Media Studies music video pitch

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Song
 Title – I Don’t Wanna Waste My Time
 Artist – Joji
 Genre – Alternative R&B (PBR&B, indie R&B, experimental R&B, and hipster R&B)
 Target Audience – Teenagers/ young adults
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY3mAoqQh0k

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Lyrics
I don't wanna waste my time if I can't be by your side
You really shouldn't think about that if she can't see where you hide
We don't gotta talk about nothing nice if you wanna come down
But she don't gotta know 'bout nothing
But she don't gotta know...
And if the stars collide, will she relieve my soul?
And when we feel alive I know she'll let me go
When you read my lips, I know you feel all cold
But I promise you my heart is made of gold
I don't wanna waste my time if I can't make you decide
You're only on my mind when I need you (need you)
I don't need to know about what you do when the sun goes down
Cause I don't gotta know about nothing
Cause I don't gotta know...
And if the stars collide, then she will leave my soul
When we feel alive I know she'll let me go
When you read my lips, I know you feel my cold
But I promise you my heart is made of gold

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Possible Meanings
 I Don’t Wanna Waste My Time is about
someone who is cheating on their girlfriend
with another person. The person is wondering if
it’s worth it to keep the affair going or not.
 The song is about his dead lover. The woman
referred to as “she” is dead, unlike the held
belief that the song is about an affair, and is the
subject of Thom. The woman referred to as
“you” is his new, fulfilling lover, and is the
subject of You Suck Charlie. Joji is nervous
about losing “she” in his love and memory of
her, and as such, is afraid of committing to
“you”.

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Concept
 I have chosen to portray the meaning of the
lyrics as the main character being a cheater.
 The main character is cheating on his
girlfriend. We follow him worrying about her
finding out about the ‘other woman’. At the end
it is not clear if she does or not to add enigma.

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Narrative
Characters:
 Main character – the man that is followed,
cheater
 ‘Other woman’ – woman at the beginning
 Girlfriend – woman at the end
 ‘Other guy’ – ‘other woman’s’ boyfriend
Storyline:
 Main character is with the ‘other woman’ at
sunrise
 Main character walks through town/ village
 At the end, he is with his girlfriend at the
sunset in the same place as he was with the
‘other woman’
 Includes: flashforwards, flashbacks, and
overlaps

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Mise – En - Scene
 Costume – casual wear – genre and
identification
 Lighting – natural/ lowkey – lyrics
and genre
 Actors – teenagers or young adults
– genre
 Make-Up – natural make-up – genre
 Props – mobile phone – simplicity
and genre
 Settings – countryside – naturalistic

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Beginning
 Sunrise
 Sunrise – long shot (0:00 – 0:03)
 The main character walking down country lane
(0:04 – 0:07)
 The ‘other woman’ walking down country lane
from opposite direction (0:07 – 0:10)
 Meets the ‘other woman’ at sunrise
(0:10 – 0:13)
 0:00 – 0:13

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Verse 1
I don't wanna waste my time if I can't be by
your side
You really shouldn't think about that if she
can't see where you hide
We don't gotta talk about nothing nice if you wanna
come down
But she don't gotta know 'bout nothing
But she don't gotta know...
 Sunrise
 Standing at sunrise – long shot (0:14 – 0:19)
 Standing at sunrise – two way shot (0:20 – 0:25)
 Sunrise (0:26 – 0:32)
 Standing at sunrise – medium shot (0:33 – 0:36)
 POV of phone – pictures of girlfriend
(0:37 – 0:39)
 0:14 – 0:39

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Chorus
And if the stars collide, will she relieve
my soul?
And when we feel alive I know she'll let
me go
When you read my lips, I know you feel
all cold
But I promise you my heart is made of
gold
 Late morning/ afternoon
 Walking down lane (0:39 – 0:44)
 Sun through leaves (0:45 – 0:52)
 Walking next to or in beck (0:53 – 0:59)
 Walking into a field (0:59 – 1:04)
 0:39 – 1:04

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Instrumental (First)
Imagery:
 Laying in field – aerial shot – turning
(1:04 – 1:11)
 Laying in field with girlfriend (flashback) (1:11
– 1:15)
 Getting up from field and leaving
(1:15 – 1:20)
 1:04 – 1:20

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Verse 2
I don't wanna waste my time if I can't make you decide
You're only on my mind when I need you
(need you)
I don't need to know about what you do
when the sun goes down
Cause I don't gotta know about nothing
Cause I don't gotta know...
 Afternoon
 POV shot of phone – pictures of the ‘other woman’
(1:21 – 1:25)
 Main character looking distressed - medium shot
(1:26 – 1:33)
 The ‘other woman’ with the ‘other guy’ at sunset
(flashforward) (1:34 – 1:39)
 Shot of main character looking at the ‘other woman’ and
the ‘other guy’ together – close-up (1:40 – 1:43)
 Main character walking away from the scene – medium
shot (1:44 – 1:45)
 1:21 – 1:45

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Instrumental (Second)
 Distorted sunset
 Overlap of sunrise and sunset scenes
 Distorted nature shots
 Slow motion
 Overlap of main character with girlfriend and
‘other woman’ with ‘other guy’ –
medium shots (1:46 – 1:51)
 Distorted slow-motion of sun through leaves
(1:52 – 1:55)
 Distorted slow-motion of main character
panicking (1:55 – 1:58)
 1:46 – 1:58

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Verse 3
And if the stars collide, then she will leave
my soul
When we feel alive I know she'll let me go
When you read my lips, I know you feel my cold
But I promise you my heart is made of gold
 Sunset
 Main character with his girlfriend at sunset –
long shot (1:59 – 2:04)
 Main character with his girlfriend at sunset -
two-way shot (2:05 – 2:11)
 Sunset (2:12 – 2:18)
 Main character with his girlfriend at sunset –
medium shot (2:19 – 2:23)
 1:59 – 2:23

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End
 Main character with his girlfriend at sunset –
close up – both in shot (2:24 – 2:30)
 Main character with ‘other woman’ at sunrise –
close up – both in shot (2:31 – 2:37)
 Stars colliding – impact at 2:39 (2:38 – 2:40)
 2:24 - 2:40