Music video Practical Production Treatment

Initial music video planning ideas- treatment

Music Video – Practical Production Treatment and Plan for Edit
Audio: Music and Lyrics	Time	Images
Beginning Instrumental	0-19	Long shot through the car window of the mise-en-scene Giving an initial idea of the surroundings.
First Verse: Lets put on our running shoes feel the light on our faces breathing contaminated lives as we try to escape it see I never belonged here cause I always belonged to you and with our contaminated lives there’s only one thing we can do	20-22 23-26 27-30 31-34 35-42 43-49	Close up of the artist singing in the car Medium close up of the artist getting out of the car- looking around at the mise-en-scene, beach/natural area Close up of the artist looking out to sea singing the lyrics at this timing. Medium close up of the artist heading towards the beach/ turn long shot Long shot from behind- getting the back of the artist and the beach scenery- over the shoulder shot of her looking at an image of her love interest in which she claims to be her ‘best mistake’. Medium close up to close up of the artist singing the lyrics of the song at this timing on the beach, playing her guitar.
Chorus: We both need to leave our homes find a sanctuary Though I’m vulnerable and know it for once it doesn’t scare me And this leap of faith in a darkened place will be the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake The best mistake (Instrumental)	50-54 55-58 59-1:06 1:07-1:09 1:10-1:13 1:14-1:16 1:17-1:120 1:21-1:23 1:24-1:29	Establishing shot of the arcade and the artist and her friends Medium close up of the artist and her friends playing arcade game and laughing together Medium long shot of the artist walking along the peer Frontal close up of the artist of the pier lip syncing to the lyrics at this particular timing. Pan of the artists legs downwards to her feet Close up of the artists feet walking along the pier Pan upwards from the pier floor to an overlooking shoot of the beach Medium shot of the artist on the pier looking downwards smiling and playing her instrument (guitar) Shot of the sky/sun shinning, long shot turn medium shot.
Second Verse: Let’s give ourselves new names for who we are when we are together Let’s ignore everything outside of our skin People places or weather See I always belonged here cause right now here means with you Here’s my contaminated heart its telling me it belongs to you	1:30-1:36 1:37-1:42 1:43-1:45 1:46-1:53 1:54-2:01	Close up of the artist looking at the picture of her love interest and smiling/laughing Medium close up turn close up, of the artist playing her guitar on the beach and smiling Medium shot turn long shot from behind of the artist walking down the beach with her friends and getting the image of her love interest out of her pocket. Looking at the picture of her love interest whilst walking. Close up of the artist turning her head towards the camera and smiling (thinking of the image)
Chorus: We both need to leave our homes find a sanctuary Though I’m vulnerable and know it for once it doesn’t scare me And this leap of faith in a darkened place will be the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake The best mistake (Instrumental) Third Verse: See I never belonged here I could feel it in your voice that night So here’s our contaminated hearts together they seem to feel right	2:02-2:05 2:06-2:10 2:11-2:17 2:18-2:21 2:22-2:25 2:26-2:29 2:30-2:32 2:33-2:35 2:36-2:49 2:50-2:57 2:58-3:05	Close up of the artist singing this particular lyric whilst also looking at the image of her love interest Extreme close up of the artists hands playing her guitar Pan along the guitar Close up of the artists lips smiling and singing best mistake Medium shot of the artist playing guitar whilst singing chorus best mistake ^^ ^^ ^^ Pan around the beach mise-en-scene Medium shot of the artist and her friends around a beach campfire (establishing shot) Close up of the bonfire sparks
Chorus: We both need to leave our homes find a sanctuary Though I’m vulnerable and know it for once it doesn’t scare me And this leap of faith in a darkened place will be the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake I ever made You are the best mistake The best mistake (Instrumental) The best mistakeee (instrumental ending)	3:06-3:09 3:10-3:13 3:14-3:21 3:22-3:25 2:26-3:29 3:30-3:33 3:34-3:35 3:36-3:39 3:40-3:51 3:52-3:54 3:55-4:00	Close up of the artist playing her guitar around the bonfire Extreme close up of artist playing instrument with bonfire scenery Close up of the artist smiling and looking at the image of her love interest Close up of the artist and her friends with sparklers Extreme close up of the artist with a sparkler laughing and singing. Extreme close up of artists hands holding the sparkler Long shot of the artists friend tapping her on the shoulder encouragingly and smiling. Close up of the artist looking at the image of her love interest for the final time. Over the shoulder shot of the artist watching the sun going down Extreme close up of the artist smiling and lip syncing ‘the best mistakeee’ Closing shot of the beach whilst the sun goes down with ‘the end’ written on the shot

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