Jamie Lawson Wasn’t Expecting That

Genre of the music video?

• I can tell that the song is from the Pop Genre because it has a mild pace(not a fast pace like modern contemporary music). The video has scenes which are related to each and connect with the narrative. The video had a storyline which is typical of pop music videos where as some others don’t.

Setting and décor of the music video.• The video showed different stages of the main

characters life. The end to the beginning.• Old styled chairs• Stone floor porch with old fashioned tiles• The carpets and curtains were very 60s • The house was being decorated and newly

painted but had previously had wall paper•

The director put all the different parts to the décor in the video to show how it was different from past to the present to help the audience see the passage of time.

• It fits in with the pop genre which originated in the 1950/60s and is still here today and the video looks as though it is based around a couple that met in the 1960s and their life leading up to the death in the present day.

Analyse the costumes of the music videos

The costumes used in the video all fit with the pop genre and the narrative of the song as it changes at various points from modern day to 1950/60s. It showed modern day shirts, jumpers and blouses with short hair styles. Flowery dresses were used in the middle stages for the child and mother with long hair with clips in them and Hippy clothes with beaded jewellery were used to show the period of the late 50s and early 60s. A headscarf was used in the final scene to make the audience aware that she has had chemotherapy and has lost her hair in the fight against cancer. It explains why we have seen all these different scenes in the video to emphasize the fact that her life is flashing before her eyes before she dies.

Analyse the props in the music video

The props used in the video all fit with the pop genre and the narrative of the song as it changes at various points from modern day to 1950/60s it showed a modern day car and a food container. It also showed an old alarm clock and a old fashioned camera and record player to show the 1950/60s. At the end it shows a nurse turning off a modern day life support machine which represents the end of the mothers life as its being turned off to show that she is dead but the modern equipment also shows that this is quite up to date.

Analyse the body language and movement in the music video• This is a love song and also a story of

someone's life. Most of the body language shows the love between the couple except when they had the argument on the stairs this also shows the more frustrating sides of relationships. The speed of the camera shots in quite a few scenes is in slow motion for example when the little girl was jumping up and down and when she was being swung around. The speed of the video helps to show all the scenes to the audience so they wouldn't miss anything as well as showing the mothers story is a long and slow story and this adds to the overall emotional response of the viewer.

Performance• The artist doesn't perform in the video. This may be because if they

were in the video it may confuse the audience about the couples story and would have prevented the audience from easily understanding the whole story.

Narrative• It tells the audience that one little event could lead to the best life you

could possibly and if you don't take a chance it may end up differently. The director chose to do this because it goes with the words of the song as it shows the life of the main characters from the end to when they first met as memories. It goes with the genre because the story is long and it has a lot of drama. This is shown in the music video which links to the couples life which also links with the lyrics of the song.