The script summarizes a music video for the song "The Girl" by City and Colour. It consists of 15 scenes showing the relationship of a couple from their morning preparations for a date to their engagement. Key moments include the couple going out for a meal, sharing an intimate night together, spending time together happily the next day, and the man ultimately proposing to the overjoyed woman. The script synchronizes the scenes with the lyrics and music of the song.

1. Music Video Script
The Girl – City and
Colour
Final Script
Zara Yaffe

2. Music Video Script
Video Title: City and Colour- The Girl
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
1. 0:00 – 0:30 – Fade in to MS of girl
sitting down on bed in her own
house putting shoes on (heels).
Struggling to put shoes on (until
6s) Cut to MS of man in his own
house looking into a mirror putting
a tie on and spraying after shave
on (until 9s) CU of tightening of
the tie. Cut to girl putting
mascara on CU shot. MS of girl
putting perfume on and twirling in
it feeling happy, smiling with
herself etc. (until 13s). Cut to
ECU man doing his belt up (until
15s). LS of man practicing how he
should greet girl, waving in
mirror, sighing, smiling, sighing
etc. (until 18s). MS of man sitting
on end of bed, texting girl. ECU of
mobile phone, sends “can’t wait to
see you later” to girl. (until 22s)
Cuts to MS of girl receiving
message, smiling, happy etc. (until
24s). Cuts to LS in synchronized
split screen of couple locking
houses up, checking themselves in
the mirror, deep breaths and
leaving to meet up. (until 28s)
Jump cut to LS when they meet up
and see each other, kiss each
other. (Until 30s).
0-25s MUSIC
I wish I could do better by

3. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
2. 0:30 – 1:00 – Cut to LS of man and
girl holding hands walking together
towards a restaurant in a busy
area. (until 33s) CU of behind the
couple where the man opens up an
umbrella for them to share
together. MS of looking onto them
from behind walking together under
the rain. (until 37s). ECU of
holding hands locked together
(until 39s). Panning upwards to see
the rain falling down next to a
street light so the droplets can be
clearly seen (until 43s). MS of man
holding door open to restaurant for
his girlfriend (until 45s). Panning
downwards to CU of girl’s feet
going through the door (until 46s).
Jump cut to LS of waitress taking
in the menus from the couple (until
48s). Cut to MS food already eaten
on the table, couple joking and
laughing about, having fun (until
51s) Cut to ECU of bill on table
with cash on the plate too. (Until
53s). Cut to MS/CU of door swinging
after couples have left (until
55s). Cut to back outside where it
is now dark, OTS of man, looking at
him twirling her under his arm,
laughing and joking about. (until
58s). Cut to CU, twirls her in for
a kiss. (until 1.00)
You, cause that’s what you
deserve. You sacrifice so much
of your life in order for this
to work. While I’m off chasing
my own dreams, sailing around
the world, please know that I’m
yours to keep, my beautiful
girl.
3. 1:00 – 1:30 – MS of girl in living
room drinking alcohol in man’s arms
in house. (until 1.04) Cut to LA
from the bottom of the stairs
watching onto man helping girl get
up the stairs whilst drunk and
stumbling (until 1.08) Cut to LS of
man and woman salsa-like dancing
together whilst drunk (until 1.13).
Cut to HA of girl getting brought
in by the man to kiss him (until
1.16) cut to CU of man putting
pearl necklace around her neck
(until 1.19) Cut to MS of man
getting mirror and showing the girl
herself and necklace in mirror
(until 1.23) Cut to LS of man
writing something onto a notepad
and scribbling it out and re-
writing it etc repeatedly (until 1.
27) Cut to MS man and girl fighting
over notepad, he doesn’t want to
show her but she wants to see
(until 1.30)
When you cry a piece of my heart
dies, knowing that I may have
been the cause. If you were to
leave and fulfill someone else’s
dreams, I think I might totally
be lost. You don’t ask for no
diamond rings,

4. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
4. 1:30 – 2:00 – Cut to CU of man
singing it for her to the exact
same lyrics as what’s playing with
music (Until 1.38) Cut to MS of
them singing “ooooo” together sat
together on the floor(until 1.43).
Cut to LS of man and girl dancing
together, she’s in his arms (until
1.48) Cut back to MS singing “oooo”
together on the floor (until 1.55)
Cut to HA girl crying with
happiness over the song, he wipes
away her tears and kisses her
(until 2.00)
No delicate strings of pearls,
that’s why I wrote this song to
sing, my beautiful girl. OOOOOH
(repeated x 16)
5. 2:00 – 2:30 – Cut to standing up,
LS of girl slowing taking his t-
shirt off and him smiling and
laughing together (until 2.03). Cut
to tracking shot of clothes on
floor, panning from left to right
(until 2.06) Cut to still shot with
slow motion of shirt falling to the
ground (until 2.10) Cut to tracking
shot of clothes on floor, panning
from left to right (until 2.12) Cut
to extreme close up of guy stepping
out of jeans in slow motion (2.14)
Cut to tracking shot of clothes on
the floor, panning from left to
right (until 2.19) Jump cut to OTS
RS in bed over his shoulder of girl
just smiling at him in awe (until
2.21) Cut to ECU of his hand
clenching onto bed cover and
squeezing it (until 2.22) Cut to LS
of bedroom with them under the
covers and her hair is all over the
pillows (until 2.23)Cut to ECU of
clenching hands onto his back and
scratches (until 24) Strobe of all
the last 4 shots repeatedly over
and over for 1 second each (until
2.30)
OOOOH (repeated x4) MUSIC from
2.04

5. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
6. 2:30 – 3:00 – Jump cut LA to
outside where there’s rain,
watching it fall (until 2.33) Jump
cut MS back to bed where they both
take a deep breath and exhale and
smile (until 2.35) Jump cut to LS
of road where the couple are
running up it together holding
hands in the rain (until 2.39) Cut
to CU of man picking flowers from a
garden and giving them to her
(until 2.42) Cut to MS tracking
shot of girl spinning round with
the flowers in her hands (until
2.45) Cut to HA shot panning of all
the flowers (until 2.46) Cut to MS
of girl looking down at the floor
and smiling and giggling,
embarrassed (until 2.49) Cut to CU
of her face looking down and the
man’s hands on it, pushing her chin
up and pulling her mouth out so
that she smiles (until 2.53) Cut to
MS of the couple, the man touching
her nose to make her laugh (until
2.55) Cut to MS of man beckoning
his girl so that they can go home
(until 2.57) Cut to LS of girl
following behind him (until 3.00)
MUSIC until 2.35 one, two, a
one, two, three, four. I wish I
could do better by you ‘cause
it’s what you deserve. You
sacrifice so much of your life
in order for this to work. While
I’m off chasing my own dreams
(my own dreams),
7. 3:00 – 3:30 – Cut to ECU of their
hands locked together and swinging
(until 3.03) Cut to MS tracking
shot of the couple walking up the
road, tracking shot turns and shows
other people walking up the road
too (until 3.06) Jump cut back to
bedroom, LS of them sat on the
floor with a laptop and they’re
watching the official video to this
song (until 3.09) Cut to CU of the
laptop screen with the main
vocalist actually singing it (3.14)
Cut back to them watching it, MS
with them singing along as well
(3.17) Jump cut to CU of him
kissing her forehead in bed where
she then falls asleep (until 3.21)
Jump cut to MS in kitchen in the
morning of the couple making
themselves breakfast (3.24) Cut to
MS of man opening the bin and
putting last night’s bottles of
alcohol into the bin and smiling,
shaking his head and looking at her
(until 3.28) Cut to ECU of the bin
closing (until 3.30)
Sailing around the world (round
the world), please know that I’m
yours to keep, my beautiful
girl. And when you cry, a piece
of my heart dies knowing that I
may have been the cause. If you
were to leave and fulfill
someone else’s dreams, I think I
might totally be lost.

6. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
8. 3:30 – 4:00 – Cut to MS of the man
putting last night’s flowers he
picked for her into a vase (until
3.33) Cut to CU of the tap filling
the vase up with water (until 3.35)
Cut to LS of kitchen where the vase
with flowers is in the middle of
the table and is focused on them,
then it focuses onto the girl at
the end of the table and unfocussed
on the flowers (until 3.38) Focuses
back onto the flowers (until 3.40)
Cut to LA of man walking up the
stairs (until 3.43) Cut to CU of
kettle pouring water into a mug
(until 3.46) Flashbacks of
everything that’s happened
before/last night. Fade and cut to
MS of man in mirror putting a tie
on and spraying after shave on
(until 3.48) Fade and cut to back
outside, OTS of man, looking at him
twirling her under his arm,
laughing and joking about. (until
3.51s). Fade and cut to MS man and
girl fighting over notepad, he
doesn’t want to show her but she
wants to see (until 3.54) Fade and
cut to MS of them singing “ooooo”
together sat together on the floor.
Fade out(until 4.00).
But you don’t ask for no diamond
rings, no delicate string of
pearls, that’s why I wrote this
song to sing, my beautiful girl.
MUSIC from 3.45

7. Music Video Script
VIDEO AUDIO
LYRICS / NARRATION / MUSIC / FX
9. 4:00 – 4:30 - Jump cut to OTS CU of
girl in mirror taking off last
night’s make up (until 4.04) Cut to
MS of her spraying herself (until
4.06) Jump cut to CU of a bag with
wrapping paper in, man clearly
searching for something inside it
(until 4.09)Cut to LS of man making
the messy bed and fluffing the
pillows (until 4.13) Cut to CU of
man finding note pad with lyrics on
it from night before (until 4.15)
Cut to ECU of the notepad with
lyrics (until 4.17) Cut to MS of
man holding notepad and singing
along to it to the exact same
lyrics as too what are playing
(until 4.21) Jump cut to ECU back
to downstairs where she’s doing up
her dressing gown and tightening it
(until 4.23) Cut to MS of her
biting her nails nervously (until
4.25) Cut to ECU of her feet under
the table tapping from anxiety
(until 4.27) Jump cut to LS of the
man upstairs anxious and tapping
his feet (until 4.30)
MUSIC until 4.22 But you don’t
ask for no diamond rings
(diamond rings), no delicate
string of pearls (string of
pearls), that’s why
10. 4:30 – 5:00 – Jump cut to LA
tracking shot of the girl wandering
upstairs curiously (until 4.33) Cut
to LS of them both together smiling
at each other (until 4.35) Cut to
LS of him getting down on one knee
with a ring in hand (until 4.38)
Cut to RS CU where she can’t stop
smiling and is gob smacked (until
4.40) Cut to LS where she’s
shouting and jumping ‘yes’ (until
end – 4.43)
I wrote this song to sing my
beautiful girl (END AT 4.43)
Voice over where she’s shouting
yes continuously
11. 5:00 – 5:30 -
12. 5:30 – 6:00 -
13. 6:00 – 6:30 -
14. 6:30 – 7:00 -
15. 7:00 – 7:30 -