Music Video Plan

Bite your face to spite your nose

17 and a half years old

I'm worrying about my brother finding out

What’s the fun in doing what you're told?

Scene 1: projector shot medium close up person one performing first line front of the word ‘girls’ on the screen. (Recurring scene throughout. So we going to record 1 minute of the song so we can edit it in.)

Scene 2: mid shot of four people holding a birthday cake looking at it. White backfround hi key lighting. Standing still

Scene 3: medium long shot of four girls standing still in front of a white background. Then I edit it so they move places. (Another recurring scene)

Scene 4:white background mid shot of person 1 and person 2 throwing glitter at easchother. Slow motion?

I said "No!"

'Oh give it a rest, I could persuade you

I'm not your typical, stoned 18 year old

Give me a night I'll make you'

"I know you're looking for salvation in the secular age

But girl I'm not your savior"

Wrestle to the ground

God help me now because

Scene 5: background of some sort. Medium close up of person 3 and person 4 person 3 facing the camera, person 4 facing person 3 performing.

Scene 6: projector shot

Scene 7: camera front on, camera side, white background, close up.

Scene 8; performing longshot two people just performing the song white background high key lighting

Chorus;

They're just girls breaking hearts

Eyes bright, uptight, just girls

But she can't be what you need if she's 17

They're just girls

They're just girls

Scene 9: projector scene

Scene 10: person 1 and person 2 breaking a heart made of paper in front of brick wall/other background

Scene 11:pull the  party poppers at the same time, all 4 people, medium long shot white background

Scene 12: person1 extreme close up of their eyes opening

Scene 13: all 4 people being spontaneous performing

A pair of frozen hands to hold

Oh she's so southern so she feels the cold

One moment I was tearing off your blouse

Now you're living in my house

What happened to just messing around?

Scene 14: close up of hands being held

Scene 15:projector scene

Scene 16:scene 13

Scene 17: repeat scene 7

I said "Yo, I think I better go, I can't take you

You just sit and get stoned with 30 year olds and you think you've made it"

'Well, shouldn't you be fucking with somebody your age instead of making changes?'

Wrestle to the ground

God help me now because

Scene 18: person 1 and person 2 leave the shot . White background medium close up

Scene 19: skittles on plates that spell ‘girls’ and the people push them into shot white background

Scene 20: repeat scene 5

Scene 21: repeat scene 16

They're just girls breaking hearts

Eyes bright, uptight, just girls

But she can't be what you need if she's 17

They're just girls

They're just girls

Scene 22: projector scene

Scene 23: white background medium long shot showing the word girls being held up

Scene 24: scene 2 again but they blow out the candles

Scene 25: they dance out of the shot medium close up white background

****NEW SCRIPT****

1. Black screen

Title of the song on a black screen with white font

The word girls comes on screen in different languages in time with the song

Cut to:

2. Long shot of the girls cut off where their heads are

White background, long shot of Emily, followed by a longshot of zara, then elizabete, then Scarlett. Wearing different outfits. Cuts in time to the music.

Cut to:

3. Zara in front of projector performing

Mid shot of Zara, who has brown curly hair, performing “Bite your face to spite your nose” with a serious expression direct mode of address.

Cut to:

4. Zara, Emily, elizabete and Scarlett around a cake

Mid shot of the four girls holding a cake with a lit candle all looking at the cake with a serious expression. They are in front of a white background with hi-key lighting.  The next shot is of them looking at the candle and blowing it out.

Cut to:

5. Elizabete and Emily performing

Elizabete performing “I'm worrying about my brother finding out” direct mode of address. Emily facing elizabete preforming as well. Mid shot, white background, high key lighting.

Cut to:

6. Editing of different angles

Different shots of elizabete, Scarlett, Zara and Emily performing close up to the camera in front of a white background. Direct mode of address saying I'm not your typical, stoned 18 year old, Give me a night I'll make you I know you're looking for salvation in the secular age” the angle changes and its edited so the person changes and the angles.

Cut to:

7. Scarlett and Elizabete holding a red heart

“They're just girls breaking hearts” mid shot of elizabete and Scarlett holding a big red heart and the heart breaks.  White background and high key lighting

Cut to:

8. Close up of the girls eyes

Close up of elizabetes eyes opening, followed by Zara’s, then Scarlett’s and Emily’s. Shot is done when “Eyes bright, uptight” is playing,

Cut to:

9. The letters G I R L S cut out of paper being held up

Mid shot of white background an arms holding up various letters. Emily holding the letter G, Zara holding the letter I, Elizabete holding the letter R, Scarlett holding the letter T and Emily W holding the letter S. letters enter in canon, one after the other when the line “But she can't be what you need if she's 17”. Nothing in shot apart from the arms holding the letters.

Cut to:

10. Shot of Zara and elizabete holding hands

Extreme close up of Zara and elizabete going to hold each others hands. Only thing in shot is their hands. Jump cut to the hands a bit further away when the line “A pair of frozen hands to hold”

Cut to:

11. Shot of Scarlett and Zara with party poppers

On the line “They're just girls breaking hearts” mid shot of Scarlett and Zara in front of a white background popping party poppers and confetti being thrown into the shot. Expression of happiness.  High key lighting.

Cut to:

12.  Plates of skittles spelling girls pushed into shot

On the line “Eyes bright, uptight, just girls” plates with skittles will be pushed into shot cannon on beat to the music. 5 plates each with skittles that spell out a letter either G I R L or S. White background, high key lighting.

13. Polaroid camera shot

Close up of someone taking a Polaroid high key lighting white background

Fade out into DARKNESS….