Dom and Josh

Music Video Script

AVICII – HEY BROTHER

Dom and Josh

Music Video Script

Video Title: AVICII – HEY BROTHER

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AUDIO

LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX

1. 0:00 – 0:30–Low Angleshot looking

up at a tree. EST shot of a

house.CU of good brother talking.

Mid Shot from side angle of abusive

brother not laughing and his

girlfriend is laughing. Over the

Shoulder shot of good brother

throwing his brother a drink. Mid

Shot of him catching the can. ECU

of the can opening. CU of good

brother drinking the can then

looking just past the camera. CU of

the girl looking past the camera at

the brother.

Hey brother, there’s an endless

road to re-discover. Hey sister,

know the water’s sweet the blood

is thicker. Oh if the sky comes

falling down, for you, there’s

nothing in this world I wouldn’t

do.

Slow motion effect when the can

is thrown and when it is being

opened. Lens flare on opening

shot of the tree. Fade after

girl looking past the camera.

2. 0:30 – 1:00 – Mid Shot of good

brother sat on the couch. POV shot

through door into the hall seeing

the bad brother hit the girl. Mid

Shot of good brother getting up.

Mid Shot of brother leaving the

room and then hear door slam,

behind him the bad brother turns

and looks then the girl is

unblurred and the brother is

blurred.Over the Shoulder shotof

girl looking down behind the bad

brother. Reaction Shot of the good

brother as he has left the house.

Hey Brother, do you still

believe in one another. Hey

sister, do you still believe in

love I wonder, Oh if the sky

comes falling down for you,

there’s nothing in this world I

wouldn’t do.

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3. 1:00 – 1:30 – Mid Shot of the good

brother walking down the road. CU

of him looking distressed. Long

Shot in the house of the abusive

brother arguing with the girl. CU

of him punching the wall next to

her head in anger (she walks off

after a second or two). Long Shot

from behind of the good brother

walking down a road. Mid Shot of

the brother sat on a hill watching

the cars go by, as if he is sat

there thinking about what has

happened. POV Shot from his view

actually looking at the cars.

What if I’m far from home, Oh

brother I will hear you call,

What if I lose it all? Oh sister

I will help you out. Oh if the

sky comes falling down for you

there’s nothing in this world I

wouldn’t do.

4. 1:30 – 2:00 –Mid Shotof the girl

sat on the bed looking sad and

effected. CU of good brother looks

up. Mid Shot of him jumping up. Mid

Shot of him starting to walk. Over

the shoulder shot of him as he

starts to jog. Mid shot from the

side of him as he starts to run.

Long Shot from the door of the

girl’s room, abusive brother walks

in and starts shouting angrily. CU

of the girl, the abusive brother is

blurred out and the emotion of the

girl is shown. CU of the girl

turned head looking out the window.

Mid Shot of the good brother

running getting closer to the

house.

Upbeat dance music.

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5. 2:00 – 2:30–Mid Shot from inside

the house of the door, the good

brother runs in. CU of abusive

brother turns away from looking at

the girl and looks towards the room

door, surprised and shocked. POV

Shot from the girl’s point of view

looking towards the door of her

room, abusive brother fades out for

the good brother to appear in the

doorway.Mid Shotof the good brother

push the abusive brother, they

start arguing. CU of good brother

and the abusive brother tussling.

CU of the girl screaming at them.

CU of the abusive brother getting

the good brother to the wall. Mid

Shot of the good brother hitting

him in the face to get him off. Mid

Shot of the good brother grabbing

her hand getting her to go with

him.

Hey brother. There’s an endless

road to rediscover.

Slow motion on the shot of the

good brother and abusive brother

as they start to tussle and

fight with one another.

6. 2:30 – 3:00 –Mid Shot of them

running down the road. Mid Shot of

the abusive boyfriend sat on his

own in the room, looking down at

the floor coming to terms with what

he has done. CU of the good brother

looking to his side (at the

camera). Mid Shot of the girl

looking at him as well as he has

turned to look at her.Mid Shot in

the room of the abusive brother

stood up looking down. Mid Shot of

the good brother and the girl stood

at the corner laughing cheering her

up. Over the shoulder shot of the

abusive brother walking down the

road towards them. Long Shot of the

two blurred out with the abusive

brother walking towards them down

the road, it changes to them being

unblurred and the abusive brother

being blurred.

Hey sister. Do you still believe

in love I wonder, oh if the sky

comes falling down for you.

There’s nothing in this world I

wouldn’t do, what if I’m far

from home, oh brother I will

hear you call.

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7. 3:00 – 3:30–POV Shot from the good

brother’s point of view, first

looking at the girl then the view

pans to the side to see his brother

coming towards them. Mid Shot from

the side of the abusive brother

walking to him and the good brother

holds his arm out signaling him to

stop. Over the shoulder shot of him

pushing the abusive brother to the

floor. Long Shot of the brother on

the floor and the sight of the good

brother reaching out to grab the

girls hand. CU of the good

brother’s hand grabbing the girls

hand to run off. Mid Shot as the

two start to run away. CU of

abusive brother on the floor

looking like he’s given up. CU of

the good brother as they are

running, smiling creates binary

opposites between the two. Mid Shot

running past a park. Mid Shot past

a street. Mid Shot further past the

streets.

What if I lose it all? Oh sister

I will help you out. Oh if the

sky comes falling down for you,

there’s nothing in this world I

wouldn’t do.

Slow motion effect on the shot

where he is grabbing the girls

hand for them to run away.

8. 3:30 – 4:00 –Long Shot in the

abusive brother’s room as he is

throwing the pictures of him and

the girl in anger. CU of him

putting his head in his hands. Mid

Shot of them running further past a

road. Long Shot of them running

across a field slowing down as they

have gotten away from the abusive

brother. CU of the girl looking

happier than she has the whole

video. Mid CU of them sat down on

the hill where he was earlier in

the video. Mid Shot from behind

them looking at each other, she

says the quote to him, it goes over

the music. Mid Shot of him putting

his arm round her and pulling her

close to him.

Upbeat dance music.

“Sometimes the heart sees what

is invisible to the eye.” Girl

says it to the good brother

(Voiceover)

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9. 4:00 – 4:15–Mid Shot from the front

of him holding the girl close to

him. Mid Shot of him by himself, as

the girl has disappeared. CU of his

face as he realizes it was all in

his head and none of it had

actually happened, he never went

back to help her.

Upbeat dance music.

Fades from the shot of him

holding the girl close to him,

to a shot of him sat on his own

as it was all in his head.