The music video for "Light Switch" by Charlie Puth has a specific editing choice that I want to replicate in my music video. and a clear cohesive narrative structure that I will take inspiration from. The video depicts the artist going through a transformation to try and fix his broken heart by getting back with his ex-girlfriend. I want to mimic this narrative of being unhappy to being happy via a transformation with the help of external forces.
The elements of this video that I want to emulate in my video are the:
1. Editing:
A specific editing technique, that is used many times in this video and that I want to replicate in my music video is the quick 'snap' change from one mise on scene to the other on the beat of the music, one of Goodwins points. This fast paced editing technique is also a convention of Pop songs which is what both this song and my song are, so it makes sense for me to replicate it in my video. In "Light Switch" this references the simple turning on and off of a light switch and explains the switch from dimmer lighting to brighter lighting. A light is being turned on in the artists life that is helping him to achieve change. This is supported by the mise en scene 'snapping' from a dingy dark room to a bright exercise hall, implying he will achieve change through the help of exercise and the man who performed the snap.
In my music video, I want to edit this snap effect onto scenes with the trio of artists. Where they will be performing in the location of where "Jean" is and then be instantly 'snapped' to a location that has more aesthetic lighting and presents the artists in a more glamorous way. In my video editing will possibly imply that "Jean" is thinking to herself to cheer up thus the change in location of the artist, who may represent an intrusive thought, on the line "Cheer up sleepy Jean" and provide a pleasing transition, in time with the song, to the performance location that make the artist look glamourous which is what my aspirer audience want to see.
This specific shot that I want to mimic is a mid-low angle medium shot of the artist laying in bed as the sun shines on their face as they wake up in the morning. This shot implies that a new light is being shed on the artists life and that change will come for the charcter.
That is why I will make an intertextual reference to this shot and Charlie Puth in my music video, with the shot containing the actor in this same position with a light switch in the background and a possible picture of Puth in the background to carry the meaning over from this video to my video. As in my video I plan for "Jean" to be grumpy but then change and become happy
3. Mise en Scene (Narrative):
In this video we follow the artist as he tries to win over his ex-girlfriend through a 'glow-up' transformation. We originally see him in a triable state with long, ungroomed hair, being overweight. dirty cloths, and a depressing dark room where he sits watching TV. We then see him transform over the video into a well groomed, slimmer, cleaner man in a more upkept bright setting. He achieves this change through the help of a motivator who encourages the artist to improve himself. This video is unconventional as it presents the star in an unglamorous way but is also conventional by presenting them in a glamorous light at the end of the video.
I want to replicate this narrative by having "Jean" start of as grumpy and unhappy when waking up in the morning but then through the help of her friends, realise the joy in life and achieve a less grumpy happier version of herself. Which is something my audience will want to see, a happy version of an attractive person that they can be like.
Overall, I want my video to replicate, the overarching narrative of a transformation, the 'snap' editing style of the characters in the same position but different mise en scene, and make an intertextual reference to a particular shot to carry meaning from this video to my video.
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