Shooting Script for Peter Gabriel's 'Don't Give Up' Video 31/01/2013
OVER BLACK:
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
The first notes of the song sound.
FADE IN:
1. EXT. FACTORY IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF A BIG CITY (DETROIT) - MORNING
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 1
PAN SHOT of a busy street, followed by TILT UP toward the top of high-rise towers (skyscrapers) and TILT DOWN to ZOOM FORWARD on factory workers noisily walking out of their work in an automobile plant.
They seem tired but full of pride and energy despite their night shift.
Then, CLOSE UP on the face of one man in the crowd. He looks young and enthusiastic.
ZOOM BACKWARD to show the man walking on, now framed in a FULL SHOT.
Then, TRACKING SHOT, following the man who is walking away at a brisk pace, waving goodbye to his workmates with a broad smile on his face These people obviously stick together.
He is now seen in a LONG SHOT.
DISSOLVE TO BLACK & WHITE
2. INT. APARTMENT - MORNING
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 2
FULL SHOT of a man who is sitting at home, sipping a cup of coffee. He is the same man as the one viewed earlier but he looks older and depressed.
CLOSE UP on the man's gloomy face.
PAN TO THE RIGHT: A song is playing on an old radio transistor.
CUT TO COLOR
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Chorus
3. EXT. STREET - SUNNY DAY
The man is seen in a FULL SHOT talking to friends. The conversation is lively and the group (both men and women) walk into a bar.
DISSOLVE TO BLACK & WHITE
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 3
4. EXT. EMPTY STREET - RAINY DAY
LONG SHOT of a group of men lining up in front of what looks like a job center. ZOOM FORWARD to focus on the face of the same man standing in line. He looks ashamed and despondent.
CUT TO:
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 4
5. EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
The man is driving at night. He is about to reach his destination, a house on the lakeside barely visible in the distance.
CUT TO:
6: INT. CAR - EARLY MORNING
The man is looking at something outside. He looks stunned. EXTREME CLOSE UP on the man's eyes.
Then REVERSE SHOT: he was staring at the scorched earth which seems to have replaced a little wood which stood near the house and where he used to play as a kid. The house looks shabby, rundown, maybe even abandoned. There is nothing left of his roots.
CUT TO COLOR
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Chorus
7. INT. APARTMENT - AFTERNOON
MEDIUM SHOT of the man and his wife at home. The woman is talking. She seems to be comforting her husband, stroking his hair.
CLOSE SHOT of the man who rests his head against her, as if he needed a shoulder to cry on.
Then, PAN SHOT TO THE RIGHT as two kids run into the drawing room to kiss and hug their parents (SLOW MOTION).
LOW-ANGLE SHOT of the man who suddenly picks up a newspaper and sighs deeply.
He stands up and says 'OK'.
He then turns his back on his family and walks out of the room.
DISSOLVE TO BLACK & WHITE
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 5
8..EXT. STREET - EVENING
FULL SHOT of the man as he walks down the street, then strolls along a river.
CLOSE UP on the man's face, followed by ZOOM OUT to show the man now standing on a bridge, looking down at the river.
P.O.V. SHOT: the man is staring intently at the black foam-flecked water below, as if he was about to jump and commit suicide.
HIGH-ANGLE SHOT + TRACKING IN of the man walking across the bridge while the river keeps flowing.
CUT TO:
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Verse 6
9 .INT. SMALL TOWN - DAYS LATER
MEDIUM-CLOSE SHOT of the man standing at a counter, begging to be hired but the employer shakes his head.
PAN SHOT of the man as he walks out of the place.
CUT TO:
10. EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER
LONG SHOT of the man trying his luck in yet another job agency we see him walking into but he soon walks out, his head bent.
CUT TO COLOR
MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Chorus
11. INT. APARTMENT - MORNING
FULL SHOT of a group of people, among whom the man's wife and kids.
They seem to be celebrating someone's birthday. The atmosphere is joyful and the man seems to be having fun.
EXTREME CLOSE UP on his eyes in which there is a glimmer of hope at last.
He now seems seem more cheerful than ever before and kisses his wife before hugging his two kids.
FADE OUT
