Scenes from a Movie members Tony Bush and Jon Ewing were friends in high school.
[1] Ewing, and the guitarist Luke Del Papa, convinced Bush to leave university and the group expanded to a quintet, choosing the name Scenes from a Movie.
[1] Adding Jared Miller on drums and Adam Triplett on bass guitar, the group started touring, soon appearing with groups such as The Starting Line, Thursday and Boys Like Girls.
[1] Their first LP, The Pulse, was released on July 24, 2007, and was compared to Fall Out Boy and Panic!
[4] On October 2, 2007, Bush and Triplett announced their departure from the band which later split up.