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Matchbox Twenty- 3AM



In this video there are lots of freeze frames, stills and black and white shots are used throughout the video this add emphasis on certain parts of the video we could use these effects in our video to show emphasis on certain things also . This song is quite similar to our song. The lyrics of from our song are about love and are about a woman/girl. The lyrics of this song are also about a woman/girl as there is many references to 'She' which shows that 'She' is important to him and that 'She' is the main focus of the song.

	"She says it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat she's always woried about things like that she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault and she only sleeps when its raining and she screams and her voice is straining"

The lyrics in the chorus ''it's 3AM I must be lonely'' are quite similar to our lyrics ''your the one I want to hold''
this shows that both songs are very similar about having a loved one that you need to help you through hard times.

At the end of the song the lead singer is shown with the rest of the band to show that he is not lonely this is also similar to our video where at the end of the song where we have the artist & his girlfriend meet.

This song also has a narrative which is in some way similar to ours, we may take some ideas from the narrative of this video.

Possible Locations

These are some possible locations we may include within our music video as they are quiet areas which are pleasant to the eye and they will match the nature of our song. They are in Cambridge.

Filming Update

Here is an update on how far along we are on filming:

Last week we filmed some shots in the Drama Studio of our artist playing his guitar and singing along to the song. We filmed some good shots of myself playing the guitar, but we had problems with lip-synching. The shots that we were happy with were successful because the angles and lighting were just right for the look we were going for. However, with lip-synching, I had trouble with the lyrics and keeping in time with the song and showing emotion when singing. We will continue filming in the Drama Studio at a later date so that we have completed the whole song.

We also filmed some bedroom scenes at my Dad's house. This turned out just to be a practice shooting due to the fact that I forgot to bring the correct costume. However, next time we will know to bring the correct props for the shot.

Shotlist

Drama studio

• close up on hands, face
• over the shoulder shot of the guitar
• longshots of him walking
• medium shots of him playing
• high angle of him sitting with a guitar
• close up on lips
• lying on the floor
• establishing shots

House

• close up of hair
• medium shot of me looking in a mirror 
• medium of sitting on bed/buttons up

Girl house

• close up brushing hair
• mid shot throwing bag/coat down
• mid shot throwing clothes down
• mid shots of different outfits
• leaving/entering house - long shot

Her day

• her entering work - mid shot
• serving customers - close up 
• Bus stop - establishing shot - close ups
• Leaving work - mid shot
• longshot of her leaving cambridge 
• her watching him - mid - long shots distortion 
• her eating/watching on a bench - over the shoulder
• Fast forward of people walking past - long standstill shot
• Her looking at the phone - close up - over the shoulder
• Her looking up - shot/reverse shot

His day

• Train - cambridge - tuning guitar - high angle 
• side shot of him/window
• long shot of him leaving cambridge station
• Him playing in cambridge various locations - Long medium over the shoulder, close up
• side up bridge with guitar - low angle long shot
• close up of rolling a cigarette - smoking it ?
• close up of mouth singing
• he looks up - shot/reverse shot 
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