Music Video - Narrative & Themes

Narrative

With the music video we had several ideas for the narrative but we decided to follow the couple and during the storyline show flash-fowards of an argument that they will have, at the same time show flash-backs of a happier time.

These changed as we were filming, originally we didn't have the flash-forwards or backs and had a chronological storyline of the relationship falling apart. However when I was editing the footage that we filmed first, we realised that we didn't have enough of it and decided to go out and film more. This is when we filmed the flash-back sequence, it was originally going to be part of the chronological storyline however we thought that by putting snapshots of it within the original footage it would keep the audience interested for longer. We also put the flash-forwards in the video for this reason as well.

Themes

Water
A key theme in our video is water, we tried to include it in most footage because it was representing a fresh start which is what the couple get when they break up. It was supposed to abstractly foreshadow the break up for the viewer. The multiple bathbomb shots, the water speakers and the sea interjecting the couple footage breaks up the long, boring footage and interests the reader. It also follows the conventions of a indie-pop video which has quick cutaways and bright colours (bathbomb shots).

Love
With the editing it was key to show the love between the couple deteriorating, we showed this through the flash-backs which have a very warm filter to them as well as the gaussian blur. We chose a warm tone because it represents the 'cozy' and happy part of their relationship. To show the time change from the past to the present we changed the filter from very warm to neutral with slight warm undertones, so that the graphics colour match with each other. When the couple are arguing the filter changes from a neutral tone with an underlying warmth to a blue cold filter. This represents the relationship breaking down and getting colder. I feel that by using the colour tones to portray the relationship it adds another level to the video and interests the audiences.