Screen shots from the music video

This image is showing the female staring out of the window waiting for the male to come back but he never does, which is showing the heartbreak she is going through. The way we have positioned her from the side allows the audience to see her whole facial expression, and also allows them to see other objects in the shot for example the orchid which connotes female, pure, and natural. This matches the female because she is pure and natural.

This image is an extreme close up of the female's face and we did this because we wanted to show her emotion which helps the audience understand her situation more. We chose to do it from a low angle shooting upwards as it was different from all the other shots and we wanted to vary our camera shots. Having the close up of the female on the beach and then zooming out to show the location allowed the audience to see the reason for the facial expression on the female, and it also matches with the theme of heartbreak.

This is again showing the close up of the females face which helps the audience see her emotion more, and it helps them sympathise with her situation. We zoomed in onto the female in this shot, because we wanted to show her full body, and also show the audience why her body language was the way it was, as it was all closed which implies that she is scared and not confident, which matches the theme of heartbreak because once you have had your heartbroken you dont feel like the person you used to anymore.

This shot is showing the female doing her hair and make-up, and we chose to shoot this because we wanted to show the female being the same as every other teenage girl, as her situation in the video is something that everyone goes through at one point in their lives, and some people more than one. We also wanted to get the female looking in the mirror, so that the audience could see her facial expression as she got ready, showing that the female hides behind her make-up which implies she is scared, and also most teenage girls hide behind make-up for one reason or another.

This image shows the female alone at the beach and this is a place where she has memories of her and her ex, and it also fits in with the theme of romance and being in love. She is also sat next to any empty jacket where the male used to sit, and she then picks it up trying to remember him picture him sat there and remember his smell and imagine he is there, again this is showing her heartbreak. We chose to do this at the beach as this was a good location to highlight the females isolation, because there was no-one else around and it feels like everywhere the female goes she is the only person there as she doesn't feel right without her ex with her.

This shot shows the female using her mobile phone, and this is stereo-typically what a lot teenagers do, as they spend a lot of time on their phones keeping in contact with friends, and we wanted to show the female being the same as any other teenagers. We decided to do this scene as we wanted to show that she misses her ex and friends but in order to move on from him she deletes all the pictures of them together and then his number. We then used a panning shot to show the audience where she was going. The last verse has the lyrics ''cause' im losing friends and gaining foes, what tomorrow's bringing no-one's sure'' and we were going to have this shot while them lyrics are playing, as then it shows the female looking through memories of all her old friends, something that she doesnt have anymore.

In this shot we see the female stood staring out of the window again hoping for the male to come back to her, but he never does and this matches with the theme of heartbreak because it doesnt feel real once you have had your heart broke, and she just wants him to come back and say that it was all a big mistake. We chose to do a long shot here so that the audience can see the red of the sofa and the curtains which connote love and romance which is the theme of the whole song. Also the female is wearing white and this connotes purity and innocence

 

We chose to show the female alone in the bedroom using a close up, and we see her holding her head when she wakes up and realises that her ex isn't there anymore, which again relates back to the theme of heartbreak. Her isolation is shown when there is nothing else in the bedroom, and there are no major material possessions which show that she doesnt care on what items she has to her name all she wants is her ex back. Again she is shown wearing white which connotes purity and innocence, but underneath she is wearing a small black top, and this could imply that underneath her there is another side that no-one has seen before.

 

This shot is showing a close up of the female sat on the sofa, still not changed from her nightwear, and we did this because she doesnt feel like getting ready when she has nothing to go out for. The shot implies that she is in a room with red curtains and sofa which connote love, that she is surrounded by everything that reminds her of love but she hasnt got anything.

 

This is a long shot of the female alone in the bedroom and we chose to do this because it can help highlight how isolated she feels now her ex has gone and she has no-one else. As you can see we chose to make the room look as empty as possible so that it implies that she doesnt want anything but her ex back. Again she is wearing white which portrays her innocence and purity.

 

This shot shows the female staring out of the window hoping that the male will return sometime and then she can start to heal this heartbreak but he never comes back, so she says she will make it on her own, and we have to chose to have this shot while the lyrics '' and although the road is frightening im gonna make it on my own''.

 

This image shows the female applying her mascara, and this matches the stereotypes of a modern teeange girl because they cant live without their make up as they hide behind it. When someone wears make-up it can be argued that they are two different people with and without it. We used an extreme close up on this shot as the audience would be able to see her facial expression as this matches the mood of the song throughout.

 

This image is showing the female on the beach and we chose this location as it was a good place to highlight her isolation more and the audience can see that she is alone apart from what she has on her. The mobile phone connotes that she is a modern teeanger who likes to keep in contact with friends and people that she doesnt see anymore. It could also be used to say that she is going through old pictures when she is trying to remember the life she used to have that she hasnt got anymore, and this situation is shown differently throughout the video as it is reminding the audience that she is going to make it on her own

 

We chose to have an egg timer instead of a normal clock because we wanted something different. We challenged parts of the song because we didnt want it to be the same as every other music video about heartbreak. With the egg timer we can see the passing of time when the grains of sand fall to the bottom of the egg timer, and the passing of time is something that you can never get back and this also matches the females situation because she can never get her old memories back like you cant get back time that has already gone.

 

Overall, I think all the shots that we have chosen match with the lyrics of the song, and they show the female and her situation well so that the audience can sympathise with her, as most teenagers in our target audience would have been through the same situation as the female.