Genre: We thought the genre came under Rock/ Pop as it was quite quirky but not mainstream enough to be just pop
Grouping: On hearing the song without the music video we immediately thought there was a band with a lead singer as one voice sounded more prevalent
Target Audience: This band we thought aimed their song at a target audience of teen - 20 year old girls
Lyrics: We thought the lyrics portray a potential love story being chased or a reminiscence of a previous relationship. 'I loved you in the best way possible'
Pace: At the beginning of the song the pace starts of really slow and then speeds up a little but remains at a slow pace throughout. In certain places it speeds up and the pace quickens to build tension and it is quicker in the choruses compared to the verse.
Narrative: I thought the potential narrative could have been portrayed as something to do with anger or love as the lyrics suggested. At first we interpreted the song to have more performance than narrative.
Setting: To fit with the performance aspect we assumed the video would be set at a concert/gig location.
Costume: We thought the band would be dressed in casual 'jeans and t-shirt' clothes which also fits with the setting and narrative. However we thought they would be wearing mainly darker items of clothing.
Camera Shots: As you hear the lead singers voice above the other band members we thought there would be a lot of close ups which would help create star image but also to highlight his importance. We also thought there would be wide shots to establish the setting, as well as tilted angled shots looking up at them from a crowds perspective as if they were on stage.
Visuals to match lyrics: We imagined there would be some Greek gods as visuals which link to the lyrics 'like Solomon or Rehoboam' as these reminded us of the god of love who may be featured in the video.
We then shared our ideas as a class and other groups came up with some other ideas:
- Set in a medieval castle with a king and queen - the lead singer being the king
- Relationship cycle - love chase with rejection involved
- Black and white filters to be used
- Birds, in particular doves, as they thought the main theme was love and the lyrics mentioned birds flying around
After this discussion, we watched the video to discover, the video was totally different to all of our ideas. From this I learnt that a song and its lyrics can create many different interpretations without the video to support them. It made me think of all the possibilities you could create with just one line of lyrics. I will take this into consideration when making my music video.