Billie Eilish and Khalid are trapped in a glass box in the music video for "Lovely", representing feeling trapped by depression and sadness. Various shots emphasize their small size and vulnerability. Dark lighting, rain, and their black costumes signify misery and loss of hope. The glass box metaphorically represents being confined by difficult emotions that are hard to escape from.

1. LOVELY – BILLIE
ELLISH
MAYA SHEHATA

2. GENRE
• Alternative/Indie
• The word “indie” is an abbreviation of the word independent. the sound is melodic, usually includes a
simple guitar , another guitar riff , violin to bring out the underlying melody, and soft vocals, usually
well harmonized the lyrics are powerfully emotional and personal. They spark emotion but they don't
talk directly about their life situations.
Indie artists often have a retro look which can be created through their costumes and also their
makeup. There could be additional actors in the music video who are the main characters in the
narrative of the video, they would have to portray the part through their appearance and also the way
they act. It has been increasingly popular to include a narrative in the music video as it helps to tell a
story which the audience could relate to. Usually the narrative would link in well with the lyrics which
leaves room for more imagination.
• Billie Eilish conforms to this genre

3. CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Several long shots of Billie Eilish in a glass box, could suggest that she is trapped, she can see people and people can see her but it could
reflect her feelings being trapped and its hard for people to reach in, this is established through the first continuous long shot that is
zooming in to her. It also makes her seem small, which could suggest that she feels trapped and that the world is making her feel weak
and vulnerable especially towards her feelings.
• There is a close-up shot of Billie Eilish’s face when she says “never found a way” to emphasize her emotions and communicate how she
feels to the audience. Her eyes are closed and her head is tilted which could suggest that she is fed up or upset towards something.
Considering this is a love song, she might be feeling heart broken or empty.
• Continuous medium shot of Billie Eilish and Khalid in the box, could resemble their loss of direction and purpose.
• Zoom out to a cloud to make them seem small and weak and to show that the world has more power over them, the use of the birds eye
view shot which is used numerous times throughout the music video is used for the same purpose.
• The camera moves in a circular motion (360 degrees) it creates a sense of confusion and destruction for the audience, this could reflect
how the characters themselves are feeling.
• Tracking shot of the water filling the glass box that they are in, it emphasizes the importance of the water, the water could symbolize the
negativity of the relationship.

4. EDITING
• CGI is used to create a rainy cloud in the video, it could symbolize how they feel
in the relationship. Also, the rainy cloud connotes depression due to the bad
weather, which ultimately reflect how they feel.
• Green screen is used which suggests that the music video has a high budget,
considering the fact that Billie Eilish is a well-known artist, with a net worth of $6
million according to Celebrity Net Worth

5. AUDIENCE
• The main target audience are teenagers and young adults of an age range from 15-25
of both genders mainly because it is supported by the uses and gratifications theory,
Billie Eilish is 17, therefore she will attract younger audiences as well as impress older
ones.
• Fans appear to like her for her music and the way she portrays herself as she is not a
stereotypical artist nor a stereotypical teenage girl. This makes her seems more unique
and different to other attractive artists but this is how he has been constructed to
stand out from the social norm. The Music video can be seen as a more of a
conflicting feminine type of video due to the fact the video has a lot of emotion,
physical contact and very little feminine conventions. The video has been made so
that they are trapped in a glass box, so that the audience can feel sorry for them.

6. MIS-EN-SCENE
• Costume: Billie and Khalid are wearing all black, the black could connote to misery, sadness and depression, it could
signify a sense of loss and regret which also emphasizes how they are feeling. I think the chains around Billie and
Khalid represent depression. This could suggest that Billie is more depressed than Khalid because she is wearing
more chains.
• Lighting: very low lighting is used to create a sense of claustrophobia to emphasizes the idea of them being trapped
and unable to escape how they feel. It could also reflect their mood being low and dull. A blue tint is added, blue
often signifies sadness and depression which could ultimately further suggest how they feel.
• Actors: the actors are Billie Eilish and Khalid who are two very young successful artists in the music industry. The fact
that they worked together on a song, created a sense of excitement for both of their target audiences as they are
both very talented and have similar types of music.
• Make-up: very little make-up is used. Very natural, could suggest that they both don’t really care about how they
look anymore and they have bigger problems to worry about or they feel hopeless towards themselves.
• Props/setting: No props are used during the music video other than the glass box, which acts as a barrier for Billie
and Khalid as they are trapped and unable to get out. We see them struggle to escape and numerously get attacked
by the weather.

7. NARRATIVE
• The song is called "lovely" since it is depressing, it is about getting out of everything horrible after
feeling miserable. In my opinion , when she sings about finding a way out, it's her thinking she's
found a way to get away from the depression controlling her life. Although the depression is still
there, and she might as well stay like this. She uses a glass box to metaphorically represent her life
as being trapped and contained.
As at the start she sings “thought I found a way, though I find a way yeah, but you never go away”
so the problem won’t get away from the situation, “So I guess I gotta stay now” And after that it
comes the part where she hopes someday she’ll get out of that miserable feeling, even if it takes
all night or a hundred years. And she needs a place to hide but she can’t find one near, and she
wants to feel alive outside but she can’t fight her fear.
And then it comes the chorus where she says: isn’t it lovely all alone? Heart made of glass my mind
of stone, Tear me to pieces, skin and bone. Hello, welcome home. What she may mean by that is
that the situation she’s suffering from is always on her head so she’s always thinking of it.