Birds and Planes Step Outline

Throughout the video there will be shots of the band playing interweaving between the shots in the narrative. The performance shots will use a lot of panning and tracking shots so that the entire band gets pretty much equal screen time. There will also be close-ups of the instruments at important parts of the song, for example the bass bridge, and close-ups of the singer to show emotion. The characters in the narrative will be mouthing along to some of the words to glue the performance and narrative together.

 

0.00 – 0.14	Intro	Introduction to characters of the bird and pilot. Both are sitting on a sofa at home with the bird glaring at the pilot (relationship troubles). The bird then throws something like an egg at the pilot at the same time as the music kicks in.
0.14 – 0.54	Chorus	Cuts to band performing in warehouse with various shots interweaving between shots of the narrative. Shots of the pilot (sad) looking at pictures of the bird. Flashback to pilot eating KFC in house then bird walks in on accent of song. Bird gets angry and pilot has subtitles like – “It’s not what it looks like!”
0.54 – 1.10	Verse	Transition back to pilot being sad and looking at photos mouthing along to words of the song. More shots of band performing.
1.10 – 1.57	Chorus	Shots of bird getting increasingly angry and mouthing along to words of the song. Like with previous chorus general shots of the band performing between shots of narrative. Bird eventually gets so angry he gets initiated into a gang. Montage of the bird being initiated with clothes and various tasks.
1.57 – 2.23	Bridge	Pilot walks down a street in the dark and stumbles upon the gang and the bird. The gang harass him by tripping him up and laugh at him. As the pilot walks away the bird turns around and feels sorry for him. The gang notices this so starts to harass the bird.
2.23 – 2.45	Bridge (Bass)	Slow zoom on the bassist whilst he is playing the bridge (solo) and as the gang harass the bird the pilot turns around to see what is happening. The pilot gets gradually angrier as the bridge goes on until a cut to the singer screaming. The video then cuts back to the pilot who is screaming in time with singer. This shot is in slow motion.
2.45 – 3.25 (END)	Chorus	Pilot runs towards bird and helps by pushing the gang away and hitting them with briefcase. Montage of fight scene with bird and pilot teaming up to fight off gang. Shots of the band now head-banging and jumping around with music. The bird and pilot become friends again after the gang have gone and walk off into the distance together.