The document contains lyrics, an analysis of those lyrics, and initial ideas for a music video for the song. The lyrics describe a 17-year-old girl named Carmen who struggles with alcoholism and has resorted to prostitution. The analysis discusses themes of addiction, fame at a young age, and selling oneself. The initial video ideas involve portraying Carmen's glamorous public persona and troubled private life through a documentary-style narrative exploring her journey with substance abuse.

2. LYRICS
Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem
Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf
It's alarming honestly how charming she can be
Fooling everyone, telling them she's having fun
She says, "you don't want to be like me
Don't wanna see all the things I've seen."
I'm dying, i'm dying
She says, "you don't want to get this way
Famous and dumb at an early age."
Lying, i’m lying
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen
She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes
She laughs like god, her mind's like a diamond
Audio tune lies, she's still shining
Like lightning, ohh, white lightning
Carmen, Carmen, staying up til morning
Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean
It's alarming truly how disarming you can be
Eating soft ice cream
Coney island queen

3. LYRIC ANALYSIS
"Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem. Lying to herself cause her liquors top shelf." She thinks that she's completely fine and that she has no addiction but in reality she's addicted to alcohol and needs help.
"It's alarming honestly how charming she can be, fooling everyone telling them she's having fun." Everyone thinks how she's that girl who's never upset and how shes always having a good time when lana actually feels depressed and sad about how
bad her life has gotten.
"She says you don't wanna get this way, famous but dumb at an early age."
Lana got addicted to alcohol at the age of 14 ("dumb at an early age"), got sent to boarding school to fix her addiction, then she ran away and technically lived on the streets. Everyone knew who she was because she would do whatever she could for
money even prostitute herself sometimes.
"Buy her tonight, she's still shining like lighting."
I think this is the part when she prostituted herself. She's saying how people should buy her for the night while she's there .
"she says you don't wanna get this way, street walk at night but a star by day."
This is another part when she talks about how she sold her self as a prostitute at a young age.
"Babys all dressed up with nowhere to go, that's the little story of the girl you know." In this quote I feel like she's always looking for a party to go to and spend her time somewhere or the fact that she's walking on the streets all dressed up
waiting for someone to buy her for the night.

4. WHY HAVE I CHOSEN THIS SONG?
• The meaningful lyrics – the narrative within the song gives the song more depth and I
want to implicate this in my video.
• Due to it being quite a slow song it will be easier to edit in terms of lip synching.
• The original video is quite abstract and confusing – so I have more creative leeway with
this song as the song is open to interpretation.
• This is a solo singer, and I’ve already found an actress to play the part.

5. INITIAL IDEAS …
I plan to have elements of both performance and narrative within my video as I believe that this
would be quite successful and necessary as I want my artist to connect with her audience through the
performance side but still tell a story as this is a narrative song.
Aim of video:
• I want this video to have an auto-biographical feel as I want my audience to connect with my artist.
Hence why I've chosen to film my video as if it was a documentary.
I want my character to have two persona’s:
1. Glamorous pop star – I envisioned an Audrey Hepburnesque type dress with dinner gloves for
when she’s on stage performing
2. In denial alcoholic – here she’ll be dressed in a tracksuit, I’d show her turning up to dance
rehearsals late, constantly being seen drinking out of a “coffee cup” (really drinking alcohol.)

6. INITIAL IDEA’S CONTINUED …
• Through the use of performance I want my artist to be the narrator so it is like she’s
letting us into her life and reflecting on a past event.
• I want the audience to connect with my character and empathise with her, so I want this
to video to be a bildungsroman (coming of age) story at the end of the video I want her
to finally admit to needing help.

7. Possible locations:
• Camden roundhouse/ Jazz cafe/ coffee shop
- Performance and Narrative
• Camden lock- at night - Narrative
• Stage classroom- party scene - Narrative
• Off licence - Narrative
• Stage – Performance and Narrative
• Camden high street – Narrative
• Primrose hill - Narrative
• Toilets - Narrative
• Alleyway - Narrative

8. CHOSEN ACTRESS
Name: Amber cousins
Why I chose her?
• She goes to the same school as me, so it is easy for me to contact her.
• She’s a drama student - so should be a believable actress in my video.
• Very photogenic.
• She has the sultry look which suits the vibe of the song.

9. PROPS, COSTUME AND MAKE-UP
When she’s not being a star I want
her to look grubby and tired.
This is the look that I want my
artist to have when on stage.
As there is a lyric that
says “put your lipstick
on,” I thought it would
be effective if I illustrated
this, as it symbolises the
mask she puts on for the
public.
Here is my artists other costume, when
she’s away from the spotlight.