Nikki J – The Way You Do Script

(Black and White Filter)

Intro – We see the artist and her lover walking hand in hand down a street at night.

The camera zooms in from a long shot to a medium close-up

“I don’t believe in fairy tales” – Hugs lover on the door step of her house (mid shot)

“But the night that I met you” – Open the door and wave goodbye (shot/reverse

shot)

“All my wishes came true” – The artist closes the door behind her and smiles with

happiness.

“Can be myself when I’m with you” – We see the artist walk up the stairs seductively

(low angle shot)

“My hair and makeup you can see through” – We see the artist looking in the mirror

while messing around with her hair and makeup

“It’s the real me that you’re in to” – The singer looks at herself in the mirror while lip

syncing the lyrics of the song.

(Colour)

“Come over to my house and chill. Be yourself and keep it real” – Her lover is at the

door with chocolate and flowers. Invites him in and they go to sit on the sofa.

“I love who you are. You are my star” – The artist is looking into the camera while

dancing with a starry background.

(Black and White)

“Im looking rough ain’t done my hair” – Back to the shot of her singing into the

mirror.

“I don’t dress up but you don’t care” – Puts on jogging bottoms as Pyjamas and ties

hair in ponytail.

(Colour)

“I love who you are. You are my star” – Close up of the artist dancing by herself in a

graffiti underpass.

“Babe when I see something beautiful” – Long shot, she looks at flowers her lover has

bought and places them in a vase.

“Automatically reminds me of you” – She smells flowers in vase and then turns her

head to see her lover. She is smiling throughout the scene.

“That’s why I know that my heart is real cause no one else can make me feel” – Long

shot while we see him sitting on the sofa, she goes and sits next to him and snuggles

in his arms.

“The way you do” – Long shot, she is outside on a starry night and we see her

dancing by herself and lip syncing the words while breaking the fourth wall.

(Colour)

“I love it when we are alone” – Panning shot of them both back on the sofa.

“Cause we just kick back and relax watch some movies play tracks” – Starts with an

over the shoulder shot of the TV (Romcom perhaps Love Actually) and pans in a

rightwards direction onto a close up of the two lovers eating chocolates or popcorn.

Stack of CD’s or a stereo on a table next to them.

“And when I’m lying in your arms, you know exactly what you do” – Medium Close

Up of the two lovers lying together on the sofa. She is in his arms.

“To make me stay in love with you” – Low shot of the characters dancing in a graffiti

underpass. We can clearly see several genre characteristics on display, such as the

use of Jewellery and perhaps even Tattoos on the characters.

“Come over to my house and chill, be yourself and keep it real” – Long shot into

medium close up via zoom effect, the camera moves around while the couple dance

around the house while laughing, stereo is playing however we cannot hear it as an

audience.

“I love who you are, you are my star” – Long shot, she is outside on a starry night and

we see her dancing by herself and lip syncing the words while breaking the fourth

wall.

(Black and White)

“I’m looking rough ain’t done my hair” – Medium shot, she wakes up in the morning

with rough bed style hair.

“I don’t dress up but you don’t care” – Medium close up shot while she is wearing

Pyjamas and a bath robe in her bedroom.

(In Colour)

“I love who you are, you are my star” – Close up of the artist dancing in an underpass.

This helps us represent the R&B genre as this is a typical representation.

“Babe when I see something beautiful, Automatically reminds me of you” – The artist

gets up and lovingly pulls her partner out of the room and into the hallway. We then

see the characters go out of shot.

“That’s why I know that my heart is real” - Long shot, she is outside on a starry night

and we see her dancing by herself and lip syncing the words while breaking the

fourth wall.

“Cause no one else can make me feel the way you do” – The couple are walking

down the street holding hands and smiling with each other on a cold street at night.

(Fade into Black and White)

“No need to hide when I’m with you” – We are shown a flashback of the couple

walking down a cold street at night, they are smiling

“I feel safe when I’m in your arms” – Low angle long shot. The male character takes

the artist in his arms and they hug in the middle of a street, with one streetlight in

the distance, silhouette forms.

(Fade into Colour)

“And I wouldn’t change a single thing, Cause you know that” – Close up shot, the

couple turn back around and we see them heading off at night and walking towards

a field.

(In Colour)

“Babe when I see something beautiful, automatically reminds me of you, that’s why I

know that my heart is real, cause no one else can make me feel” – Multiple shots

including medium close ups and close ups of artist performing on stage. She will be

giving off a strong stage presence, seemingly interacting with fans in the

background. We will use a few lights on the artist in a blanked out room to create the

feeling that the artist is on a stage.

“The way you do, no one, the way you do, no one, ho ooo” – Close up to a Long shot

via a zoom out, we see the artist dancing with her partner by themselves while she is

lip syncing the words and occasionally breaking the fourth wall.