Negotiated Studies 1 Music Video project

Music Video Project

Song: Summertime Sadness By Lana Del Rey

Lyrics 

"Summertime Sadness"

Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That, baby, you're the best

I got my red dress on tonight
Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight
Done my hair up real big beauty queen style
High heels off, I'm feeling alive

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air
Telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare
Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere
Nothing scares me anymore

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That, baby, you're the best

I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm feelin' electric tonight
Cruising down the coast goin' 'bout 99
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air
Telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare
Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere
Nothing scares me anymore

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That, baby, you're the best

I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I think I'll miss you forever
Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky
Later's better than never
Even if you're gone I'm gonna drive (drive, drive)

I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That, baby, you're the best

I've got that summertime, summertime sadness
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Story

A Couple, that adores each other, spending their time together all the time in happiness. Although, there is something negative about the boy, his addiction to drugs. He can’t stop himself and constantly getting drugs even though he can’t afford. He owns money to drug dealer. He gets warned by the dealer, his last chance to pay otherwise they will kill his girlfriend. He can’t pay the money; she gets killed after the phone call of her boyfriend by the mafia. .

Notes

There will be flashback of the events and at the end all events will be reversed it will go back the beginning where they were happy.

Location

Abersoch Hell’s Mouth Beach

Roads In Abersoch

A Street

House

Opening scene

The song begins with a telephone call. After the telephone call she gets killed his boyfriend sees it, Shot of his boyfriend until the lyrics a­­­­nd then everything goes back reverse, she is getting ready wearing a red dress looking at herself in the mirror, a reflection of the moon in the mirror. She calls boyfriend where she is putting the numbers.

Opening scene shot ideas

Duration 0.00 – 0.16

Interior Shots

Medium long shot of her back sitting on the chair

Close up when she is putting the numbers on the telephone

Medium shot she is on the phone

Parallel action while she is on the telephone and mafia (2 guys) walking in to house steadicam fallowing.

Duration 0.17 – 0.33

Interior shots

Medium Long shot of mafia in the house.

Zooming in her (using dolly)

Close up to hand getting the gun out of the pocket.

Medium shot putting the gun towards her

Close up to gun clicking it

After effects bullet going in to her back

Medium close up to her hand holding her chest (left ) with blood

Long shot of her boyfriend looking at her

Close up to his face expression

Duration 0.34 – ­­­­­­0.50

Exterior shots

Flashback of leaving to go home and kissing each other

Looking down shot

Medium Shot of Kissing

“You are the best” close up to lips of the girl saying it to her boyfriend

Duration 0.51 – 01.08

Exterior shot

She is wearing a dress and dancing and he is sitting down watching her in the field. ( Night shot)

Sliding shot ( Long shot of boy and girl)

Long shot of her dancing

Close up to her face

Close up to her hand holding the dress

Parallel action close up to his face

Medium shot of him watching her

Close up to her shoes

Pull focus heels to her

Duration 01.08 – 1.25

Go back to video clip

Shots of her medium long shot, long shot remembering him little flashbacks layer of telephone wires

Duration 1.26 – 1.43

Same shot as in the video

Hand held camera filming each other

Duration 1.43 – 1.58

Walking down the street

Long shot of girl and boy

Close up to boy’s hand asking her to dance with him

Dancing on the street

Medium shot of boy directing her

Over the shoulder shot of her looking at boy and getting ready to dance

Medium shot dancing

Medium Long shot dancing

Duration 1.59 – 2.50

Long wide shot looking down boy is laying down

Medium shot of her looking at him

Long wide shot of both

Medium shot of boy laying down and talking

Boy:  My dad and  I used to come here and watch the lights change.

Medium Long shot of her looking at the traffic lights

Medium shot of traffic lights

Long wide shot

Boy: Watching go from green to red, yellow, you could try if you want to

Girl: No

Boy: Why not

Girl: Because, I don’t know you just get up

Medium shot of boy talking

Boy : That’s your problem. You know that you don’t do what you want

Medium shot of girl

Long wide shot looking around to make sure there isn’t any cars

Girl: Okay

Medium long shot

She lies down

Left side medium shot they are lying down and looking at each other

Medium shot looking down

Girl : What happens if a car comes

Boy: You die

Duration 2.51 – 3.08

Boy and girl smoking

Their shadows and smoke shadows on the wall projected

Duration 3.09 – 3.29

Flashbacks and cutaways with smoky scene

Duration 3.31 – 3.45

 Fade into black

End

Locations

Shot List

Cast

Meg    Main girl

Ben              Boyfriend

Cesc             Mafia

Alex             Mafia

Make up and hair

I intend to use vintage make up and hair so I got some examples to help me out.

Customs and props

Again I would like to use vintage style dress and prop.

http://theglamoroushousewife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vintage+red+dress+1.jpg

I picked the colour red as it is involved in lyrics.

Storyboard

Long wide shot looking down boy is laying down

Medium shot of her looking at him

Long wide shot of both

Medium shot of boy laying down and talking

Boy:  My dad and  I used to come here and watch the lights change

Medium Long shot of her looking at the traffic lights

Medium wide shot of traffic lights

Long wide shot

Boy: Watching go from green to red, yellow.

Boy:you could try if you want to

Girl: No

Boy: Why not

Girl: Because, I don’t know you just get up

Medium shot of boy talking

Boy : That’s your problem. You know that you don’t do what you want

Medium shot of girl

Long wide shot looking around to make sure there aren’t any cars coming.

Girl: Okay

Medium long shot

She lies down

Left side medium shot they are lying down and looking at each other

Medium shot looking down

Girl : What happens if a car comes

Boy: You die

Production Diary