Shooting script.

The song ghost in a machine will opening with an establishing shot of a girls modern bedroom, They will be 5 girl characters sat on the bed these will be; Rebecca Cardell, Danielle Cusworth, Bethanee Cheevers, Becky Marsh and Kara Cantrell. All the girls will be reading gossip magazines such as heat, cosmopolitan, more, hello etc except Kara who will be reading something a bit more serious like the times. All the girls will be appearing to be discussing the lives of celebrities, whilst Kara will be sat looking deep in though and a bit disconnected from the group. The camera will be using a wide shot, and also will use a close up on the magazines so the types of magazines can be seen, the camera will Pan around the room so that the point of view shot of the characters can be seen. This scene will take up approximately 0.18 seconds of the track which is ghost in the Machine by B.OB. This part of the song is also an instrumental.

At 0.19 seconds the shot will cut to another establishing shot, which will be in a the location of ‘Little switz’ which is located on Hessle foreshore. The Camera will show a wide shot of Kara just stood staring into the camera with a anxious expression, the Camera will then do an extreme close up so we can clearly see her expression this will go to the lyrics ‘tell me where am I supposed to go’, however this will not be mimed, this will last until 0.23 seconds of the track. The Next shot also takes place in the same location however this time the camera will do a medium close up of Kara as she throws her hands up in the air in frustration this will go the lyrics ‘and who am I supposed to believe?’ this will take the track to 0.30. The next shot will then be a repeat of a medium close up of my character. 0.37-0.40 of the track will be an extreme close up of Kara’s eye and correspond with the lyrics ‘If you could see what I could see’.

At 0.40 the shot will cut to another establishing shot which will be in a kitchen, this will be used as the pre party scene. The camera will show a wide, point of view shot of 4 of my characters sat around the table, laughing and talking, basically having a good time this will last to 0.42 of the track. At 0.44 the camera will do an extreme close up of the table that the girls are sat on which will PAN around to the show the substitutes for drugs and alcohol, at 0.47 the camera will then zoom out to a wide point of view shot showing the girls indulging and begin to enjoy themselves. At 0.48 there will be an over the shoulder shot of Kara walking through to kitchen where the rest of the girls will act oblivious to her been there. The camera will then do a medium close up of her face to show her expression these shots will last until 0.50 seconds of the track.

At 0.51 seconds of the track I will be using a slow dissolve edit to cut into my next shot. There will be an establishing shot which will show the location which will be Station Road in Hessle, they will then be a wide point of view shot of one of my characters dressed up as a homeless person holding a sign saying Money please? The camera will then do an extreme close up of the characters face to show their emotional expression. The camera will then do a tracking shot of a different character walking into the location, she will be extremely glamorous and holding in one hand lots of designer shopping bags and in the other a hand full of money(notes) There will then be a use of shot reverse shot of the poor person to the rich person, the rich person will then laugh and carry on walking, the camera will show a wide point of view shot of her walking off. This will last until 1:00 seconds of the track.

At 1:00 The shot will then cut to another establishing shot which will be back in my kitchen. The camera will show a point of view shot of Charlotte sat staring into space at the kitchen table, then an over the shoulder shot of another character walking through to the kitchen presenting charlotte with a pizza, the camera will then do a medium close up of Charlotte pushing away the pizza with a disgusted look on her face. The camera will then cut to my bedroom where this time there will be a point of view shot of Charlotte looking at her body in the mirror again using a disgusted facial expression. This scene will last until 1:05 of the track.

The next Scene of my music video is the chorus to my music track which starts at 1:06 seconds. There will be an establishing shot of Kara on Hessle forshore Rugby field. The camera will first be doing a tracking shot of her running the camera will be in front of her this at the moment in time, the camera will then go behind my character to show her running, I will then be having a low angle extreme close up of Kara’s feet as she runs and have this slowed down during editing. This shot will then cut to Kara running down the street at first it will be an over the shoulder shot as if someone is watching her, the camera will then go in front of her to look as though she is running towards somewhere this will then use a dissolve edit into the next scene. This will last until 1.16 seconds of the track. Then the camera will cut to Kara with a white background behind her, the camera will do an extreme close up of Kara’s face which will be showing a frustrated emotion, the camera will then zoom out as we see her perform her frustrated emotions some more this will correspond to the lyrics ‘And I try to hide, but I cant hide no more’ the camera will then do a medium close up of Kara and then I will edit it so this scene dissolves, this will go to the lyrics ‘There’s nothing worse then feeling like a ghost’ this will last until 1:30 seconds of the music track.

The next shot which will start at 1:31 seconds of the music track will show an over the shoulder point of view shot of Kara walking into the kitchen earlier where the girl characters where having their pre party scene. This time the atmosphere will be different. Firstly the camera will show a wide shot of what is happing around the table, which will be one of the girls reacting to the drugs in a negative way, the camera will do an extreme close up on this character at this point. The camera will then do a shot reverse shot from each one of my characters to the girl who by this point will have collapsed over the table. I will then film the girls rushing around trying to help the girl however speed it up with editing. The camera will then show a wide shot of Kara walking through whilst all the girls are panicking, there will then be a medium close up of Kara picking up a mobile phone, the camera will then do a an extreme close up of Kara typing in the number ‘999’ on the phone, there will then be a POV of Kara leaving the room without the rest of the girls acknowledging her. This will last until around 1:53 of the musical track.

At 1:53 the camera will then cut to an establishing shot of one of my characters back in the bedroom snacking on something whilst reading a gossip magazine, the camera will then do a medium close up of the magazine of which the girl is reading which will show an article about how size zero is the way to be, the camera will then show a POV shot of the girl running to the toilet and an over the shoulder shot of her making her self sick. The camera will then cut back to the girl sat in her room on the bed surrounded by designer shopping bags and expensive items the camera will pan around the room then do an extreme close up of the girls face to show an anxious expression. This scene will last up until 2:18 of the track.

At 2.19 the track does a repeat of the chorus. The whole part of this chorus is going to show clips of places from New York City. The first part of this will show a shot at an airport where we will see people boarding several flights, and also close up of planes coming in. This well then cut to a high angle shot from the empire state building of the rest of Manhattan and will PAN around from different angles. The shot will then cut to several shots of the statue of liberty and include some extreme close ups it will also do an extreme close up of the plaque underneath the statue of liberty on the words ‘freedom’. This will last until 2.40 of the track.

At 2.40 they will be a repeat from the beginning section of the song as the verse is repeated this will show a wide shot of Kara just stood staring into the camera with a anxious expression, the Camera will then do an extreme close up so we can clearly see her expression this will go to the lyrics ‘tell me where am I supposed to go’, however this will not be mimed,. The Next shot also takes place in the same location however this time the camera will do a medium close up of Kara as she throws her hands up in the air in frustration this will go the lyrics ‘and who am I supposed to believe?’ The next shot will then be a repeat of a medium close up of my character it will be an extreme close up of Kara’s eye and correspond with the lyrics ‘If you could see what I could see’.

After this the track then goes into a final chorus, the chorus will be a merge of both the scenes of both choruses cut and edited together. The camera will then cut to an extreme close up of my character again with the anxious expression and then zoom out so that the character can hardly been seen anymore this will finish the video and correspond with the lyrics ‘there’s nothing worse then feeling like a ghost.

Prop List

Clothes- The main character will be wearing casual clothes such as skinny jeans and a top, however I will want the Clothes to be feminine therefore the Top that my main charcter will be wearing will be quite girly. The other characters I will want to be wearing quite dressed up glamours clothes
Make-up- I will be wanting all the characters in my video to be heavily made up, this is because al my characters are girls and girls mainly always wear make-up and due to me wanting my music video to be black and white I also want the make up to stand out on camera , therfore I will want my characters eyes to be heavily made up.
Icing sugar- This will be used to look like cocaine. This will be used during the 'pre party scene'
Magazines- I will be having gossip magazines present in my music magazine to portray the idea that most people are obessed with celebrity culture.
Bottle of Vodka- This will also be used during the 'pre party scene' also, the bottle of vodka will be filled with water.
Shot glasses- These will be used for the characters to shot the vodka(Water)
A cheeky memo from Bella- This will be used to be given to a character who will denie the food due to be concerened about their weight.
Mirror- This will be used for the character to be looking at her figure in the mirror due to been concerned about her weight.
Wine glasses- These will be on the table, to make the setting look more realstic.
Credit card- This will be used for the charater to cut up the fake cocaine.

Character List

My Video is only going to have one main character, and then 2 extras.

The main character in my music video is going to be Danielle Cusworth. My reasons for choosing danielle as my main character are;

• She is often used to performing, therefore I feel she will be fine in front of the camera and will be able to portray the correct emotions without getting embarrassed.
• Attractive looking girl who looks good on camera, this is important as i am using the hip-hop/R&B genre. Although I am challenging a lot of the forms and conventions for this genre I am using some and having attractive girls is one of the conventions.
• I can also rely on danielle a lot, as one of my best friends I know she would not commit to something and then drop out half way through.
• She has the look to fit my role.

Character role includes:

• Feeling trapped in everyday life.
• The feeling of wanting to escape.
• Not knowing what you want out of life anymore
• Indulging in drugs and alcohol.
• Reflecting back on the past
• Trying to escape but can't.
• suicidal thoughts

The two extras in my music video will be played by Bethanee Cheevers and Rebecca Cardell, these two characters will only be present at the party scene indulging in drugs and alcohol with my main character.

Location List

Hessle Forshore- This will be used for verse 1 and 5 and parts of the chorus of my song. I have chosen this as one of my locations as on Hessle Forshore there is a part called 'Little switz' that offers lots of forest like locations that are normally deserted which will get the idea of feeling 'alone' and also make it easier for filming.

My bedroom- This will be used for part of the instrumental opening of the song. I have chosen this as it shows the character is just an average girl, living the average, normal life with no great advantages disadvantages etc.

Green Room- This will be used for the second part of the Chorus. I am wanting to use this room as I want a completely white background and the green room is the only place that offers me to do this.

Wyke college theatre- This will be the location used for verses 3 and 4, this is because this part of my music video uses a street dance therefore the theatre offers me a spatial place which will be useful for this and also offers me a complete black background and lighting effects

New York City- I will be doing some filming whilst I am in New York (if filming does not go to plan I have a back up!) I will want this to be at the location of the statue of Liberty as this is a big representation of freedom, The empire state building as this provides an amazing view of Manhattan which could be used as a flashback as showing the city of freedom. I may also use the Brooklyn bridge.

Hessle Rugby fields and the streets around this area- This location will be used for the first part of the chorus which uses a lot of running.

Story boarding

story boarding

shots; 17, 18, 19 20, 21, 22, 23,24, 25 and 26

Shots 17, 18, 19 and 20 are all a repeat of shots 13, 14, 15, 16, however the shots will be speeded up and edited different, at this moment in time I still have not decided what type of editing I will be using for these shots, I may use montage editing or use special effects.

Shot 21 will be the beginning of the chorus to my song and will show a wide shot of my character running to the right and will then go into a low angle shot showing her feet running edited to make it look slowed down. Shot 22 will be of the character running straight towards the camera and will be a medium close up again editing will make it appear slower, shot 23 will be of my character running to the left and will appear as an over the shoulder shot, the camera will do a medium close up on the back of my character and then travel to a low angle extreme close up of my characters feet again editing will make it look slower. All of these shots will be using continuity editing.

Shot 24 will then cut to a different location where i will be having a medium close up of my character miming the lyrics 'I try to hide' this will then lead to shot 25 which will be a low angle shot of my character falling down the wall which again will be edited to look like slow motion, she will then sit in a huddled up position with her head faced towards the camera in a medium close up, this will then go into shot 26 which will pan out into a wide shot where we will witness people walking in and totally ignoring my character, all these shots will be using continuity editing and last for the second half of the chorus.

shots; 13, 14, 15 and 16

Shot 13 will firstly be a wide shot of the statue of liberty, which will then go into a close up, the whole of these shots will be using montage editing and also going to the instrumental break within the musical track. The clip is then going to go into shot 14 I think by using a cut dissolve in editing, shot 14 will be a wide shot of a kite flying in the sky, as a representation of freedom.

Shot 15 will then go back to the statue of liberty, however this time from a different angle, it will go from a wide shot into a medium close up. Shot 16 will be of a bridge and people crossing it again as a representative of freedom.

I want these four shots to be done by hand held camera as I want this to be like we are looking at a flashback from her point of view at times when the character feels like they have had freedom.

shots 9, 10, 11 and 12

The next shot will be a low angle shot of my character screaming the words 'And who am I supposed to believe? although the song is not going to be seem as mimed this but will corrospond to the lyrics, my character will be acting as though they are fustrated. This will be done with continuity editing and will last around 4 seconds, this will then continue into shot 10 which will be a repeat of shot 8.

Shot 11 will be a close up of the characters eye, which will use editing of a slow zoom so the shot turns into an extreme close up, this is done as the next scenes are supposed to be seen as flashblacks. The sound will be the musical track and will corrospond with the lyrics 'If only you could see what I could see'

Shot 12 is going to be a shot videod from the top of the empire state building, the camera is going to Pan around the veiw and will also be a long shot, I am going to slow the footage down with editing. I am also wanting this to be hand held as i want it to come across as a flashback memory as of to when my character felt Free. This shot will then cut to a wide shot of the Statue of Liberty, again i will want to slow this down and also will want the hand held effect.

shots 5,6,7 and 8

The next shot shows a close up of the newspapers, which will be showing more serious matters with what kind of state the countries in like government parties, tution fee's, ressession etc, thesed will be showing how we don't really know whats going on in society and we dont really pau enough attention to this kind of things when we dont. Again this will be continuity editing and will also be going to the instrumental opening on the musical track and will also be a point of veiw shot. The shot after this will then cut to an over the shoulder shot of my main charcater watching the TV, the TV will be in colour however eveything else will be in black and white. This will also be continuity editing and also the sound will be the instrumental opening of the musical track.

Shot 7 will be again an over the shoulder shot of my character loging into facebook, my character will then see something she doesn't particularly like and shut the laptop down, this will then use continuity editng to shot 8 which will be a close up of my characters face, which will have an anxious/confused look on her face,this will go to the beginging of the tracklyrics, 'tell me where am I supposed to go?'

Story boarding

these show the first two shots that are going to be appearing in my music video. The first shot shows a bed, which will obvioulsy have a location shot of a bedroom. There will then be a magazine thrown onto the bed, this will be useing continuity editing and will not last any longer then 2 seconds, the sound that will be used will be the digetic sound of the songs which at this moment of the time will be the opening instrumental. The magazine that will be used will be a gossip magazine such as hello, this as many off us are gripped by what gossip magazines say and practically use them as our bible.

the second shot again will be in the bedroom and a second magazine will be thrown onto the bed for the same reason, again this will be using continuity editing and will last no longer then 2 seconds, the sound in the background again will be the instrumental start of the music track. Both shots will be done as a point of veiw shot.


These are the story bored of the next two shots. The first one shows two more magazine both been thrown in from both the left and right side. On the right side they will still be gossip magazines, howvere on the left side it will be more serious things like newspaper showing some of the states our Britian as a country is in. This will be useing continuity editing howvere maybe speeded up a bit to make it look like are more magazine/newspapers, again this will still be a point of veiw shot and still to the begining part of the musical track which will still be an instrumnetal. The next shot will be close up of the gossip magzines, as i want the background to be in black and white, I will want the magazines to still be in colour so we can see some of the titles on the magazines which will be to do with certain things in todays society that people obesses over which we really should'nt care about this should around 3 seconds.

Lyrics analysis

Tell me where am i supposed to go?
And who am I supposed to believe.
If only you knew what I knew.
Then you could see just what I see.

[Chorus]
So I grab my bags and go, as far away as I can go.
Cause everything ain't what I used to know.
And I try to hide, but I just can't hide no more.
There's nothing worse than feeling like a ghost.

You say I look fine, if only you knew what's on my mind.
You'd see a whole different sign, I couldn't show you even if I tried.
I must have got lost in time when I found out I was only free to be, where ever I want to be.

Some say I'm out of sight, how ironic that we're all so blind.
If you could open up your eyes, you could see what I couldn't describe.
And then, you'd see the signs, and then your soul would be set free, and then you'd be released.

[Chorus]
So I grab my bags and go, as far away as I can go.
Cause everything ain't what I used to know.
And I try to hide, but I just can't hide no more.
There's nothing worse than feeling like a ghost.

Tell me where am I supposed to go.
And who am I supposed to believe.
If only you knew what I knew.
Then you could see. (Hey)

[Chorus]
So I grab my bags and go, as far away as I can go.
Cause everything ain't what I used to know.
And I try to hide, but I just can't hide no more.
There's nothing worse than feeling like a ghost.

And I'm terrified, like I've seen a UFO.
Cause everything ain't what I used to know.
And I try to hide, but I just can't hide no more.
There's nothing worse than feeling like a ghost.


Looking at the Lyrics to the song Ghost in a machine by B.O.B, I have interperated the lyrics with someone feeling trapped and alone in the life that they are liveing and that they just want to get away from it all and leave to a place that they can be free. The opening lyrics beging with 'Tell me where am I supposed to go? And who am I supposed to believe' This shows that the person really doesn't know what is going on with their lives anymore and they don't really know how to live it anymore things like the media and society could be effecting this therfore I will be useing elements of them in my music video. The end of the first verse finnises with the lyrics 'If only if you knew what I knew. Then you could see just what I see' This is saying that if only people where thinking like they are that they would be able to ubnderstand the feelings they are going through.

The chours of this track shows the urge to get urge to get away from things and not been able to deal with feeling like they are anymore, I have picked this up from the lyrics 'so I pack my bags and go, as far away as I can go'. The chorus also has the lyrics 'Because everything ain't what I used to know' this again shows that the persons feeling towards things have now changed and that they are feeling different to before. The chorus also portrays how the person has tried to ignore the way they are feeling for a while but can't do it any more, I have interperated this from the lyrics 'And I try to hide, but I just can't hide no more' The chorus then finnishes with the lyrics 'There's nothing worse then feeling like a ghost' which I think means that they feel again as if knowbody understands them.

The second verse I think is showing again how if the person tried to explain to people what they where feeling they wouldn't understand and also that people over time have lost their freedom to know that they are able to do what they want when they want without the infulences of other things. I also think it shows that if people where to stop and actually think a bit more they would understand how they have lost their sense of freedom and then would be able to gain their own mind, indeopendence and freedom back.

The finnish verse I think shows how the person is scared of things and feels as if what they have now beging to realize is a scary thing but they are not able to hide behind their thoughst anymore and feel as though something has to be done about it as they don't want to feel alone and as if they have no freedom anymore.

Target audeince

The target audience for my music video will be firstly people who like the hip-hop/ rap genre, this is because this is the genre of music that my musical track 'ghost in a machine' is. Howevere I am not fully going to be stciking to the hip-hop/ rap conventions as i don't want the music video just to promote a gnere but also a theme of wanting freedom, however in the rap genre it is known that many famous artist have stuggled to get where they are today and have had to worked hard for it and haven't particulary come from glamerous backgrounds or had an easy lifestyle therefore some of these conventions will be seen in my music video. Another convention I will be useing for my video is the use of street dance and attractive females which is promentaly used in music videos of the rap/hip-hop/ Rnb genre. The age rage for my music video will be atrcated to the ages of around 16+ this is because I think they will be able to realte to the themes presented and more likely to enjoy this gnere of music. I also will be wanting my music video to be targeting both males and females.