Music video: Final Synopsis

Intro:

The music video will begin with montage editing which will contain several parts of our music video; each clip will be very fast and short.

Verse one:

The music video start off with a frozen image which moves forwards and backwards for a few second which is a tight close up of the artists face in the white box set. Then we cross cut to the chess game that our protagonist is playing with her ‘lover’, this is supposed to represent their relationship and love life – this is a long shot. Then we get a slip screen: screen one will be a close up of our protagonist face thinking where to place the chess piece and the second screen will be of her winning the first move – the second screen will become a main screen, this is will be a high angle.

Then we cut to a low angle long shot of our protagonist which cuts to a mid-shot and when she says ‘I create’ we will have an extreme close up of her index finger, she will be making a spin gesture with it, this will lead the camera to spin around her to create a dramatic scene to display that she is powerful. The spin of the camera will have close ups, mid-shots and long-shots of her.

‘La-La-La’ once again will be a frozen image of a tight close up of the artist’s face this will be our motif through the music video. Then we will cross cut to the high angle of the chess game, a panning shot of the board and two close ups of the two players.

‘The-The-The’ will be a frozen image to carry out the motif. ‘You’ll come back for more’ this would be a mid-shot with the protagonist wagging her index finger to show the movement of coming back this once again displays that she is powerful and strong.

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Chorus:

At the start of the second verse we will cut to a different location – a bedroom. The ‘two lovers’ will be sitting on the bed messing and playing around this will include shots such as close ups, long shots, high angle shots and close up shot of him reading her a book. Moreover, the close up will lead to a point of view shot of the antagonist reading the book. Then we cross cut to a different location – Beckton hill: this will be a wide long shot of her opening her arms to represent freedom. 

Furthermore, we will cross cut back to the white box of them playing the chess game. ‘Sweep me of my feet’ will be of the antagonist knocking over the protagonist chess piece this will be shown by an extreme close up and a low angle shot of him, this will lead to a mid-shot reaction shot of her being surprised and annoyed.

From ‘When I’m out there’ to the end of the verse ‘Come on and take my seat’ we will have performance and ellipsis of her moving across the white box – this is a replication and intertextual reference to Nicole’s – Boomerang music video this will connote female power and strength.

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‘Upside down’ we will have a three way split screen of long shots of the protagonist and they all turn upside down one after another – this links to Andrew Goodwin’s theory of lyrics matching the visuals to create a deeper meaning.

Then we will have a side long shot of the two players playing the chess game, this will lead to a high angle shot of the board, then two close ups of the two players – direct mode of address. Moreover, it will go back to a high angle shot of him making a move and winning ‘let me see the way you work it boy’.

Furthermore, we will create a mirror effect when the artist is performing, this will be a long shot. Additionally, there will be a shadowed effect of the game whilst a main clip will be of the performance this will be a mid-shot. Then we will get a close up of the artists face when she says ‘My name is Eveline’ this is a form of advertisement of the artist as she is stating her name in the song.

Moreover, the next scene will be an intertextual reference to Lady Gaga’s – Poker face music video as we will create a similar party scene in the white box set. This will allow the audience to understand that our protagonist is not only powerful but also unique. The party scene clip will then be turned upside down as the lyrics once again say ‘upside down’ this is another motif of our music video – the lights will be turning off and on to create a disco feeling to it and to create chaotic scene.

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Verse two:

The verse will start with a frozen image of a tight close up of the artist’s face which will zoom out to be a long shot of the artist and her just having a direct mode address and singing, while more layers of her appear behind her – they will be all dancing. When the lyrics will be ‘disappear’ all the layers will disappear one after another and we will be left with the central layer of her singing. This is intertextual reference to Nicole’s – Boomerang music video; intertexual reference to her will be made through the whole music video as she is considered to be a strong female.

Cross cut to the chess game of a low angle mid-shot from the side of the protagonist lifting her chess piece, ready to make a move this will lead to a point of view shot from her, we will be able to see the board, she will have a successful move. Then we will have a tilt up and a reaction shot of him getting angry due to the fact that he is losing. This will lead to a flashback of him actually losing her before they broke up. The flashback will be a tracking shot of the protagonist walking down the road all dressed up and he will be following her like a lost puppy.  We will have close ups of him screaming her name this will link with the lyrics ‘When you scream my name’.

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Chorus: 

The chorus will start off with a long shot of the two ‘lovers’ laying in the bed and reading poetry this will be a point of view shot from him looking down on her and her smiling. Furthermore, we will then cross cut back to the protagonist walking down the street to display that they are over and now she is the powerful one.

‘Just sweep me off my feet’ we will cross back to the them playing the chess game this will be a two shot and then she will stand up and knock all the chess pieces over this will display that she is powerful and is turning the world upside down. This will contradict the lyrics as she says ‘show me the way you work it boy’ but in actual fact she is showing him that she no longer needs him.  ‘It’s good to know I’m free’ will cross cut back to her walking down the street again.

(1.42)

‘Upside down’ will be a long shot of the protagonist in the white box which will turn to a three way split screen, each screen one after another will turn upside down to have a link with the lyrics. We will then go back to the chess game mid shot and then we will get close low angle close up of her face just singing, this will lead to a point of view shot and a tilt up to him, we will see that he is very nervous.

Furthermore, we will create a mirror effect when the artist is performing, this will be a long shot of her performing. Moreover, after the mirror effect we will have montage editing of different clips of her being a good girlfriend but then in the end she will become independent and she will leave him.

Lastly, we will have the last three lines of the chorus as performance, the shots that we will be using are close ups, and long shots and lots of high and low angle shots to show that she is very powerful and strong. When the lyrics say ‘party’ we will have people appear behind her and they will just dance create a club-like scene and when the lyrics will say ‘upside down’ we will turn the clip upside down.

(2.05)

Bridge:

As the lyrics say ‘It’s a men’s world’ we can see that the male antagonist win’s the game, this thus connotes to the lyrics of the song, which follows Goodwin’s theory or the lyrics and visuals having a relationship. This will be presented by long, mid-long and mid shots.

As the verse develops ‘all my crazy girls’ we will have a party scene however at this moment all the girls will be a sitting and the men will be dominating and dancing, while they’re bored and annoyed. But as the words change to ‘get up of your feet’ the girls will stand and grab the men, pushing them to sit down and now they will be dominating. This will make them have the dominance and power and take over the scene, relating back to them being strong and powerful. This will consist of a variety of long, mid-long, mid as well as close up shots.

As the line ‘all my crazy girls’ repeats, the girls will stop and in sync spin their head to connote with the ‘crazy’ theme. This will be shown by a long shot.

At the end of this verse, the scene will cross cut from the party scene back to the game of chess and the female protagonist will change to be on the winning side and we will see her winning by a close and mid-shot and finally ending the verse with a close up of her face with a smirk.

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Chorus:

The protagonist picks up the antagonist by his hand this is done by her looking down on him and then we will have a close up of his tie, she will grab that and pull him up. As she is pulling him up we will have a long shot. Moreover, she will spin him around by his tie, to represent that she is playing him now. This will lead the camera to spin around them to create once again a chaotic scene. When the lyrics say ' You'll be hoping I'll be good' we will have a long shot of the protagonist performing which will then go to a close up as she says 'My name is Eveline' this is effective as at the end of the song she reminds the audience who sings this song. Lastly, the last six lines of the chorus we will just have a part scene and we will just turn the clips upside down.



This is a final synopsis for our music video. Writing it all out makes it very clear and hopefully, once we start filming, it will be useful so that we know exactly what to film.