Treatment

Treatment

The Artist – The Backup Plan
Song Title – Without a Meaning
Target Audience – Mostly teenagers aging from 15 to early 20’s. Students

Outline of Narrative
The track is about a break-up and relationships and how the main vocalist is singing about a boy wanting his girlfriend back, even though he knows he has done wrong (lied). The main singer is male which is suitable with the narrative as it will be from a boy’s perspective. The song starts with instrumental, for this we would have close-ups and a range of long shots of the girl and boy reminiscing their good times together. When the boy begins to sing, we will include a long shot of him laying on a bed, then a close-up of his phone. We will then have a shot reverse shot of the girl with her phone and several missed calls signifying the importance of how hard the boy is trying to get in contact with her, but she is just ignoring his calls which suggest that she is avoiding him on purpose. Next there will be an over the shoulder shot of the boy and girl arguing. You will see the emotion on both of their faces from the other ones point of view. Next there will be a mid close up followed by a long shot of her walking off. Next there will a point of view shot on the boys hand as he is drawing broken hearts on a page. The chorus starts and we will have a close up of the alarm clock showing, 3.00 am. The time shown on the clock emphasises the lack of sleep that the boy has had through the night. There is then a long shot of some photographs of the boy and girl on the side. He goes over to pick them up and the camera follows him. Then there is a range of different close up as he flicks through the photographs, this is from several different angles. There is then an over the shoulder shot of the boy writing lyrics down in a note pad. This shows the boy expressing his feelings through the words in the lyrics. Next we will have a mid shot of the boy holding a set of plane tickets. Signifying that they are going away together, for some alone time, maybe to work things out. Next there will be a close up shot of his watch showing 3 am, and he is still alone. Then there will be a panning shot of the boy walking to the window looking out. Then there will be a high angle shot looking down from the window. We see the girl standing there, but really this is his imagination as she dissolves away. Next we have a long shot of the boy stood at the front door with bags in his hands as if he is going somewhere. Then a low angle shot as he walks away from his front door. Then there will be a pan upwards following him as he walks away. Then there will be a tracking shot as he is walking through the leaves. This shows the change in season and his emotion. This emphasises the change in time if faster when he is not with her. Next there will be a cut from the boy walking down the street to them both playing chess together. This will link to the song as kings are played with in a game of chess. Next there is a mid shot of the boy playing his guitar. The girl is sat beside him as he is singing to her; they both are gazing into each other’s eyes. We then have the chorus again, he is listening to his iPod and there is an over the shoulder shot him as he starts to play on his guitar. His iPod gives him inspiration to play the girl a song. The girl is no longer there, she dissolves away and it is just him left there, alone, the room is quite empty which represents the loneliness of him. We have a high angle shot showing his status which is low. Next the music changes and it starts to get more up beat, we will have a long shot of the girl and boy they will be dancing, doing the waltz as if the are having a good time, they will be laughing, next there will be an over the shoulder shot so we see the girl and the way in which the boy can see her. They seem to be happy and free.


Resources – Camera, Tripod, Jib, Track, Whiteboard, Song, Lights
Crew – Catherine & Tisya
Time Required
Budget – If we were to produce a music video professionally, we would need to pay the camera men, for the lights and also to pay for the locations we film in.
Camera - £1500
Tripod - £500
Tracks - £200
Jib - £500