Shooting Script

Younger – Ruel
Music video

We start with a still frame of 2 Intro music

boys with an arm round each
other giving a thumbs up,
holding a football. They then
come to life and run away from
the camera, kicking the ball
around. I use a drone shot to
track the boys as they run. They
are in a large field. The camera
nods as the beat and lyrics
start-
[Verse 1]
and we see them walking down a You and I, used to walk the
dark street with hoods up, streets at night
heading towards a shop. Cutting Our parents didn't know, we kept
to the beat, the scene is the TV going
established as being in a And left on all the bedroom
middle-class neighbourhood with lights
big houses. The boys also ride
bikes down a street in slow-
motion. A middle-aged man gets
into his car in slow-motion.
This sets up all the different And no, I haven’t seen you since
scenes we are going to follow. we lost all our innocence
You left me in the dark while
The two boys are playing you drink in the park
football together in the field, I’ll never be the same again 
playfully tackling each other
and laughing (some shots in
slow-Mo). Aerial drone shots [Pre-Chorus]
follow them. You and me were so, so close
And maybe that's what hurts the
most
The rich man climbs into his car
and begins to drive. The screen
fades into the other boy as an
adult and we see him dressing
his kids in the morning looking
solemn. As he and his kids leave
the frame, we see eviction It's out of my hands, I've done
notices laid on the table. what I can
So I just save my breath

In split screen we see both men.

The one on the left is driving a
BMW and is wearing smart [Chorus]
clothes. The one on the left is Deep in my heart, I know that
walking his kids to school in it's over
regular clothes. Deleted your number, so
I can't call you

The boys are cycling through

their neighbourhood, one holding
the football under their arm.
The camera begins zoomed in on
the ball and pulls away to
reveal this. The cameraman will Call you my brother, the way
be in the back of a car filming that we used to
a moving shot.
When we were younger, younger

The camera changes to a shot of

the dark-haired boy in centre-
shot. It then crossfades to
older him in his place, driving [Verse 2]
his car. I saw you just the other night
I didn't even recognize you
Find it kind of strange, I guess
We see the older blonde hair guy that people change
sitting at a table with his head
in his hands holding a pen,
stressing over his overdue But I didn't expect you to
bills. His shirt buttoned down
and his tie loosened. His [Pre-Chorus]
daughter runs to him and he You and me were so, so close
changes his expression to happy. And maybe that's what hurts the
most

The boys are walking towards

their homes as it gets dark,
football under one of their
arms. They share a cigarette
which the blonde-haired boy
hands to dark-haired boy. They
fist-bump as they separate into
their homes. It's out my hands,

The dark-haired man is at home

digging through an old box where I've done what I can
he comes across a photo of So I just save my breath
himself and the other boy as
kids holding a football. He
looks fondly for a beat, with
the camera looking over his
shoulder. As he turns to his
right
[Chorus]
The frame is replaced by the Deep in my heart, I know that
blonde-haired boy completing the it's over
motion. We are back to their Deleted your number, so I can't
childhood. Ina a field, the call you
dark-haired boy softly kicks the
ball towards his friend (camera
follows and pans up to blond-
haired boy as he kicks it up).
He picks up the ball and beckons
his friend away.
Call you my brother, the
They begin walking towards an way that we used to
off-licence shop, carrying the When we were younger, younger
football.

We see the blonde-haired man zip

his hood up and the lighting is
darker. He heads toward an off-
license and looks confidence but (pause music)
you can tell he doesn’t want to
do it. The camera stops
following him and he disappears
into the shop.

We follow the 2 boys also

towards an off-license. The
dark-haired boy looking more
worried. They enter and look
around the shelves separately,
stuffing items into their
pockets. The shop owner spots [Bridge]
them and calls after them but Tryna get in touch with you, I
the boys run out of the shop. don't know where you've been
Have a conversation but you'll
There is a car outside which a never let me in
man steps out of and pulls the I've tried, I've tried
dark-haired boy into the car, I've tried with you a thousand
slapping him. In slow motion he times
screams at the blonde boy and
looks threatening and angry. The
dark-haired boy throws the
football to his friend who
catches it as he stands
hopeless.

The car speeds off and the

blonde boy looks hurt and
scared, but soon changes his
expression to angry and storms
off in the other direction. Maybe I don't have to play the
bad guy in the end
(Both scenes are layered on-top 'Cause I've been trying hard
on each other) the blond boy enough to be a better friend
continues to walk away from I've tried, I've tried
shop/ towards camera with hood But we're out of time
up and hands in pockets. An
alarm sounds. His adult self
runs out of the shop clutching
his pockets and he runs through
his younger self and out of
frame. We cut to the dark-haired
man driving around looking at
houses. He pulls up to one and
knocks on the door. We quickly
flick back between the men as
boys living their separate
lives. The blond boy is studying
in his bedroom and the dark-
haired boy is sitting in a park
with a cigarette alone.

The flashbacks switch faster and [Chorus]

faster as his hand reaches the Deep in my heart, I know that
doorbell. Once it rings the it's over
flashbacks stop and we are with Deleted your number so, I can't
the man. call you
My brother, the way that we used
We then follow the blond man as to
he lets him in and they embrace, When we were younger, younger
happy to see each other. As he
leads his friend past the table,
he sees the Overdue and Eviction 1
notices laid out. Saying nothing
they continue on and the man
introduces his friend to his
wife and kids. The dark-haired
man is humbled by this. After
bending down to meet the
children, they continue into the
kitchen where the dark-haired
man puts down his credit card on
the table and presents one of
the overdue bills.

As the blond guy is pouring them

drinks, he looks up at his
friend and smiles emotionally.
He begins to pull him towards
the bedroom and digs through his
cupboard and pulls out an old
football. The one they used to
play with as kids. They exchange
a glance and share the moment
together as the screen fades
back to the photo from the
start.