STORY DEVELOPMENT
MEANING OF LYRICS
This song represents the attempts by a girl to maintain a child-like innocence in her life by dreaming.
The first verse tells of a young girl who had high expectations (When she was a girl/She expected the world); these expectations could be the product of constant attention to fairy tales – expecting the world to be fair and just, where all girls can be princesses, marry their Prince Charming and live happily ever after – or simply being subject to an optimistic upbringing where the philosophy ‘the world is your oyster’ underpinned every lecture by parent and teacher alike. However, evidently the bar was raised too high and the expectations not reached (But it flew away from her reach) suggesting maybe a life not lived – plans not made, dreams not followed, opportunities missed, feelings not acted upon. At this the girl withdraws into her mind, acting out the life she would have led if Fate allowed her in her dreams (So she ran away in her sleep/And dreamed of para-para-paradise…/Every time she closed her eyes). The line ‘The bullets catch in her teeth’ indicates that in her dreamed-up paradise nothing can hurt her, nothing can go wrong.
The second verse details how, as the girl grows up and matures, she faces difficulties and complications (Life goes on, gets so heavy) and some hardships she faces are enough to break her spirit (The wheel breaks the butterfly). In this line, it’s assumed that the butterfly is symbolic of the girl – a beautiful and innocent creature – and the ‘wheel’ can be regarded as the ‘Wheel of Fortune’. This was an Elizabethan Era worldview where each individual would pass around a circle from good fortune to bad fortune to good fortune and around again and so on – much like ‘what goes around, comes around’. Therefore it’s said that the ‘wheel of fortune’ has turned and the girl has met with misfortune and has had extreme physical or emotional difficulty in moving past it (Every tear a waterfall). But she perseveres and finds comfort and distraction in her dreams (In the night, the stormy night/She closed her eyes…/Away she’d fly/And dream of para-para-paradise).
In the final verse, the girl is depicted ‘lying under stormy skies’ which could be a metaphor for her life’s struggles or if taken literally, could act as a piece of pathetic fallacy. Her response to the storm – ‘I know the sun is set to rise.’ – reinforces her sense of optimism in life, allowing herself to believe that though her battle is great at the moment, the wheel will turn full circle, the sun will rise and she’ll reach a level of peace in her life – her paradise.
The last lines of the song – ‘This could be para-para-paradise’ – could reflect a changed mindset in the girl; for a while she had been languishing over her misfortune and finding solace in her dreams at night however, the words ‘This could be’ suggest uncertainty – that she’s toying with the notion that changing a part of her life, altering some aspect of her existence will produce a positive outcome and maybe turn her unfortunate life into her paradise.
However a very opposite view point can be suggested. Yes as everybody has mentioned, this song is about a little girl trying to maintain her childlike innocense. In its process, she faces a lot of difficulties and such. However, the diction to focus here is that ‘she [runs] away to her sleep’ when she has confronted those hardships. Furthermore the speaker analyzes her paradise and ideals only in her dreams and in her sleep. Thus, this utopia and paradise isn’t of the real world. The important factor is shown on the bridge. Yes, the girl is lying under the stormy sky, the reality where it is depressing. Furthermore, the fact that the sun must rise shows that she has to wake up from her dreams and from her sleep. This shows how she has to shake off her dreams and ideals to face the reality and the difficulties that the stormy sky, the world, will throw at her.
quote ‘I know the sun must set to rise’
I know there’s something beautiful awaiting for me, somewhere out there, this very hour, minute, second. Even if it takes a day, I know it will rise.
LYRICS & SONG STRUCTURE
soft intro: 20 x 4 beats
electro intro: 16 x 4 beats
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
Instrumental: 8 x 4 beats
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
Instrumental: 8 x 4 beats
Lalalalalalalalalalala
(4 x 4 beats)
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
soft intro: 20 x 4 beats
electro intro: 16 x 4 beats
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
Instrumental: 8 x 4 beats
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
Instrumental: 8 x 4 beats
Lalalalalalalalalalala
(4 x 4 beats)
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
1ST DRAFT
The music video is based on a teenage girl diagnosed with cancer. She is somewhat depressed by the things that happen to her and her family since she had been diagnosed with cancer. Her middle income parents are always arguing about her medical bills and she feels like she is a burden to them. Her classmates keep away from her because they fear that she might “spread” the cancer to them. Even her parents’ friends are always showing pity towards her parents for having an ill daughter. She feels that she is embarrassing her family. To cope with all this issues, she often sits in her bedroom and calms herself down, closes her eyes and escapes to her paradise, which is her imaginary world or “happy place” where there is no sadness and hate and everything goes right for her.
The opening shot will be an introduction of the teenage girl without the music. These will be shots of her bedroom fully equipped with medical machines by her bedside for her weekly treatments. There are old pictures of her and her two other siblings and parents on the shelf, smiling happily without knowing that one of them would get cancer. And then we see her, 15 year old Felicia, sitting on her bed and staring blankly at the floor, listening to her parents argue downstairs about her outstanding medical bills.
The intro of the song starts and there are intercutting shots of her parents arguing loudly downstairs and Felicia staring blankly and silently at the floor in her room. She could be daydreaming of the days before she was diagnosed with cancer, when she and her family would enjoy going on weekend trips and her friends would have sleepovers. And then she would be reminded of when her friends wouldn't allow her to sit with them in the canteen.
When the first verse starts, she would stop herself from daydreaming and go about her day, preparing herself for breakfast. She goes to her bathroom mirror and brushes her teeth and washes her face. Then she inspects her pale face closely in the mirror to see the negative results of her chemotherapy sessions. She brushes her fingers through her hair and a whole bunch of it clings to her fingers. She is horrified and is about to cry. She closes her eyes to calm herself down and takes deep breaths.
She gathers herself and gets dressed. Da da da da da.
During the chorus, she enters her paradise. The people in her paradise wear happy and colourful masks. When she arrives, she is given her personal mask and joins the citizen of her paradise in happiness. In her paradise, she witnesses beautiful things such as a father helping his daughter get up after falling on the ground and bending down to dust the dirt off her dress. She also witnesses a boy bringing flowers to his girlfriend and a group of friends having a laugh together. She basically sees everything that won’t happen to her because she has cancer.
At the bridge of the chorus, the people in her paradise start to act weird. She then realises that she has to wake up from her dream. She mouths the phrase ‘i know the sun must set to rise’, meaning that she has to face reality and find happiness in it, no matter what the situation.
At the last choruses, she gets up and puts a smile on her face as she reunites with her friends etc.
QUOTE: The rainbow only comes after the thunderstorm.
2ND DRAFT
The music video is generally about the disease that all human beings have suffered from at some point in their life or are still suffering from it: procrastination. It is the avoidance of doing tasks which needs to be completed and instead doing things that are more pleasurable to us. In our music video, we follow a small group of college students who go about their usual routine of going to college and coming home. At college, they receive assignments as per usual and take these seriously at the beginning. As the day goes by and students are back at home, they are exposed to many other distractions. In other words, they are no more in their “work” state of mind. Thus, the students tend to do activities that they find more fun to do. These activities are students’ version of “paradise”. However, at the back of the students’ minds, there is a nagging feeling that they must complete their assignments.
The opening shot (no music) will be of Celine’s index and middle finger standing upright like a man. We track Celine’s “finger-ninja” as she plays with it, mimicking a ninja jumping around here and there. The music fades in as her “finger-ninja” walks across Celine’s desk, revealing Celine’s sad face as her head rests on the desk. She sits upright and looks around her desk troubled and sad. The scene cuts to Celine asking her mother a question downstairs in the kitchen. We hear muffled shouts of her mother directed towards Celine with an angry expression on her face. Her mother shakes her head and points to Celine’s room, telling her to go. The scene cuts back to Celine in her bedroom sitting at her desk, her face still looking troubled.
Celine slams her room door. She goes to bed angry because her mother didn't let her skip college. She wakes up, brushes her teeth/washes her face and puts on her shoes at the front door, still angry.
At the start of the lyrics, she is in the car, singing along to the music she is listening to. There will be a shot taken from inside the car focusing out at the Point College signboard through the car window and a shot of her hand turning the ignition off showing that she has arrived at college. She walks through the college doors then through her classroom door. She sets her bag down at her seat as the lecturer starts his/her lesson. From the back we see her dozing off . She closes her eyes to take a nap.
During the instrumental part, we show shots of her other classmates creatively sleeping while their lecturer continues to teach.
At the start of the second verse, Celine is startled when the lecturer wakes her up. The lecturer walks to the front of the class and writes their assignment for the week on the whiteboard. Celine and her classmates make a face. Back at home in her room, she tosses her bag to the ground and takes a shower, then has a snack. After this, she takes her assignments out and place them on the desk as she sits. She contemplates on which one to do first. There are flashes of shots of her in a bored pose, staring at her books, close her book, then looking over at her laptop.
At the chorus, she enters her paradise by logging onto Facebook and chatting with her friends.. eating potato chips and watching tv..
Before the bridge (lalalalala), we show Celine’s calendar. Each date is being ticked to show that time goes by.
At the bridge, she realizes that she has to complete her assignment before it is too late.
At the third last chorus, she does her assignment with full focus in the night and the scene cuts to her handing in her assignment at class the next day with a smile on her face. She and her classmates exaggeratedly celebrate after completing that assignment (throw confetti, jumping around in class) and the lecturer shakes his/her head and rolls his/her eyes.
At the end of the song, the lecturer ends up giving them another assignment and his/her students just stare blankly at him/her.
Quote: “Homework first, then go play” or “Don’t procrastinate lah.”
3RD DRAFT
The music video is about procrastination. It is the avoidance of doing tasks which needs to be completed and instead doing things that are more pleasurable to us. In our music video, we follow Celine, who goes about her usual routine of going to college and coming home. At college, she receives assignments as per usual and take these seriously at the beginning. As the day goes by and Celine is back at home, she is exposed to many other distractions. Thus, she does other activities that she finds more fun to do. These activities are students’ version of “paradise”. However, at the back of the her mind, there is a nagging feeling that she must complete her assignments before time runs out.
The opening shot (no music) will be of Celine’s index and middle finger standing upright like a man. We track Celine’s “finger-ninja” as she plays with it, mimicking a ninja jumping around here and there.
The music fades in as her “finger-ninja” walks across Celine’s desk, revealing Celine’s sad face as her head rests on the desk. She sits upright and looks around her desk troubled and sad. The scene cuts to Celine asking her mother a question downstairs in the kitchen. Her mother has an angry expression on her face. She scolds Celine and shakes her head then points towards Celine’s room, telling her to go. We cannot hear their conversation, only see their expressions.
At the electro intro, Celine slams her room door. She goes to bed angry because her mother didn't let her skip college. She wakes up, still angry, brushes her teeth/washes her face and puts on her pyjama top. She didn’t realise it for a moment, then she takes it off and puts on a tshirt. At the front door, she puts on her shoes and sighs.
At the start of the lyrics, she is in the car with her mother, singing along to the music on the radio. A shot is taken from inside the car focusing out at the Point College signboard through the car window. She turns the radio off (MUSIC CUT) and gets out of the car, then waves goodbye to her mother. (MUSIC CONT.) She walks through the college doors, followed by her classroom door. She greets her friends as she sets her bag down at her seat. The lecturer starts his/her lesson. From the back we see her dozing off. She closes her eyes to take a nap.
During the instrumental part, we show shots of her other classmates creatively sleeping while their lecturer continues to teach.
(MUSIC CUT) Celine is startled when the lecturer wakes her up. The lecturer walks to the front of the class and writes their assignment for the week on the whiteboard. Celine and her classmates make a face.
(MUSIC CONT.) At the second verse, she leaves her classroom and goes down to the lobby to wait for her mother. It is raining heavily. She looks at her watch then exhales frustratedly. Halfway setting her bag on the floor, the scene cuts to her bag being set on the floor in her room. She takes a shower, then has a snack. After this, she takes her assignments out and place them on the desk as she sits. She contemplates on which one to do first. There are flashes of shots of her in a bored pose, staring at her books, close her book, then looking over at her laptop.
At the chorus, she enters her paradise by logging onto Facebook and chatting with her friends. She asks her friends if they want to hang out. The scene cuts to her meeting up with her friends at the mall. They go for a karaoke session singing the chorus of this song. Second part of the chorus, they are eating at a restaurant or shopping in the mall.
At the instrumental part, we show shots of her doing activities like watch dramas and cartoons on TV, play badminton and playing outside with her dog (running close up) intercut between a dolly in shot of her homework on her desk.
Before the bridge (lalalalala), we show Celine’s calendar. Each date is being ticked to show that the week is going by.
At the bridge, just after entering her house, she is at the kitchen about to make Maggi mee for herself when she realizes that it is Sunday and she has homework due for the next day. She runs up the stairs and enters her room.
At the second last chorus, she does her assignments one at a time with full focus in the night. There is a shot of her putting a completed assignment aside, then going on to the next one.
At the last chorus, she rejoices and smiles indicating she has done all her assignments. The scene cuts to her happily getting into bed and pulling the sheets over her head to enjoy her worry-free sleep.
Quote: “Stop procrastinating lah”
FIRST NARRATIVE STORYBOARD (PARADISE)
SCENE 1 – Violin intro
LOCATION HOUSE – CELINE’S BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Close-up, finger-ninja walks into frame from camera right. Track finger-ninja.
Shot 2 Close-up, Celine’s face resting on desk comes into frame with finger-ninja in foreground. Focus on Celine’s face.
SCENE 2 – Violin intro
LOCATION HOUSE - KITCHEN (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
ACTOR CELINE, MOTHER
Shot 1 Celine’s mother’s back blocks camera view then moves left to reveal Celine, medium shot, talking to Mother.
Shot 2 Medium shot OTS, Mother scolding Celine.
Shot 3 MCU shot, Mother saying “NO!” and points to staircase, angry expression on her face.
Shot 4 Medium two shot profile of Celine and Mother. Celine angrily turns and stomps off.
SCENE 3 – Electro intro
LOCATION HOUSE – CELINE’S BEDROOM (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Close-up shot, Celine turns the door knob then camera tilt up to Celine screaming at her mother downstairs, then slams her bedroom door. Shot from outside her bedroom door.
Shot 2 Bedroom door closes to reveal medium shot of Celine slamming the door.
Shot 3 Camera track (medium shot) Celine from the back walking to her bed and banging things on the way. ^action-cuts
Shot 4 Medium shot, pan from her blanket to her angry face then she turns over to the other side.
Shot 5 Medium shot (mirror), Celine walks into bathroom, brushes her teeth angrily then bends down to the sink.
Shot 6 Medium shot of Celine coming up from the sink, washing her face then looking at her angry face in the mirror.
Shot 6 Pan from left to medium shot, Celine gets frustrated that she has put her shirt on the wrong way.
LOCATION HOUSE – FRONT DOOR (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 7 Low angle, Celine opens the front door and sits to tie her shoelace, gets up and walks off frame over camera.
SCENE 4 – Verse 1
LOCATION OTW TO POINT COLLEGE (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Medium shot, Celine shoes walk into frame. Track Celine shoes.
Shot 2 Pan from left, medium shot, Celine shoes walking on pavement (off centre).
Shot 3 Long shot, Celine walking on the pavement. Traffic in foreground
Shot 4 MCU frontal shot, Celine enjoying her music on her earphones.
SCENE 5 – Verse 1
LOCATION COLLEGE LIFT
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Tilt down to close up shot, Celine’s finger presses floor number 2: POINT COLLEGE.
SCENE 6 – Verse 1
LOCATION COLLEGE MAIN ENTRANCE (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Pan, long/medium long shot, Celine walks towards camera, entering college glass doors. Celine blocks camera vision to blackout.
Shot 2 Static long/medium shot. From blackout, Celine walks away from camera and opens class door.
SCENE 7 – Verse 1
LOCATION COLLEGE – CLASSROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, LECTURER, CLASSMATES
Shot 1 Pan, medium frontal tracking shot, classmate #1 walks towards class door then goes off frame. Celine opens class door and walks towards her seat, making eye contact with her friends and saying hi.
Shot 2 MCU shot, Celine walks into frame from camera left and sits down at her seat. She looks straight up at her lecturer in front.
Shot 3 Medium long shot, lecturer is teaching in front of a whiteboard.
Shot 4 MCU shot, dolly in. Celine closes her eyes to sleep.
Shot 5 MCU, pan from left to right. Her classmates sleeping in different positions.
Shot 6 MCU two shot (one in foreground, one in background), focus change from front to back, of her other classmates, also sleeping.
Shot 7 (MUSIC CUT)
Long take:
- Medium shot, Celine is awaken by the lecturer (half body, no face). Lecturer walks from right to left behind Celine. Track lecturer.
- Medium shot (from back), lecturer knocks on table to wake other classmates. Classmate #2 (profile shot) walks into frame from camera left, asking lecturer permission to go to the toilet.
- Medium long frontal shot, lecturer allows classmate #2 to go. Classmate #2 walks off frame. Lecturer walks to front of class.
- Medium profile shot, lecturer writing their assignment & due date on the board.
- Over the shoulder wide shot, students react to their new assignment.
Shot 8 Medium shot, Celine’s reaction to new assignment.
Shot 9 MCU, pan from Celine’s classmate picking up her bag from under table, to Celine saying bye to classmate and checking phone. Then Celine get up to leave class.
SCENE 8
LOCATION COLLEGE LOBBY (EXTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Long shot, Celine walks into frame, away from camera to lobby pick-up area.
Shot 2 Pan from left to right, Celine walks into frame from camera right, and stops. Medium profile shot of Celine taking bag off shoulders, tilt down to Celine dropping bag to floor. Halfway drop, cut to..
SCENE 9
LOCATION HOUSE – CELINE’S BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Medium shot (match to previous frame), Celine’s bag lands on the floor in her room.
Shot 2 Medium shot, Celine walks into frame and goes into the bathroom with a towel in her hand. She closes bathroom door.
Shot 3 Medium shot (match to previous frame), Celine opens bathroom door with towel wrapped around head and a new set of clothes on. Celine walks off frame.
Shot 4 Panning medium long shot, Celine takes her books out of her bag and puts them on the table. She sits down at her table.
Shot 5 Medium frontal shot, Celine opens her books and looks at her assignment, then plays with her phone.
Shot 6 OTS close up shot of phone, Celine Whatsapp messages her friends and asks if they want to hangout. They agree.
Shot 7 MCU shot, dolly out, Celine smiles at her phone. She puts it down and gets up from her seat.
chat with friends on whatsapp, “homework start doing alrdy ah?”. replies, “next week only hand in ma!” ask to hangout, replies “YES” just before chorus. Celine smiles and gets up.
SCENE 10 – Chorus 1
LOCATION SHOPPING MALL – KARAOKE (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, FRIENDS
Shot 1 Medium long shot, dolly out, Celine’s friends greet Celine in front of the karaoke place. Celine walks into frame. Camera tilt up, they walk into karaoke place.
Shot 2 Medium shot, Celine’s friend picks a song on the screen.
Shot 3 Medium long shot, Celine and her friends sing along to the song.
SCENE 11 – Chorus 2
LOCATION ROLLER SKATING RINK (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, FRIENDS
Shot 1 Close up shot, Celine ties her roller skating shoelace.
Shot 2 Tracking long shot, Celine and her friends roller skating.
Shot 3 POV shot, Celine’s friend falls down and laughs. Celine gives a hand to her friend. Cut to..
SCENE 12 – Instrumental
LOCATION HOUSE – HALL (INTEROR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, FRIENDS
Shot 1 POV shot (match to previous frame), Celine receives a bag of chips from a friend.
Shot 2 Medium shot, pan from left to right, Celine and her friends watching TV.
Shot 3 Medium shot, Celine’s friends are walking off camera from couch, Celine turns off the TV using remote.
SCENE 13 – (LALALA) bridge
LOCATION BADMINTON HALL (INTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, FRIENDS
Shot 1 Wide shot (from empire’s seat), Celine and her friends playing badminton.
Shot 2 Medium long shot (through the net), Celine accidentally hits friend #2 with racquet. Celine laughs.
**INTERCUT: Dolly in, Celine’s desk with her books.
Shot 3 Medium long, low angle shot, friend #1 and friend #3 drops to the floor laughing.
SERIOUS version?? Close ups of shuttlecock, cut to dog toy
Shot 4 Panning medium long shot, Celine runs away from friend chasing her with racquet, towards camera (MCU). Cut to..
SCENE 14 – (LALALA) bridge
LOCATION HOUSE – GARDEN (EXTERIOR/DAY)
ACTOR CELINE, DOG
Shot 1 Tracking medium shot, Celine running away from her dog, smiling.
Shot 2 Tracking medium long shot, Celine’s dog chasing after her.
Shot 3 Medium long shot, Celine petting her dog. Then, she throws dog toy. ?
**INTERCUT: Dolly in, Celine’s desk with her books, close up to assignment and due date.
SCENE 15 - bridge
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 Medium shot, Celine walks into frame and reaches for fridge door.
Shot 2 MCU profile shot, Celine opens fridge door and bends to take a drink for herself. Camera tracksCeline as she stands up to face the calendar on the freezer door. She realizes something.
Shot 3 Over the shoulder, the calendar Celine is looking at. Celine runs off camera left.
Shot 4 Close up shot, Celine leaves her drink on the counter. Hands go off camera.
SCENE 16 – second last chorus
LOCATION HOUSE – HALL/STAIRS (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
ACTOR CELINE **Celine’s sister and brother kacau her otw up ?
Shot 1 Medium long frontal tracking shot, Celine turns and runs out of kitchen towards stairs.
SCENE 17 – last chorus
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
ACTOR CELINE
Shot 1 MCU frontal shot, Celine opens her door and looks towards her books on the table. She walks towards camera off frame.
Shot 2 Panning medium shot, Celine walks into frame and sits at her table. She grabs a pen and starts doing her work.
Shot 3 Panning medium shot (posterior), Celine is bent over at her table. She puts a book aside indicating that she has done that work.
Shot 4 MCU shot, Celine sits back in her chair and throws her pen on the table with a relieved smile on her face.
Shot 5 Medium shot, high angle, Celine lies down on her bed, still smiling. She pulls the blanket over her head and sleeps.
SECOND NARRATIVE STORYBOARD (THE SCIENTIST)
SCENE INTRO
LOCATION BACK ALLEY (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 Medium close up (MCU) dolly out shot, Beverley’s hand slides across a wall with graffiti on it.
LOCATION BADMINTON HALL (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 2 Medium shot, Beverley’s friends enjoying themselves.
Shot 3 Medium shot, Beverley and another friend laugh.
LOCATION ARCADE GAME CENTRE (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
Shot 4 Close up shot, Beverley and Winnie’s fingers pressing buttons and controlling the joystick.
LOCATION BACK ALLEY (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 5 Close up dolly out shot, Beverley’s sad face is revealed as she continues to walk.
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 6 Low angle medium long shot, Beverley walks into her room.
Shot 7 Low angle MCU tilt up shot, Beverley looks angrily out the door and closes it.
Shot 8 MCU shot, Beverley is thinking. She gets up to exit her room.
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 9 Medium long tilt up shot, Beverley enters the kitchen to talk to her mother at the sink.
SCENE VERSE 1
LOCATION PARKING LOT – (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 MCU shot, Beverley is thinking back.
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 2 MCU shot, Beverley’s mother is scolding her.
Shot 3 MCU shot, Beverley argues with her mother.
LOCATION PARKING LOT – (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 4 MCU tracking shot, Beverley has a fed-up expression on her face as she walks.
LOCATION CLASSROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 5 MCU frontal tracking shot, Beverley’s lecturer walks to the front of the class.
Shot 6 Medium shot, the words “FINAL ASSIGNMENT. DUE: APRIL 23RD” is written on the board as the lecturer points at it.
Shot 7 Panning wide shot, Beverley’s classmates react negatively to the assignment given.
Shot 8 MCU shot, Beverley pulls a face as her reaction to the assignment.
LOCATION PARKING LOT (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 9 MCU tracking shot, Beverley continues to walk.
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 10 Long shot, Beverley sits on her bed.
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 11 MCU shot, Beverley’s mother is scolding her.
Shot 12 MCU shot, Beverley argues with her mother.
LOCATION ARCADE GAME CENTRE (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
Shot 13 MCU shot, Beverley and her friends celebrate after winning at the arcade.
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 14 Medium long profile shot, Beverley’s mother is scolding her.
Shot 15 MCU shot, Beverley gets irritated.
Shot 16 Medium long shot, Beverley walks away as her mother shakes her head at her.
LOCATION PARKING LOT (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 17 Close up shot, Beverley is thinking back.
LOCATION CLASSROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 18 MCU high angle shot, the lecturer looks up to Beverley, walking into frame from camera left, as she hands in her assignment.
Shot 19 MCU low angle shot, Beverley gives a nervous smile at her lecturer.
Shot 20 MCU high angle shot, the lecturer takes a look at her assignment.
Shot 21 MCU profile shot, Beverley explains her work to the lecturer.
SCENE CHORUS
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 MCU frontal shot, Beverley opens her door and shouts angrily at her mother, then slams the door shut.
LOCATION CLASSROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 2 Close up shot, the lecturer assesses her assignment.
Shot 3 Close up shot, the lecturer’s hand puts Beverley’s assignment on the table and fiercely points at it.
Shot 4 MCU profile shot, Beverley continues to explain her assignment.
Shot 5 MCU shot, the lecturer tells Beverley that she is not satisfied with her assignment.
Shot 6 MCU shot, Beverley walks away disappointed.
LOCATION PARKING LOT (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 7 Medium long posterior shot, Beverley stops walking at the end of the parking lot.
Shot 8 MCU posterior shot, Beverley looks around.
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 9 MCU high angle shot, Beverley is doing her assignment at her desk.
Shot 10 Medium shot, Beverley is taking out her anger on her teddy bear. She then flings it across the room.
Shot 11 MCU high angle shot, Beverley sighs as she does her assignment.
LOCATION HOUSE – KITCHEN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 14 Medium long profile shot, Beverley’s mother is scolding her.
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 15 MCU high angle shot, Beverley is doing her assignment at her desk.
Shot 16 Medium shot, Beverley’s teddy bear lands on her storybooks.
Shot 17 MCU high angle shot, she rests her head on her hand as she looks at the laptop.
Shot 18 Big close up shot, Beverley’s fingers are typing on the keyboard.
Shot 19 MCU high angle shot, she sits upright and continues typing.
Shot 20 Big close up shot, Beverley’s fingers are typing on the keyboard.
LOCATION HOUSE – BEDROOM (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
Shot 21 MCU frontal shot, Beverley is still at her desk doing her assignment.
SCENE VERSE 2
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 MCU posterior tracking shot, Beverley is walking.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 2 Long shot, Beverley stands in the middle of the station.
LOCATION PARK (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 3 MCU low angle shot, camera rotate slowly, Beverley is looking around.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 4 Close up high angle shot, Beverley is riding the escalator up while thinking.
LOCATION PARK (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 5 Medium frontal shot, Beverley is crouching down while leaning on a tree.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 6 Pan from right to left, to medium tracking shot of Beverley walking in between the crowd.
LOCATION ARCADE GAME CENTRE (INTERIOR/NIGHT)
Shot 7 MCU shot, Beverley and her friend are playing a game and laughing together.
Shot 8 MCU frontal shot, Beverley celebrates as she wins a game.
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 9 Point of view shot, a group of ladies look at Beverley.
Shot 10 MCU posterior shot, Beverley looks back.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 11 Long shot, Beverley stands in the middle of the station.
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 12 Long shot, Beverley continues to wander.
SCENE CHORUS
LOCATION TRAIN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 Medium shot, Beverley leans on the wall of the train, looking down.
Shot 2 MCU profile shot, Beverley is laughing while chatting with her friend.
LOCATION TRAIN (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 3 Insert shot of the train tracks from the back of the train as the train was accelerating.
LOCATION BUS STOP (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 4 MCU shot, Beverley is laughing while chatting with her friend.
LOCATION PARK (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 5 High angle shot, camera slowly rotates, Beverley crouching down in between tree branches.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 6 Medium posterior shot, Beverley walks towards a staircase and takes off her hat.
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 7 Close up shot, Beverley’s feet walk away from camera. In the foreground, her assignments drop to the floor behind her.
SCENE ENDING
LOCATION BUS STOP (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 1 MCU profile shot, Beverley’s smile turns to a frown.
Shot 2 Medium shot, Beverley starts to get sad.
Shot 3 Long shot, Beverley is sitting at the bus stop alone.
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 4 Medium shot of Beverley’s leg walking towards the camera.
Shot 5 Close up shot, Beverley’s feet walk into frame from camera left. Camera tracks blood on the road towards Beverley’s face. Camera dolly out to reveal MCU shot of Beverley dead on the road.
LOCATION TRAIN STATION (INTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 6 Medium long posterior shot, Beverley walks up the overexposed staircase.
LOCATION STREETS (EXTERIOR/DAY)
Shot 7 High angle shot of Beverley’s feet walking away from camera off frame.
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