Storyline brief:A couple go to The Interpreters gig, clearly having problems, viewer doesn’t know if girlfriend knows that her boyfriend is seeing another girl or not? Band playing on stage, whilst couple fall out, girl leaves the pub, as guy gets close to the mystery girl inside, viewer sees break down from girls point of view.

Actions not words – The Interpreters3 minutes 52 seconds

Scene: Take 5 basement, dark street/alleyway, Norwich.

Camera: black and white, gritty

Cast: couple – Cat and Dudley, the band, approx 20 ish actors for the audience.

Dress: Normal everyday clothes, quite casual.

Props needed: Instruments & amps, two spotlights, fag & lighter, make-up.

Storyboard

Scene 1: Verse 1Style: story narration

Video begins with a shot of the band playing the intro, close-up of Will as he sings ‘1, 2, 3, 4’, camera browses crowd.As this line is sang … “a crowd of people stood and stared”

Shot of the audience form behind, containing the audience crowd staring at Cat and Dudley on stage lit up by spotlights. As this line is sang… “I watched you walk on by ignoring everything inside”

Cat walks off stage, then begins to walk through the audience

Scene 2: chorusStyle: live performance of band

On stage in Take 5 Live performance from the band on stage. Lots of close-ups of the guitars and Mike and Will singing

Scene 3: verse 2Style: story narration

As this line in sang… “is something wrong?” Dudley walks through people in audience, sees Cat, grabs

her arm and mouths the line, Cat then looks down towards the floor looking upset.As this line is sang… “if not whys it take so long to answer a simple question?”

Cat pulls her arm out of Dudley’s grasp Then as verse finishes and builds into the chorus, camera

shot of Cat from behind running up the stairs

Scene 4: ChorusStyle: live performance of the band

On stage in Take 5 Close up of Duncan hitting drums/cymbals, Will/Mike

singing, tom playing bass etc.

Scene 5: Middle 8Style: focus on Cat

As the middle 8 begins… Cat walks back down the stairs to where the band are

playing, to find Dudley, gets to bottom step and sees Dudley leaning up against a wall with another women, whispering in her earAs this line is sang… “what is going on? I can’t explain”

Turns around and runs back up the stairs, outside, flumps onto wallAs this line in sang… “I just sit here and tremble”

A split screen (post production), one half close-up of Will singing the line, one half Cat leaning against a wall saying the line (emotional)/crying eyes out not saying line

End of scene shot of band on stage, close-ups

Scene 6: Verse 3Style: Cat on the street

Shot of Cat from behind walking down the street, away from the camera on her own.

Stands on bridge, leaning over, rips off necklace throws in on floor

Scene 7: ChorusStyle: Cat, with Mike and Will playing on street

Cat standing in the street, Mike and Will standing behind her playing acoustic guitars whilst singing chorus, spotlight on Will on extended lead vocal.

Scene 8: OutroStyle: outside in the street

The band running after Cat down the street, band then stop running, camera runs past band, Cat continues running, then turns into an alleyway on 2nd “I need someone, I need someone else”As this line is sang… “I need someone, I need someone else” x4

Cat flumps up against wall in the alleyway, slides down the wall, sparks up a fag, drops head into her hands

END!

Key Cast:

The couple – Cat and DudleyThe band – Will, Mike, Tom and DuncanCrowd – around 20ish people

Props:

Spotlights x 2NecklaceBeersInstruments & ampsPacket of fags and lighterStage??