Below is a picture of the lyrics to the song that I have chosen to use for my A2 music video. The song is called Mine by the American musical artist Phoebe Ryan. By analysing the lyrics, it made it easier to create the narrative for my video to ensure that it fits with the lyrics. I have looked at all of the devices that she has used such as imagery and also an extended metaphor to convey isolation to the audience. Furthermore, after watching her video for 'Mine', the narrative of the video doesn't really relate to the lyrics so this is where I am able to take advantage of this and produce a storyline to match the lyrics.
The storyline that I have created involves two characters: a male - Mark, acting as the boyfriend and a female - Faye, acting as his girlfriend but also the singer. My video will be both narrative and performance based which is similar to Phoebe Ryan's video for 'Mine'.
Below is the video for 'Mine' - Phoebe Ryan...
Previous Student's work that I have looked at...
Above is a video that previous students created with the song 'Crying for no reason' by artist Katy B. This song is quite similar to 'Mine' by Phoebe Ryan and would therefore fit the narrative that I have selected. In addition to this, The video above is both narrative and performance based so it is again similar to what I am going to do for my music video and it has inspired me a lot with the different shots and angles that I will be able to film when recording my footage. For example, using close up shots to portray the protagonist's emotions towards the situation that they are currently in.
Above is another video from a previous student which I looked at. This video is for the artist Birdy's song called 'Imagine'. I like in this video how there are a couple of shots where the artist is walking towards the camera and singing at the same time whilst making eye contact with the audience through the camera. This makes the video personal to the artist but is clever in the way that it also involves the audience too. I am going to use this idea when I come to recording the footage for my music video.
