3. Facts
This song is a romantic song. It follows many conventions of
typical music videos for this genre.
4. This music video is set on a beach.
I think this is quite conventional to
the genre of romantic music. A
beach is a very relaxing and often
see couples there together. It is a
nice, endearing setting. The beach
scene suits the lyrics, ‘deep like the
sea’, ‘warm sun’.
MISE-EN-SCENE
Throughout the video there are many
representations of love, which fits in
with the lyrics and the story of the
song.
Throughout the video there is a black
frame around the film, I think this is a
nice effect, it makes it look like it is
being projected, or like it’s an old
fashioned film.
5. The music video uses young people in it. This may be the target audience of
the song. They are all represented as fun, happy, young people. This
representation of young people fits the song as it is quite cheery and happy. A
lot of the people used are in couples representing the message of love.
Although not all are, this may show the audience that you don’t need to be
loved up to be happy and have fun. The mise-en-scene in some bits, such as
the ones above, looks as if it is meant to be shown quite long ago, possibly in
the 70’s. I get this feeling due to the old fashioned cars used and the way
people are dressed. This may be representing those days were happy and fun.
6. There is only 2 settings in the video, the
beach at daytime and the beach at night
time. More props are used in the one at
night, they use more lighting which makes
the scene look very relaxed and romantic as
it is only dim. It is a beach party, but not the
expected wild ones for the target audience
ages, it is more fun and chilled out, the
scene continuously skips from day to night.
The band is starred in the scene, as if
they’re performing at this beach party. You
can see in the video there is a lot of young
people here, dancing and enjoying
themselves, as they are in the daytime by
running around and throwing water balloons.
The idea of fun and happiness seems to be
continued through the music video, as the
song is about love, this may be a way of
describing feelings… joyful, exciting, lively,
warm.
7. Throughout the music video the
camera follows the main singer of
the band. This may represent that
the song is a story, as it is following
and watching what he is doing, the
song could possibly be his story.
Also many close up are used of him.
Near the end of the video, it is
mostly set on the beach at
night. Young people are shown
with sparklers, this again
represents the feeling of fun
and happiness which is a
continuous theme throughout
the video. The sparks may also
represent the feeling of having
a spark with somebody when in
love.
8. Many effects are used in the
video, over scene a pinky
kind of effect is over the
scene, or used when
changing scenes. The colour
pink often represents love,
this may explain why it was
used, as the song and video
is about love.
Slow motion effects are often
used through the video too,
slow motion may represent a
relaxed feeling, which suits
the song.
