together.

‘She was waiting at the station’. And

the camera will be stabilized.

‘he was getting off the train’ again this

shot will be stabilized like the first.

2. 0:30 – 1:00 - CU shot of boy checking his pockets for tickets. The ECU of his hands with the contents of his pockets

LD shot of girl and boy holding hands running through train station

Over shoulder shot of ticket inspector seeing them running through the station

MD shot of boy and girl talking.

CD shot of girl and boy talking

Over shoulder shot of girls face

‘He didn’t have a ticket so he had to

run through the barriers... again’ 2

similar shots just one more close up

than the other. Steady filming (un

stabilized) dissolve transition between

this shot and the next shot.

‘well the ticket inspector saw them

rushing through’ again an un-stabilized

shot, still showing it from the ticket

inspectors POV.

‘Girl, you don’t know ho much I’ve

missed you but’

‘we better run because I haven’t got

the funds to pay this…’

‘fine, she said. Fine’

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3. 1:00 – 1:30 – LD shot of girl and boy running out of the stationThe separate shot of them running onto a busThen extreme close up of travel tickets and there bottles.

MD shot of girl and boy sat on a bus talking

Over shoulder shot of girls face smiling

WIDE ANGLE MID shot of girl and boy walking through a park. then the shot is still them walking through a park but with different angles of the it.

‘so they ran out of the station’ tracking

shot of them running

‘and jumped onto a bus’

‘with 2 of yesterday’s travel cards and

2 bottles of bud’ dissolve transition

from the part above to the part bellow.

‘and he said you look well nice’

‘well she was wearing a skirt and he

thought she looked nice and yeah she

didn’t really care about anything else

because she

Only wanted him to think that she

looked nice… and he did’

4. 1:30 – 2:00 - over shoulder CU of boys face looking at the girl funny

Over shoulder view of girls face. Then the same scene just from a different shot so you can see both the girl and the boy in their entirety.

Boys face from over the shoulder view showing body language.

LD shot of the boy and girl sat on a park bench as the night is drawing in and the boys talking to the girl

MD shot of boy tripping up and girl laughing

ECU of grassey paving stones.

‘But he was looking at her yeah all

funny in the eye’

‘she said c’mon boy tell me what

you’re thinking no don’t be shy’ both

of these clips to be steadily filmed.

‘he said alright I’ll try’

‘well the stars up in the sky and the

leaves in the trees’ Tripod set up. After

this shot going to the next there will

be a dissolve transition.

‘all the broken bits that make you trip

up’ so it’ll be like a scene that has

happened previously and they’re

laughing about it.

‘and the grassey bits inbetween’

Extreme close up and very focused.

camera will be slightly moving also.

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5. 2:00 – 2:30 - LD steady show back to the bench scene in the park with the boy explaining to the girl how much he loves her.

Extreme close up of girls face still sat on the bench, looking confused.

ECU of boys face sighing still sat on the park bench.

Wide angled shot of a tree with birds in it.

Sky view of birds flying

A similar shot as previous just obviously a different version

ECU of an eye

MD shot of boy creeping up on the girl and making her jump (scared)

‘all the matter in the world that’s how

much that I like you’

‘she said what?’

‘he said let me try and explain again’

There is a long pause in between the 2

verses’ and it is calming so it needs a

chilled clip to go with it. Steady filmed.

‘right birds can fly so high’ tracking

shot

‘and they can sh*t on your head yeah

they can’ going from this shot to the

next there will be a dissolve transition.

‘Almost fly into your eye’ really

focused so it’s clear and pretty

looking. Going from this shot to the

next there will be a dissolve transition

to make it look like its going back

intime.

‘And make you feel so scared’ another

shot which has previously happened so

it looks like they are having flash

backs from fun times they’ve spent

together.

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6. 2:30 – 3:00 - 2:30 – 3:00 – MD shot of birds still, not flying

Over shoulder shot of girls face and the boy saying she’s beautiful.

LD shot of girl and boy sat on park bench. And boy talking to the girl.

Over shoulder medium distance of the girls face and boy still talking and goes to poke her in the eye.

LD shot of boy and girl on the bench boy still talking to her

Over shoulder shot of girls face and you can see the boy slightly in the corner of the shot. You see his arm slightly point to her.

‘but when you look at them and you

see that their’

‘Beautiful that’s how I feel about you’

close up and focused.

‘Right birds can fly so high and they

can sh*t on your head’

‘yeah they can almost fly into your eye

and make you feel so scared’


see that they’re beautiful that’s how I

feel about you’

‘that’s how I feel about you’ close up

and focused. music slowly becomes

slower.

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7. 3:00 – 3:30 - MD bench shot of them still sat there of the girl shaking her shoulders as if to say what.

Over shoulder shot of boys face pointing and talking towards the girl

Over shoulder shot of girl miming ‘what are you talking about’

MD shot of the bench but from a different angle than the others and the boy still talking.

Boy grabs the girls hand and they rush off from the bench. Camera still at the same LD angle as before.

Behind shot of girl and boy walking down a path by a forest boy in front holding her hand (sort of rushing) looking up to trees as the lyrics are on.

Boy stops faces the girl and holds her arms still the angle is from behind and about medium distance.

Switch angles to in front of the girl and boy

Closer up angle on them stood on the path and the boy is still talking to the girl.

‘she said what?’

‘he said you’

‘what are you talking about?’ as

though she’s saying it but it isn’t really

her voice.

‘he said you’

No lyrics just calming tune

‘Right Birds can fly so high’

‘and they can sh*t on your head yeah’

‘They can almost fly into your eye and

make you feel so scared’


see that their beautiful that’s how I

feel about you’

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8. 3:30 – 4:00 - LD Panning shot of Birds flying in a blue sunny sky

Another shot of birds flying similar to the previous one but not so sunny.

ECU of an eye

Close up clip of boys face looking scared

Long shot of birds in a tree and there’s a nice blue sky behind.

MD shot of the boy reaching for the girls hand then them holding hands.

LD shot of boy and girl still on the path hugging.

‘Right birds can fly so high and they

can shit on your head’

‘almost fly into your’

‘eye’ very focused and very stabilized

as it’s only a short clip.

‘and make you feel so scared’

stabilized shot like the eye.


see thst their beautiful’

‘that’s how I feel about you’ dissolve

transition from this clip to the next.

‘that’s how I feel about you’ fade

transition to black

9. 4:00 – 4:30 – Ld behind shot of girl and boy sat on a bridge holding hands

Behind MD shot of girl and boy walking off holding hands

Quick clip of the train station featured at the beginning.

‘she said thanks, I like you too. He said

cool’

Just a soothing, calming tune.

Fades to black.

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