Shot list

#1 0:00-0:01 - CU - Cuts to singer with the song's first cymbal crash. Eyes closed, expression of deep thought

#2 0:01-0:03 - CU - Camera cuts, singer opens eyes with the next cymbal crash, staring at the camera

#3 0:03-0:04 - CU - Camera cuts, with the next crash comes a big evil grin

#4 0:04-0:06 - ECU - Camera cuts, focuses on eyes, determination

#5 0:06-0:07 - LS - Camera cuts, singer gets up and begins to walk

#6 0:07-0:09 - LS - Camera cuts, jump cut whilst walking

#7 0:09-0:10 - LS - Camera cuts, another jump cut + more walking

#8 0:10-0:12 - LS - Camera cuts, another jump cut + exits room

#9 0:12-0:18 - LS, PAN - Camera cuts, pans as he walks across a brighter room, he proceeds to knock things over, causing a wreck

#10 0:18-0:21 - CU - Camera cuts, He laughs in a sinister manner before stopping as he notices something

#11 0:21-0:24 - CU - Camera cuts, zooms into money (a pound note)

#12 0:24-0:28 - CU - Camera cuts, singer looks both ways to check that the area is clear before taking money

#13 0:28-0:30 - CU - Camera cuts, hands reach in to the frame, he takes the money

#14 0:30-0:38 - LS, PAN - Camera cuts, he laughs in a sinister manner again, he now has the money, he then proceeds to leave the room

#15 0:36-0:41 - CU - Camera cuts, singer is once again shown to be in the dark room from the beginning, this establishes that this is perhaps his hiding place to enable him to hide from punishment of his crimes. lip syncs to "Can't overcome it, it's what I do best"

#16 0:41-0:44 - CU - Camera cuts to a pair of jeans presumably left on the floor by owner, singer reaches inside back pocket and finds spare change... "I'll pick your pocket for your last red cent"

#17 0:44-0:45 – CU – Camera cuts, singer holds up note detailing his condition, reading “Results: tested positive for FORCE OF HABIT,

#18 0:45-0:47 – CU – Camera cuts to dark room, lip syncs to “I’m stricken like the rest”

#19 0:47-0:51 – CU – We see a few everyday items fall onto the floor e.g. wallets, keys, corresponding with “never return anything I’m lent”

#20 0:51-0:56 – MS – Camera cuts, singer acts innocent and syncs to “it wasn’t me, yeah you know it wasn’t me, it must have been someone who...” towards the end he lifts his arm up to point at something off camera next to him

#21 0:56-0:58 – MS – Camera cuts to singer again, but in a slightly different position, holding shrugging as if to say “I’m innocent” to give the impression that this is somebody different who happens to look very similar, being pointed to by the singer as we see him in the previous shot, corresponding with “...looked like me”

#22 0:58-1:03 – CU, ZOOM IN – Camera cuts to singer who stares into the camera with a determined, angry expression, breaking the fourth wall as if to try and threaten the audience, lip syncing to “innocent until proven guilty...” and a red tint develops with the camera zooming in as he continues to sync to “...and you ain’t got a thing on me”

#23 1:03-1:09 – MCU – Camera cuts to backdrop of the Earth (will possibly be achieved using greenscreen) whilst singer continues to lip sync to “Your possessions, your worldly possessions, mean more to me than your protective obsessions”, points to audience

#24 1:09-1:10 – MCU – Camera cuts to view of the singer from a house window as his head pops up

#25 1:10-1:12 – LS – Camera cuts to victim living inside of the house who is clearly shocked/scared at the sight of the singer, and he quickly proceeds to grab valuables before he can get to them

#26 1:12-1:15 – CU – Camera cuts to victim throwing the items inside a cupboard or wardrobe. Only his hands are in shot.

#27 1:15-1:19 – CU – Camera cuts back to singer in dark room lip-syncing to “it’s a shame, it’s a god-damn shame”

#28 1:19-1:22 – LS – Camera cuts to shot of a victim trapped inside of a room with the singer stood next to the door laughing, lyrics: “I’m the culprit but you’re the one to blame”

#29 1:22-1:25 – CU – Camera cuts to singer reading a book, seemingly in peace. Lyrics: I’ll take another lesson from my mother”

#30 1:25-1:28 – CU – Singer keeps hold of book with one hand in order to reveal his face as he lip syncs “it’s better to take than get took” as he throws the book away”

#31 1:28-1:31 – CU – Camera cuts to singer’s arms as he opens a wallet and empties out all of the change. Lyrics “steal a dollar, steal a dime”

#32 1:31-1:35 – CU - Camera cuts to dark room, singer lip sync to “force of habit will get you every time”

#33 1:35-1:42 – LS – Camera cuts to a victim, and its then pans back to reveal that the singer is snuck up behind him. The victim turns back and discovers the singer and gets scared off, proceeding to run away. “in your pocket invade your space, force of habit any time or any place”

#34 1:42-1:45 – LS – Camera cuts to victim running towards his wallet to shield it “pay attention, keep an eye on all your cash”

#35 1:45-1:46 – CU – Camera cuts to the victim’s head impacting the floor, implying the singer has attacked him “force of habit...”

#36 1:46-1:48 – CU – Camera cuts to singer’s arm taking the wallet. “...will deprive you of your stash”

#37 1:48-1:51 – CU – Camera cuts to singer in dark room lip syncing to “If I blow it, yeah if I get caught”

#38 1:51-1:54 – CU – Camera once again cuts to the singer holding a note detailing his “disease” reading “Results: tested positive for FORCE OF HABIT” Lyrics: “Force of habit is the problem that I’ve got”

#39 1:54-2:02 – POV SHOT – beginning of song’s instrumental break, camera moves around a street, movement implies that this is somebody’s perspective

#40 2:02-2:05 – ECU – Camera cuts to singer’s eyes looking left and right with determination.

#41 2:05-2:08 – Many brief shots of areas of the street in the space of 3 seconds.

#42 2:08-2:11 – CANTED ANGLE – more movement through the street, P.O.V.

#43 2:11-2:15 – CU – Camera  cuts to singer grinning evilly

#44 2:15-2:21 – LS – Camera shows singer running off somewhere, presumably to find a house to rob

#45 2:21-2:28 – More fast paced shots, this time consisting of canted angles of the street and possibly victims, and a glimpse of the singer laughing

#46 2:28-2:35 – Fast paced shots of items that have presumably been stolen, e.g. wallets, purses, money, drinks, foods etc.

#47 2:35-2:40 – CU – Singer appears to wake up from a trance in the dark room

#48 2:40-2:41 – ECU – Camera cuts to singer’s eyes, and element of surprise

#49 2:41-2:45 – MS, EASE IN – Camera cuts to many stolen goods laid out on the floor, slight zoom in

#50 2:45-2:47 – ECU – Camera cuts to close up of a grin showing on his face, he feels a sense of accomplishment.

#51 2:47-2:50 – CU – Camera cuts to singer looking and reaching his arms up at a valuable item on a shelf. Lyrics: “Mama told me, look but don’t touch”

#52 2:50-2:54 – CU – Singer raises his arms up in frustration as he lip syncs to “but that only made me want it more!”

#53 2:54-2:57 – MS – Camera cuts to singer tinkering with a globe whilst lip syncing to “it doesn’t matter if you’re a friend or a foe”

#54 2:57-3:01 – CU – Camera cuts to singer turning his head to break the fourth wall, lip syncing to “’cause your house is my candy store”

#55 3:01-3:04 – CU – Camera cuts up close to sheets detailing singer’s problems etc. “I admit it, I know I’ve got a problem”

#56 3:04-3:07 – ECU – Camera cuts to a sheet with the word “temptation” printed/written on as we hear the lyrics “but temptation is controlling me” before a hand quickly snatches it away from the shot

#57 3:07-3:10 – ECU – Camera cuts to show part of an item with a price tag, the singer’s hand reaches in to place a piece of paper reading “5-finger discount” onto it. Lyrics: “I can’t resist a five fingered discount”

#58 3:10-3:12 – CU – camera cuts to singer in dark room, lip-syncing with an evil expression to “everything for me is free”

#59 3:12-3:19 – LS, PAN – Camera cuts to and follows singer walking into a house sneakily, door slightly ajar

#60 3:19-3:21 – CU – Camera cuts to singer inside of the house as he looks for valuables inside. He walks towards the camera.

#61 3:21-3:25 – MS – Camera cuts to singer having walked to the cupboard/wardrobe in which valuables were locked inside earlier, shows him struggling to get in

#62 3:25-3:28 – CU – Camera cuts to worried expression on singer’s face

#63 3:28-3:30 – MS, ZOOM – Camera zooms in to the cupboards

#64 3:30-3:32 – LS – Camera cuts to singer walking back out of the house

#65 3:32-3:35 – ES – Camera cuts to establishing/P.O.V. shot of a street

#66 3:35-3:38 – ECU – Camera cuts to singer’s fist clenching

#67 3:38-3:44 – ECU – Camera pans across singer’s collection of stolen coins. Lyrics: “steal a dollar, steal a dime, force of habit will hit you every time”

#68 3:44-3:48 – CU – Camera cuts to a jacket laid on the floor with its pockets inside out “In your pockets, invade your space”

#69 3:48-3:52 – CU – Camera cuts to singer in dark room with his eyes closed. The camera also rotates around him.

#70 3:52-3:56 – CU – Camera cuts to empty money bank, the singer’s hands reach in to the shot and proceed to give the bank a shake

#71 3:56-3:58 – ECU – Camera cuts to a small amount of coins in the singer’s hand

#72 3:58-4:05 – ECU – Camera cuts to another shot of the sheet reading “force of habit” lyrics: “force of habit is the problem that I’ve got”

#73 4:05-4:16 – The music video ends with a small montage of shots shown across the video, which lasts for the final 11 seconds of the song, ending with the first three shots seen in the video played in the reverse order. There is nothing left for the singer to steal and he therefore goes into another sleep, almost as though he is hibernating. The video could therefore be watched on a loop.