The lyrics of our song are fairly basic due to the genre of dance/house that focuses more on the beats of the music rather than the words. The lyrics have more of a literal meaning rather than any hidden ones. The lyrics describe a relationship and the love that the artist/ persona feels for their boyfriend/girlfriend. We have decided to use this theme within our music video through showing the ups and downs of a relationship as well as incorporating a narrative in order to provide more depth. The happier lyrics such as 'I love you, don't ever let go' will be paired with happy flashbacks of the couples relationships such as at the park etc. The lyrics ' The sun don't shine without you, without you' lends itself to the part of the narrative where there are harder times of their relationship such of arguments etc. These lyrics will also be linked with the crash to emphasise the idea that she has gone, 'without you' and will use darker lighting to contrast the other more cheerful aspects.
The younger (teenage) target audience that our song and artist lends itself to a narrative such as the one that we have chosen. This is because they will be at the stage of their life where they will be experiencing similar events and will therefore make the video more relatable to the audience. This will give them a deeper insight into the song and the lyrics and enhance their understanding whilst also entertaining them. We didn't feel that there were many hidden meanings behind the lyrics of the song that we have chosen so we therefore decided the enhance the lyrics that were already present. We therefore decided to choose the narrative of a relationship where the lyrics 'the sun don't shine without you' would be relevant. We decided for it to be about the loss of a partner and that it seems like the sun doesn't shine when she isn't around. We also felt that this would lead to the audience to be able to relate to the lyrics and the narrative and therefore make it more emotive. It also made it easier for our group to make lighting decisions as we would include high key lighting for good memories that they shared together and low key lighting for when he is missing her. Setting decisions were also made easier due to the fact that they had to comply with the idea of a relationship, this lead us to choose the settings that we did e.g: Bedroom, House, Park, Pub.
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You have made a start in considering the hidden meanings behind your chosen song and you have also started to consider some of the micro elements that you would like to include. But you also need to include your lyric analysis that you have analysed on paper, to support the points that you have made.
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