Step Outline-

First Step Outline-

Step outline: Arctic monkeys ‘This house is a circus’

Song Length: 3 minutes 11 seconds

Location: A house (kitchen, living room, garden)

Band: 4 members. 14 actors

12 seconds	Hall: girl walks into room, puts money in slot machine, band start playing intro
36 seconds	House: male walking in hallway, ordinary objects start to look strange e.g. photo frames. VERSE ONE
49 seconds	Kitchen: Looking for food, the toaster starts to talk to him (captions) VERSE TWO
1 min 15 seconds	Living room: A dog dancing with a guy. Long shot shows that this dog is actually a girl. CHORUS
1 min 40 seconds	Bathroom: sorting himself out INSTRUMENTAL
1 min 50	Hall: back to band playing instruments; close ups of guitar etc. INSTRUMENTAL
2 min	Room: Lots of coats piled up on the floor (long shot shows this to be people passed out on the floor) VERSE THREE
2 min 12 seconds	He goes to kitchen and sits down; everything around him goes really quickly as if time is going faster VERSE FOUR
2 min 38 seconds	Back to band playing, little girl walks out room. INSTRUMENTAL

More Detailed Step Outline

8 Seconds	Hall: a little girl walks into hall, puts money into a guitar case, curtains open and band start playing. Intro
36 seconds	House: male walking in hallway, He walks into the first room and sees a clown on the sofa; a mid shot shows that this is just a normal guy and the two start fighting.  VERSE ONE
49 seconds	He enters the next room and through his eyes we see a group of people having a tea part. A mid shot of the room reveals that this is a group of people doing shots and drinking games.  Pre chorus
1 min 14 seconds	Hall: Band performance,  Kitchen: The guy walks into the kitchen and opens a cupboard to find lots of different faces.  CHORUS
1 min 46 seconds	Hall: back to band playing instruments; close ups of guitar etc. Bathroom: washing his face INSTRUMENTAL
2 min	Corridor: He walks down the corridor and sees a photo of a child - the child then begins to dance.  VERSE THREE
2 min 12 seconds	Bedroom: He walks into a bedroom to find a bed with a bump; he goes up to this and uncovers, once again, a clown. A long shot of the room shows a very agitated drunk teenager. Hall: Close ups of the bands performance. Instrumental
2 min 22 seconds	Walking out the room and making his way to the kitchen. Pre Chorus
2 min 37 seconds	Hall: Band performance. Chorus
3 min 11 seconds	He sits down in the kitchen. Time goes very quickly as we see people getting food and making drinks. Little girl drops a male doll and walks over to the band and claps. Instrumental

- Katie.