The original 1971 music video for "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers used a variety of shots including close-ups and long shots to connect the audience to the performer and band. Close-ups emphasized the performer's emotions to complement the song's message. A recent version changed the tempo and genre, transforming it from a love song to an uptempo dance track with corresponding visual changes. The document discusses planning a new video that symbolizes the lyrics through lighting and isolating the performer in unconventional places using extreme close-ups to heighten emotions. Color, shots, and scenery will suggest sunshine without being literal.

1. Music Video – Soundtrack planning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo
Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am
The original video of aint no sunshine used a series of different shots including close ups
and long shots this allowed the audience to feel a connection to the band and the main
performer. Close-ups are used for distinguishing main performer from the rest of the
band, also designed to focus attention on an actor's expression. A close-up of a person
emphasizes their emotional state this is meant to complement the genre, theme or
message in the song/ lyrics. Whereas a mid-shot or wide-shot is more appropriate for
delivering general information, a close-up exaggerates facial expressions which convey
emotion. The viewer is drawn into the subject's personal space and shares their
feelings.
The mid shots used are really to show off the rest the band, in the 1970s this was really
the selling point of the video images that really allowed the audience to feel the emotion
that the band was try to emote through facial expressions and body language
There have been other renditions of ain’t no sunshine and other interpretations of the
video. A recent video changed the tempo the video and changed it from a sensitive love
song to a up tempo dance song the images then also changed as so did the genre.
The performer uses his selling point which is dancing to complement the song this
changes the audience to someone who enjoys soul music to someone who prefers an up
tempo feel good track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-4ymoM3NYg

2. We are attempting to be symbolic, using things such as spot lights this connotates a performance
taking place but when the lights go out the performance ends, as the lyrics clearly state ‘aint no
sunshine when she’s gone’ this is a suggest the lyrics without being so literal.
Our aim is to make our video visuals engaging and aesthetically pleasing without being so literal we
want the visuals to suggest the lyrics overall being ambiguous.
Our genre is soul and r&b we want to isolate our performer putting her in strange places where you
would often feel claustrophobic for instance a cellar, basement, in the corner of a van, and/or under
the table . With this we will experiment with shots, there will be shots such as extreme close up and
close ups this will allow her emotions to be heightened which the audience will find allot more
interesting and engaging.
We will experiment with colour and the choice of shots, without
completely confusing the audience, we will suggest sunshine through our choice of colour and miss
en scene. We will attempt to engage the audience with visuals that contrast the lyrics this will
suggest the feelings and emotions that the performer will be feeling that the song may not
necessary suggest.

3. We might experiment with the colour of the
video. We might have a collaboration of black and white and colour this is because black and white
can exaggerate an emotion a lot more than colour. The focal point in the video would be the
performer if the video was in black and white the most interesting thing would be the performer this
would also be accomplished through shots and framework.