Cutting to the beat- Beyonce If i were a boy

Cutting to the beat

Cutting in the beat is very important for a music video because;

It makes the music video interesting

It gives the music video more depth

It makes the beat clearer with the video

IIII/IIII

/There's a fire starting in my heart/

 Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark/

/Finally I can see you crystal /clear/

Go 'head and sell me out/ and I'll lay your shit bare

 See how I leave with every piece of you/

 Don't underestimate the things that I will do/

There's /a fire starting in my heart

 Reaching a fever pitch

 And it's bringing me out the dark/

The scars of your love/ remind me of us

 They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

 The scars of your love, they leave me breathless

 I can't help feeling

 We could have had it all

 (You're gonna wish you never had met me)

 Rolling in the deep

 (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

 You had my heart inside of your hand

 (You're gonna wish you never had met me)

 And you played it, to the beat

 (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

How to cut to the beat:

1. Make a key for each of the different shots
2. Start to cut in the lyrics by adding a ‘slash’ between the lyrics 
3. Add the key to the cuts for example a close up shot of Adele could be (CU A)

KEY:

B-Beyoncé

M-male

BT-B and M at breakfast table

BO- Beyoncé leaving the house

BC- Beyoncé in the car with another male

OTS-Over the shoulder shot

ETS-Extreme Long shot

2s-Two shot

Beyoncé; if I were a boy

 

Dialogue:

(MS-B) Intimacy/ (MS-M)

Honesty/ (CU-B)

Commitment/ (CU-M)

You/ (CU-B)

Me/ (MS-B)

Us

If I were a boy/ (HA-B) (MTS-BT) /even just for a day/ (LTS-BT)

I'd roll out of bed in the morning/ (MD-BT)

And throw on what I / (CU-B) wanted and go/ (MS-BT)

(CU-B) /Drink beer/ (LA-B) with the guys

And chase after / (LS-B) girls

I'd / (MTS-BC) kick it with who I wanted

And I'd never get confronted for it

'Cause/ (MTS-BC) they stick up for me