Edited Script.

SCRIPT FOR MUSIC VIDEO: 

SCENE 1:

Low lighting, full shot of the fireplace bearing a burning fire. Morning time.

INDOORS.

Mid shot of young man (named Martin) sitting on the floor, holding a photograph of three girls.

Martin is wearing casual clothing, T-shirt, cardigan and jeans.

The girls in the photo graphs are wearing:

Girl 1 – Sarah: Black dress and heels.

Girl 2 – Becky: Stripy skirt and heels.

Girl 3 - Katie: Dress and heels.

Camera then cuts to a close up of the photograph, then zooms out to a mid shot of Martin tearing one side of the photograph off, tearing away one of the girls in the photo (Sarah). The camera cuts to a close up of the torn off part before zooming back out to a mid shot where Martin is throwing the torn off part into the fire. The camera gets a close up of the picture burning.

Camera then cuts to a close up of the remaining photograph, then zooms out to a mid shot of Martin tearing one side of the photograph off, tearing away one of the girls in the photo (Becky). The camera cuts to a close up of the torn off part before zooming back out to a mid shot where Martin is throwing the torn off part into the fire. The camera gets a close up of the picture burning.

Camera gets a mid shot of Martin looking at the remaining image (Katie), zooms in to a close of up of the image then zooms back out to a mid shot of Martin pinning it to the fireplace.

SCENE 2:

Bright lighting. Morning time.

INDOORS.

Girl 1 – Sarah: leopard print pjs bottoms, slipper socks and a white vest top.

Girl 2 – Becky: tartan pjs and a white top.

Girl 3 – Katie: pink and white pjs.

Act  1:

Close up of girl 1 (Sarah) asleep and starting to wake up, camera cuts to a Full length shot of girl 1 (Sarah) getting out of bed.         4 seconds

Act  2:

Mid shot of girl 2 (Becky) putting on makeup in the mirror, camera shows her profile and her reflection in the mirror as she applies blusher and admiring her appearance.         4 seconds

Act 3:

Full length shot of girl 3 (Katie) pouring tea from a tea pot into a china cup, camera cuts to a mid shot of her doing this, focusing mainly on the tea pot which bears the Tom and the Tea Pots logo.         4 seconds

SCENE 3:

Morning time. Daylight.

OUDOORS – PARK IN TYNEMOUTH.

Martin: Black coat, black jeans, casual shoes.

Girl 3 – Katie: casual wear, skirt, tights and coat.

Act 1:

Martin is sitting on a bench playing guitar. The camera focuses to the right, with Martin sitting on the bench on the right hand side of the screen. Full length shot, getting Martin, his guitar and the bench on the screen. Girl 3 – Katie, walks along the path, camera watches her walk past, but remains still, with Martin still on screen, watching her walk past.

Act 2:

Afternoon ish. Daylight.

OUTDOORS – COLLINGWOODS MONUMENT.

Camera is at a low angle looking up at Girl 3 – Katie sitting on the steps at the top of Collingwood’s monument, reading a book which bears the Tom and the Teapots logo.

Camera cuts to an Over the Shoulder shot at a high angle, looking down on Martin who is walking up the steps whilst playing guitar. Camera holds this position until he reaches Girl 3 –Katie.

Camera cuts to a point of view shot from Martin’s eye line as he watches Girl 3 – Katie walk back down the stairs.

Act 3:

Afternoon ish. False Light.

INDOORS – SUPERMARKET.

Girl 3 – Katie is at the supermarket buying groceries. The camera get a full length shot from behind, getting the isle, groceries, her and the trolley in the shot.

Mid shot from a side view of Girl 3 – Katie bending over to get something, camera follows her doing this, and when she looks back to the trolley.

Afternoon ish. Daylight.

OUTDOORS – OUTSIDE MILLS.

Full length shot, getting the exit doors in and the general scenery in - an establishing shot – as Girl 3 – Katie walks out with her shopping. Martin is stood against the wall playing guitar, Girl 3 – Katie turns her head and looks at him, this will be an over the shoulder mid shot, getting Girl 3 – Katie turning her head and Martin playing guitar.

Act 4:

Evening. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. WALKING HOME DOWN A STREET.

Girl 3 – Katie is walking home down a street, Martin is walking behind her, full length shot, with a depth of focus, focusing on both Girl 3 – Katie and Martin, with Girl 3 – Katie in the foreground and Martin in the background.

Act 5:

Evening. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. BACK GARDEN.

Girl 3 – Katie is unclipping the washing. Over the shoulder side view shot of Girl 3 – Katie unclipping washing off the washing line. Martin is standing behind the washing.

As Girl 3 – Katie takes down the second bed sheet the camera switches a mid shot side view, getting both Girl 3 – Katie and Martin on screen, with the sheet in between.

Camera cuts to a mid shot of Martin playing guitar and smiling.

Camera then cuts to a mid shot of Girl 3 – Katie smiling back, then picking up the basket of dry washing and walking back into the house.

Act 6:

The Next Day.

Morning. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. WALKING DOG IN A PARK, TYNEMOUTH.

Martin: Black coat, black jeans, casual shoes.

Girl 3 – Katie: casual wear, skirt, tights and a different coat.

Act 7:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. TYNEMOUTH METRO STATION.

Full length shot of Girl 3 – Katie sitting on the bench in the metro, straight on shot. Camera cuts to an over the shoulder, establishing shot of the empty platform, a train then goes past, and Martin appears on the platform.

Camera cuts back to Girl 3 – Katie standing up as she sees Martin.

Camera cuts back to another metro going past, and as the metro disappears, Martin has gone.

Camera cuts back to a shot of Girl 3 – Katie sitting back down as she realises he’s not there.

SCENE 4:

Act 1:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Night time.

INDOORS. NIGHT TIME.

Girl 1 – Sarah: warm clothing.

Girl 2 – Becky: warm clothing.

Girl 3 – Katie: warm clothing.

Girls 1, 2 and 3 separately walking into Becky’s House.

Full length shot. Camera is behind Girl 2 – Becky as she walks down her hall to answer the door to Girl 1 – Sarah. Girl 2 – Becky opens the door and Girl 1 – Sarah is standing there, camera cuts to an over the shoulder shot showing part of Girl 1 – Sarah and Girl 2 – Becky’s faces. Girl 1 – Sarah then walks into the house and the camera follows them both walking into the living room.

Full length shot. Camera is behind Girl 2 – Becky as she walks down her hall to answer the door to Girl 3 – Katie. Girl 2 – Becky opens the door and Girl 3 – Katie is standing there, camera cuts to an over the shoulder shot showing part of Girl 3 – Katie and Girl 2 – Becky’s faces. Girl 3 – Katie then walks into the house and the camera follows them both walking into the living room.

Act 2:

Evening – tea time. Night time.

INDOORS. NIGHT TIME.

Girl 1 – Sarah: warm clothing.

Girl 2 – Becky: warm clothing.

Girl 3 – Katie: warm clothing.

Martin – black clothing.

Girls 1, 2 and 3 are in Becky’s Living Room.

All the girls are sitting in the Living room. All done on a handheld camera, in a real life motion, unscripted. With Girl 1 – Sarah, Girl 2 – Becky and Girl 3 – Katie in the shots.

Camera cuts to a mid shot of Girl 3 – Katie using the phone to ring for a pizza, she is holding a menu in her hand and talking into the phone.

Camera cuts to a full length shot of Girl 3 – Katie getting off the sofa, walking through the Living Room door, along the hall towards the door. The camera follows her at a full length angle, panning alongside her.

Camera cuts to an over the shoulder mid shot, over Girl 3 – Katie’s shoulder as she opens the door, as she opens the door Martin is stand there with a pizza in hand. Martin then walks through the door towards Girl 3 – Katie and the camera is at a side angle showing both their profiles as they look at each other.

We have made various changes to our script, certain scenes have been cut due to time restraints and transport  issues, some acts within scenes didn't work as well as hoped and shots had to be slightly altered to fit the continuity so the video flows well.

Scene 3 - Act 3 was cut from the music video, as it was not appropriate to film within a supermarket, instead we filmed the girl coming out of the shop, with the boy sitting on the nearby wall playing guitar.

Instead of using a guitar in some shots, we left it out and in one scene we replaced it with a book.

Instead of the scene where the girl is walking the dog, we simply had the girl and boy walking, with the girl following the boy this time, this shows her interest in him.

Instead of the scene with the girls walking down the stairs, we have used the door to the house as the girls arrive separately.

We changed the ending of the video from scenes on the beach, to scenes in a house, due to weather conditions and lack of transport. Instead of having a fire on the beach, the girls have a small get together in the house and order pizza, the boy turns up with the pizza and the girl kisses him on the cheek as she has realised she likes him.

We also changed who was to play our characters, due to clashing plans and transport issues.

Script For Music Video.

SCRIPT FOR MUSIC VIDEO:

SCENE 1:

Low lighting, full shot of the fireplace bearing a burning fire. Morning time.

INDOORS.

Mid shot of young man (named Tom) sitting on the floor, holding a photograph of three girls.

Tom is wearing casual clothing, T-shirt, cardigan and jeans.

The girls in the photo graphs are wearing:

Girl 1 – Sarah: Black dress and heels.

Girl 2 – Katie: Stripy skirt and heels.

Girl 3 - Becky: Dress and heels.

Camera then cuts to a close up of the photograph, then zooms out to a mid shot of Tom tearing one side of the photograph off, tearing away one of the girls in the photo (Sarah). The camera cuts to a close up of the torn off part before zooming back out to a mid shot where Tom is throwing the torn off part into the fire. The camera gets a close up of the picture burning.

Camera then cuts to a close up of the remaining photograph, then zooms out to a mid shot of Tom tearing one side of the photograph off, tearing away one of the girls in the photo (Katie). The camera cuts to a close up of the torn off part before zooming back out to a mid shot where Tom is throwing the torn off part into the fire. The camera gets a close up of the picture burning.

Camera gets a mid shot of Tom looking at the remaining image, zooms in to a close of up of the image then zooms back out to a mid shot of Tom pinning it to the fireplace.

SCENE 2:

Bright lighting. Morning time.

INDOORS.

Girl 1 – Sarah: leopard print pjs bottoms, slipper socks and a white vest top.

Girl 2 – Katie: pink and blue cow pjs.

Girl 3 - Becky: tartan pj bottoms, socks and a white top.

Act  1:

Close up of girl 1 (Sarah) asleep and starting to wake up, camera cuts to a Full length shot of girl 1 (Sarah) getting out of bed.         4 seconds

Act  2:

Mid shot of girl 2 (Katie) putting on makeup in the mirror, camera shows her profile and her reflection in the mirror as she applies blusher and admiring her appearance.         4 seconds

Act 3:

Full length shot of girl 3 (Becky) pouring tea from a tea pot into a china cup, camera cuts to a mid shot of her doing this, focusing mainly on the tea pot which bears the Tom and the Tea Pots logo.         4 seconds

SCENE 3:

Morning time. Daylight.

OUDOORS – PARK IN TYNEMOUTH.

Tom: Black coat, black jeans, casual shoes.

Girl 3 – Becky: casual wear, skirt, tights and coat.

Act 1:

Tom is sitting on a bench playing guitar. The camera focuses to the right, with Tom sitting on the bench on the right hand side of the screen. Full length shot, getting Tom, his guitar and the bench on the screen. Girl 3 – Becky, walks along the path, camera watches her walk past, but remains still, with Tom still on screen, watching her walk past.

Act 2:

Afternoon ish. Daylight.

OUTDOORS – COLLINGWOODS MONUMENT.

Camera is at a low angle looking up at Girl 3 – Becky sitting on the steps at the top of Collingwood’s monument, reading a book which bears the Tom and the Teapots logo.

Camera cuts to an Over the Shoulder shot at a high angle, looking down on Tom who is walking up the steps whilst playing guitar. Camera holds this position until he reaches Girl 3 – Becky.

Camera cuts to a point of view shot from Tom’s eye line as he watches Girl 3 – Becky walk back down the stairs.

Act 3:

Afternoon ish. False Light.

INDOORS – SUPERMARKET.

Girl 3 – Becky is at the supermarket buying groceries. The camera get a full length shot from behind, getting the isle, groceries, her and the trolley in the shot.

Mid shot from a side view of Girl 3 – Becky bending over to get something, camera follows her doing this, and when she looks back to the trolley.

Afternoon ish. Daylight.

OUTDOORS – OUTSIDE MILLS.

Full length shot, getting the exit doors in and the general scenery in - an establishing shot – as Girl 3 – Becky walks out with her shopping. Tom is stood against the wall playing guitar, Girl 3 – Becky turns her head and looks at him, this will be an over the shoulder mid shot, getting Girl 3 – Becky turning her head and Tom playing guitar.

Act 4:

Evening. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. WALKING HOME DOWN A STREET.

Girl 3 – Becky is walking home down a street, Tom is walking behind her, full length shot, with a depth of focus, focusing on both Girl 3 – Becky and Tom, with Girl 3 – Becky in the foreground and Tom in the background.

Act 5:

Evening. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. BACK GARDEN.

Girl 3 – Becky is unclipping the washing. Over the shoulder side view shot of Girl 3 – Becky unclipping washing off the washing line. Tom is standing behind the washing.

As Girl 3 – Becky takes down the second bed sheet the camera switches a mid shot side view, getting both Girl 3 – Becky and Tom on screen, with the sheet in between.

Camera cuts to a mid shot of Tom playing guitar and smiling.

Camera then cuts to a mid shot of Girl 3 – Becky smiling back, then picking up the basket of dry washing and walking back into the house.

Act 6:

The Next Day.

Morning. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. WALKING DOG IN A PARK, TYNEMOUTH.

Tom: Black coat, black jeans, casual shoes.

Girl 3 – Becky: casual wear, skirt, tights and a different coat.

Tom is walking in a park, Girl 3 – Becky is walking behind him walking her dog, full length shot, with a depth of focus, focusing on both Girl 3 – Becky and Tom, with Tom in the foreground and Girl 3 – Becky in the background.

Act 7:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Daylight.

OUTDOORS. TYNEMOUTH METRO STATION.

Full length shot of Girl 3 – Becky sitting on the bench in the metro, straight on shot. Camera cuts to an over the shoulder, establishing shot of the empty platform, a train then goes past, and Tom appears on the platform.

Camera cuts back to Girl 3 – Becky standing up as she sees Tom.

Camera cuts back to another metro going past, and as the metro disappears, Tom has gone.

Camera cuts back to a shot of Girl 3 – Becky sitting back down as she realises he’s not there.

SCENE 4:

Act 1:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Night time.

OUTDOORS. KING EDWARDS BEACH.

Girl 1 – Sarah: warm clothing.

Girl 2 – Katie: warm clothing.

Girl 3 – Becky: warm clothing.

Girls 1, 2 and 3 separately walking down the stairs.

Full length shot. Camera is at the top of the stairs looking down on Girl 1 – Sarah walking down. Camera cuts to Girl 1 - Sarah approaching the last few stairs, camera is at a low angle, looking up at Girl 1 – Sarah walking down.

Full length shot. Camera is at the top of the stairs looking down on Girl 2 – Katie walking down. Camera cuts to Girl 2 – Katie approaching the last few stairs, camera is at a low angle, looking up at Girl 2 – Katie walking down.

Full length shot. Camera is at the top of the stairs looking down on Girl 3 – Becky walking down. Camera cuts to Girl 3 – Becky approaching the last few stairs, camera is at a low angle, looking up at Girl 3 – Becky walking down.

Act 2:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Night time.

OUTDOORS. KING EDWARDS BEACH.

Girl 1 – Sarah: warm clothing.

Girl 2 – Katie: warm clothing.

Girl 3 – Becky: warm clothing.

Girls 1, 2 and 3 separately walking towards the fire.

Full length shot from behind, with Girl 1 – Sarah in the foreground and the fire in the background. Girl 1 – Sarah is walking towards the fire. Fire is on the left hand side of the screen and Girl 1 – Sarah is on the right hand side.

Full length shot from behind, with Girl 2 – Katie in the foreground and the fire in the background. Girl 2 – Katie is walking towards the fire. Fire is on the left hand side of the screen and Girl 2 – Katie is on the right hand side.

Full length shot from behind, with Girl 3 – Becky in the foreground and the fire in the background. Girl 3 – Becky is walking towards the fire. Fire is on the left hand side of the screen and Girl 3 – Becky is on the right hand side.

Act 3:

All done on a handheld camera, in a real life motion, unscripted. With Girl 1 – Sarah, Girl 2 – Katie and Girl 3 – Becky in the shots.

Act 4:

Later that day.

Evening – tea time. Night time.

OUTDOORS. KING EDWARDS BEACH.

Girl 1 – Sarah: warm clothing.

Girl 2 – Katie: warm clothing.

Girl 3 – Becky: warm clothing.

Tom – warm clothing.

Tom walking over to fire.

Full length, long distance shot of Tom walking over to the fire. The fire is in the foreground and Tom is in the background, on the left hand side of the screen. The camera stays still and on him until he is much closer.

Camera cuts to a close up shot of Girl 3 – Becky’s expression as she notices Tom walking over towards the fire. She looks surprised and happy to see him.

Camera cuts to an over the shoulder shot from behind of Girl 3 – Becky walking towards tom, the camera is at an angle that gets both Girl 3 – Becky and Tom into the shot. The camera stays still till they reach each other.

Camera then cuts to a mid shot of Girl 3 – Becky and Tom kissing then pans off up to the sky as lanterns are set off.

Finished Advert.

This is our finished advert for the release of this debut album by Tom & The Tea Pots.

The same text has been used for all the writing, but different sized font has been used to draw attention. The album name is bigger than the artists name, so that people instantly look at the album name, however, the artist name is also quite large as because it is the bands first album, they need to become well known. The '&' symbol has been used in both the artist name and the album name, this links together and creates a familiarity between the two titles. The advert has used the main cover of the Digipak, this allows the audience to know what to look for when going to purchase the album. The band logo is also shown, this shows the Brand and allows the audience to familiarise themselves with the Brand logo. The main point of an advert is to get the audience interested, to let them know who the album is by, what it is called and when it will be released. As it is a debut album, the band name must stand out so they become well known. Advertising a Digipak and its release date it simple, as long as you make that information stand out, for example, this advert has the same text throughout, but in different sized font to draw attention and add depth, we wanted to use white or black text instead of red or blue, as black and white text stand out and add contrast. However we wanted to add the red and blue in somewhere else so that it matched our theme, so we decided to put a faded black background and add the white text because it contrasts better and stands out well. 

The red stripe also offsets the red of the band logo, which some how makes the band logo fit within the advert, the logo is only small, but its shouldn't really be big as it would over take the image, and we want the image to be the main focus. The blur at the top adds to the advert and balances it out, dragging your eye line over the entire advert. This means that there is a bit more depth to the advert as there isn't just a flat banner going across the image, it offsets it and makes it more eye catching. The album name also links to the story within the music video, as the girl is cold towards the boy at the beginning, she doesn't want to know him and then she starts warming to him and she starts to notice him and starts to actually like him, their relationship develops over time.

The colours within the advert fit in with our 'British' and 'Vintage' colour scheme, the image has had the contrast altered, but there are still splashes of colour shown, Red, Green and Blue, which are colours mainly associated with Britain. The blue and red within the advert also represent the terms 'Hot' and 'Cold', as heat is generally represented with the colour red and cold is generally represented by the colour blue. This is an example of semiotics.

"Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of cultural sign processes (semiosis), analogy, metaphor, signification and communication, signs and symbols. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which in its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically. Semiotics is usually divided into three branches, which include:

Semantics: Relation between signs and the things to which they refer; their denotata.

Syntactics: Relations among signs in formal structures.
Pragmatics: Relation between signs and the effects they have on the people who use them."

Roland Barthes' theory of semiotics, is that 'every sign comes from a signifier and a signified'. He also stated that every sign has a meaning - that there are no empty signs. This theory simples straightforward, but as a matter of fact, each sign has a interpretation that is individual to the person interpreting the sign. Their reception of the sign is influenced by their personal experiences and background.

"It is important to note that although Roland Barthes' theory has many supporters, Barthes later discounted his very own theory. After development and publication, Barthes came back and said that he did not think his theory was entirely correct. His reasoning- every sign does not have meaning and connotation precedes denotation- his two major premises."