Script

This is the working script I wrote for the Emotions music video, debut single from the artist Atul. Five pages. Two worlds. One man choosing whether to live.

What this captures is the structural braid of the piece. Atul lies dying in a real-world ER while singing the lyrics floating in and out of consciousness. Taylor, the woman from the torn photograph, storms in to be with him. Between every real-world scene, we cut to the otherworld, the same hospital emptied out and flickering, where Atul chases Taylor through corridors and into a morgue. Each universe reflects the other. The lyrics carry across the cut.

Pay attention to how the beat drops are written into the page. "THE BEAT DROPS" appears three times, and each one is a structural pivot, the moment the song surges and the visuals match it. That's how you write a music video for a director and an editor at the same time. The music isn't a soundtrack laid over picture. It's the architecture.

The ending stays ambiguous on purpose. Atul opens his eyes. Taylor loses grasp of his hand. Slam to black. Whether he lives, whether he chose her, whether the otherworld released him, none of that gets answered. The song is called Emotions, and the film argues that emotions are the thing you have to walk through, not the thing that resolves.

For filmmakers reading this who haven't worked in music video form, notice how short the script is. Five pages for a four-minute piece. The script gives you the spine. Everything else lives in the shotlist, the overheads, and the performance on the day.