A wide shot all show two young girls, around the age of 7-10, playing together whilst singing the lyrics 'you've got the love'. There will be no music here. One of the young girls will then hand over a friendship bracelet to the other. A zoom shot then focuses on the two bracelets, and a fade to black appears.
When the lyrics begin, 'sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air', we see two older girls, who's features still resemble those of the younger girls. For example one brunette and one blonde. Throughout the song we will see the two girls journey through their friendship. The images on screen will create an illustration video as they will resemble what the lyrics mean. However not all the images will match. The pace of the song with also decipher what part of their friendship the viewer see's. For example, the slow pace parts near the beginning may show a friend comforting her crying friend or the two having an argument. Whereas the fast pace chorus will show the fun parts of the birthday, such as going out, theme parks and laughter.
Throughout the music video, it will keep cutting back to a location of a recording studio. Here the artist, Chelsea Violet will be singing to her song. This can be done by either using a real recording studio location or on a green screen. I believe the most meaningful words should be lip-synced, to create a relationship between the viewer and artist.
Throughout the music video, it will keep cutting back to a location of a recording studio. Here the artist, Chelsea Violet will be singing to her song. This can be done by either using a real recording studio location or on a green screen. I believe the most meaningful words should be lip-synced, to create a relationship between the viewer and artist.
When the lyrics sing, Time after time I think 'Oh Lord what's the use?' a wide shot will see one of the girls staring at a gravestone. A shot reverse shot will then show the back of the girl, and using the rule of three another silhouette will come into focus on the righthand side. A side wide shot will then show that this is the girls friend. A zoom will then show the second girl going up to her friend and holding her hand, with the zoom focusing in on the girls hands and the friendship bracelets being clearly visible. This is the disruption of the music video, when looked at through Todorovs theory. I believe this scene will give the video more depth and not just a typical pop music video of following a few characters having a good time. It makes the video more relatable as we all go through bereavement and need our friends to be by our sides.
The fast pace chorus will then come in, and the shots will cut back to being fun filled and heart warming. In terms of Todorovs theory this will be seen as the final equilibrium as both females are once again happy as they were at the start.
When the song has stopped the music video will fade to black. It then cuts to the two young girls again and then walking out of the room they are in holding hands. This is a circular narrative as we see the whole story and it links back to the start. By showing the two younger girls at the end again the audience gains a sense of pride as they feel as if they have seen the two young girls friendship grow. The audience also feels happy, as they feel like the two young girls have their life of friendship ahead of them and they are yet to live it all.
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