To expand on my knowledge of what I would like to include in my music video, I have watched the video that was originally created by Calum Scott and his producers. It has given me a clear idea of what this specific type of music is based around theme wise. Throughout the music video, it shows Calum Scott singing along to the song, it also shows a large amount of people standing looking ahead of them. The music video only contains 2 different scenes. This music video is quite simple and easy to recreate however, I am not trying to recreate it, I would like to create my own music video however using the technique of the artist singing in the video. I will do a casting test for the people whole I believe are suitable to mime the lyrics of the song to the camera. I will do this to make sure that they are not shy and they fulfill the potential to make the video as best as possible.
I have researched some other music videos that fall into the same music genre as the song I will be recreating the video for fits into. In Ed Sheeran's music video of the song Small Bump, it contains him singing in a hospital. The music video fits in with the lyrics of the song as it is about a miscarriage so therefore the theme of the music video fits in with the theme of the lyrics. Throughout the whole of the video, the setting is in the hospital showing upset and distressed people, as Ed is singing, he is seen to be quite down and upset, this connects with the lyrics as they are sad and depressing so therefore Ed Sheeran is emphasizing the lyrics.
The narrative of the music video follows a story line however, I have decided that this idea for my music video would not be suitable as I would like to introduce various different settings to make sure that the lyrics and the context of the music video are interesting and that they fit together quite well.
The lyrics to Dancing On My Own are featured below:
Somebody said you got a new friend
Does she love you better than I can?
And there's a big black sky over my town
I know where you're at, I bet she's around
And yeah, I know it's stupid
But I just gotta see it for myself I'm in the corner,
watching you kiss her, oh oohh
And I'm right over here,
why can't you see me, oh oohh
And I'm giving it my all,
but I'm not the guy you're taking home,
oohh I keep dancing on my own I just wanna dance all night
And I'm all messed up, I'm so out of line,
yeah Stilettos and broken bottles I'm spinning around in circles
And I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh oohh
And I'm right over here, why can't you see me,
oh oohh And I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the guy you're taking home,
oohh I keep dancing on my own
And oh no
So far away but still so near
The lights come up, the music dies
But you don't see me standing here
I just came to say goodbye
I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh oohh
And I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the guy you're taking home, oohh
And I keep dancing on my own
And oh no
Said I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh no
And I'm right over here, why can't you see me, oh no
And I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the guy you're taking home, oohh I keep dancing on my own
So far away, but still so near
The lights come up, the music dies
But you don't see me standing here.
The lyrics that are sung throughout the song are all very similar and repetitive. Therefore the music video that I would like to create needs to link in with the lyrics of the song therefore, it needs to include a crowd of people to give the impression of an individual being alone in the corner of them all. The person who will be miming the song lyrics needs to seem quite upset and depressed to fit in with the lyrics of the person feeling upset and lone watching the person they love with someone else.
