My Music Video Timeline

My Music Video Timeline

byDavid Jeffery-Hughes


Music Video starts with a long track in to the band standing on a stage accompanied with the fade in of music.

Camera tracks up to the band at which point the lead singer turns around and punches the lens, which makes the camera spin. Picture quickly fades out.

Glitch text appears displaying the band members name. Next shot fades into the background.

0:00-0:05 0:05-0:06 0:06-0:8 0:08-0:10

Low Angle shot of band member playing electric guitar.

Cut to each different band member on every “Nah”

0:10-0:12


Cut to band members running around with bandanas shot and shaking fence shot.

Cut to lead singer miming on Dock Location.

Cut to band singing the chorus, “I fought the law and a”

0:12-0:18 0:18-0:21 0:21-0:27 0:27-0:31

Lead singer mimes Cut to bands performance singing “I fought the law”

0:31-0:37


Lead singer walks to towards camera as it tracks out

Lead singer runs down street to tie in with lyrics “I guess my race is won.”

Singer sits down on street curb as he says lyrics.

0:37-0:39 0:39-0:43 0:43-0:47 0:47-0:51

Band in a different location singing “I fought the law”

Quick cut to each of the 4 band members on the “Na”

0:51-0:53


Long Narrative sequence intercut with quick shots of the drummer

Guitarist playing solo with lead singer jumping around.

Cut to each band member on “Nah”

0:53-1:15 1:15-1:20 1:20-1:21 1:21-1:25

Lead singer makes gun shape with his fists and camera tracks out

Group shot of band performance “I fought the Law”

1:25-1:31


Lead singer at band performance mimes song.

Band members running out of old bank

Band performance of lyrics.

1:31-1:33 1:33-1:40 1:40-1:50 1:50-1:56

Lead singer performs intercut with words on screen.

Lead singer runs out of police station and runs down street

1:56-2:00


Band performance cut to different shots of band performing song with each “Nah”

Band members performing song.

The shots get quicker as the music builds. It intercuts with lots of shots over of the different footage from the music video, with the shot of the band which zooms closer with the beat of the music.

2:00-2:03 2:03-2:09 2:09-2:43

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My Music Video Timeline