SCRIPT V1

 

Teri Tasveer - Bayaan

Script

Theme/Genre - Vintage, Aesthetic 

Music video pace - medium/slow

• Start 

Props - Brown paper, candles (with metal stand), Table, Letters rolled (tied), Lantern, Glass jar, Old books, vintage radio, Flipbook, Crayons, Actor (suit with ascot scarf and half coat)

SCENE #01 - INTRO

From a black screen to an old storage room/workspace (establishing shot) camera moving out // Gimbal shot

Another shot (closeup) moving towards the subject (lantern on a table or shelf) // cinematic mode or prime lens

Another establishing shot where the protagonist is introduced to the audience working or doing his work (drawing or writing)/remembering past (camera mov - out)

The protagonist reveals the other character through his drawings (a girl from his retrospective)

Scenes switching according to the back track of the music - will be done in post production

Throughout the intro duration multiple scenes of the workspace & surroundings to match with the music duration 

Flashbacks - A story begins (cutaway) // 

Over the shoulder shot either of (remembering her while drawing her) or (getting up from his seat and opening a box (inside a ring or necklace) he took from his shelf or drawer)

Suddenly partial blur past memory // Puts his left hand on his head (showing he is in pain)

Puts the box away in a harsh way 

Low shutter speed pov shot showing his loss of vision // sits on a chair looking upwards

In a flash the projector by his side turns on showing the same girl (animated shots of her doing something)

• Mid 

Props - MINI (Old vehicle representing past) for the story part, Projector, projector screen,

SCENE #02 - PAST

The story is established with a projector scene from the workspace into the past tale // match cut into the story

Scenes throughout the music video go back and forth (from current to past time and vice versa)

• End

Props

Ending with the protagonist leaving the workspace moving to his car 

Here when the actor starts to drive cutaway back to the past (flashback scene)

When he’s with the girl 

Actors pov scene into the current time where when he moves his head to the passenger seat the girl isn’t there or disappears 

Vehicle scene shot both of with the girl and w/o (protagonist)

Cutaway scene 

Different cars in both scenes to show a time difference