Final Idea

I have decided that for my final product, I will use the Irish pop/rock band The Script (s) single 'for the first time'. After researching different genres, I believe that this type of music would mainly appeal to people aged between 17-25, so I will be sure to consider this target market when constructing my video. The lyrics to this song are as follows:

"She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While I'm drinking Jack all alone in my local bar
And we don't know how we got into this mad situation
Only doing things out of frustration

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
She needs me now but I can't seem to find a time
I've got a new job now in the unemployment line
And we don't know we got into this mess it's a Gods test
Someone help us cause we're doing our best

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit talking up all night
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time

She's in line at the door with her head held high
While I just lost my job but didn't lose my flight
But we both know how we're gonna make it work when it hurts
When you pick yourself up you get kicked in the dirt

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time

Drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
For the first time
Oh, for the first time
Yeah, for the first time

Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby

Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby

Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby"

I will film a man and a woman, (my friends Ellen and Michael) acting most of these lyrics out literally, with Michael lip syncing to the words as he will play the artist. For the first line of the song 'shes all laid up in bed with a broken heart' I will focus on a close up shot of a picture of Ellen on Michaels phone, this introduces her as the female 'character' of the song. Then an over the shoulder shot will reveal Michael looking at his phone, whilst sitting in a bar, again fitting with the lyrics 'while I'm drinking Jack all alone in my local bar'. Then I will have a different shot of him playing the guitar and singing along to the lyrics 'and we don't know how, how we got into this mad situation' this introduces him as the artist and shows that he is the one singing. It will then cut back to the scene of him in the bar where he slams him drink down onto the counter, 'only doing things out of frustration' this again fits in with the lyrics. The next line 'trying to make it work but man these times are hard' will be shown alongside footage of Michael finishing his drink. I will then cut to a different scene of Michael looking at a clock with an annoyed expression on his face 'she needs me now but I can't seem to find the time' this once again literally explains the lyrics and adds to Michael's character, he is annoyed with himself for not finding the time to help out his girlfriend. The next shot cuts back to Michael singing by himself with his guitar 'I got a new job now on the unemployment line, and we don't know how, how we got into this mess its a God's test, someone help us coz we're doing our best'. I will then cut to a different shot of Michael holding his hands as if he is praying, to go with the end of the line. I will then cut back to Michael playing the guitar, 'trying to make it work but man these times are hard' he will then smile as he sings 'but we're gonna start by' there will be a different shot of him and Ellen sitting down and laughing whilst drinking some wine, as if in a memory. This imagery will be accompanied by the lyrics 'drinking old, cheap bottles of wine, sit talking up all night, saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeh, we're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years' I will then show Michael standing up and pulling Ellen up as well 'we just now got the feeling that we're meeting, for the first time'. Whilst the instrumental is playing I will use extremely fastforwarded  footage of traffic on a motorway traveling past, this will represent the time changing and how their relationship is also rapidly changing.

For the second part of the song, I will cut to different footage of Michael by himself, he will be sitting down singing to himself 'shes in line at the door with her head held high, while I just lost my job but didn't lose my flight, but we both know how we're gonna make it work when it hurts,when you pick yourself up you get kicked in the dirt' when he says the last part he will angrily throw some dirt onto the floor, as if he is angered by the reality of what he is saying, followed by a close up of the guitar from a different shot 'trying to make it work but man these times are hard, but we're gonna start by'. In another memory scene I will use clips of Michael and Ellen laughing and kissing to show how their relationship used to be, throughout this passage of the song I will vary the shots of them together to form almost a montage of Michaels happy memories of Ellen. When the lyrics say 'a while yeh, we're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years, we've just now got the feeling that we're meeting, for the first time' a close up/over the shoulder shot will be used to show both of their faces and their expressions. Whilst the instrumentals are playing I will use fastforwarded footage of the sky (a low angled shot will be used as the sky will be the only thing present in the shot), once again symbolising the change of time. The final chorus will focus on Michael playing the guitar and singing along to 'drinking old, cheap bottles of wine, sit talking up all night, doing things we havent for a while, a while yeah, we're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years, we've just now got the feeling that we're meeting, for the first time'. I have decided to do this as I feel it is important for the artist to feature strongly throughout the video, as shown in similar music videos I have researched. For the final instrumental I will once again show sped up footage of motorway traffic, but this time at night. This also links into what will be the final scene of my video which will show Michael walking down a road at night. The camera will follow him to a door which he knocks, Ellen will then answer looking angry with him, a close up of her face will show her expression. Michael will then stroke her hair and walk into the house, Ellen briefly smiles at him but once he has entered, her face which is facing towards the camera looks upset, she will then shut the door on the camera, signifying the end of the music video. Throughout this scene the lyrics 'Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby. Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby' will be heard.