Star Image

The music video is centered on the main character, which is jack. Jack is also the main/lead singer who plays and sings in the performance sections. My idea of making jack the main person in the video and the person who is in shot most of the time was to fit the story and that theme of loneness and dark times.

At the start of the music video there is a shot of jack in the window, this is meant to show jacks feelings, that good times are have gone and that they are behind him and that he has his head turned to darkness. He is also being show by him looking at the picture of him and his girlfriend, his expression shows that he is clearly sad that he can not see her anymore, it is not apparent exactly what has happened to her although there is a sense that she has died but that is not meant to be implied in the music video. The sun gleaming though the window is suppose to represent happier times that have been and gone.

The next shot shows the performance section where he is singing playing the piano as he does in every performance scene, after this it shows the shots of jack on the bike going down the road and up the hill of the road. This again show the lead actor up close allowing the viewer to see the face expressions as he rides past a street and hears a voice he recognizes but has lost connection with. The viewer will see the how much jack really cared for this person. His expression of sadness is something that is reflected from start to finish and the way that the lighting has been used e.g. the direction and the color has helped him get across this effect.

The beach section I believe shows just how loneness jack is, I feel that this location does not just emphasize the isolation he feels but the fact that he is so distant from where he was when he was with the person he cared so much about and I believe he gets this across in the way he walks and where he walks in relation to the water. His body language was key in this shot has the camera captures his movements from behind as he walks forward. The extra cuts of the water as it comes in to the beach were added as a direct link to the lyrics and to add some movement to a static camera shot.

Further shots such as the out side pool shots and the study shot and even field shot all provide that sense of emptiness and sadness, never is jack ever in a shot with somebody else, he is always alone and looking at a picture of happier times but he never looks happy or like he is reflecting, he always looks like that person is gone and never coming back and that he will never be the same. As I director filming and creating this video I had to decide show I wanted to show jack and how he was going to fit the theme of the song, its all to do with how I have interpreted the song and what the song means to me. So I know that other people when that listen to the song might get different ideas and may not feel a certain emotion or the same way as my self but the video allows for that difference in interpretation which I believe is a good thing.