In both the settings there is a lot of green, like the
wallpaper and the paint.
this links the two settings together and suggests
that there is a relationship between the characters.
Lighting
It is mostly artificial lighting as it is set at night, because it is
closing time.
However it is still quite light as they use lamps to light the
settings.
settings
Throughout the video there is always two settings on the screen.
One side of the screen is for the woman and the other for the man
The man is in a room which looks to be a recording studio,
this shows him with the rest of the band.
The woman is closing up a cafe which fits in well with the
song,
Costumes
They are wearing every day clothing that they would
wear in the 90's.
The woman is wearing a white coat, which idealizes her.
It also makes her stand out as the other costumes are dark
The man then puts on a beige coat which again makes him stand out.
Props
The payphone and the other phone
This at the beginning of the video links the two character together.
It also establishes that they are looking for each other but
even then miss each other.
Instruments
This shows that they are pop artist rather than stars
as they want to be seen as being more serious than
just as stars.
the bike
To transition between scene they use a bike
as a way to show that they are travelling
about the song
It was released on the
10th March 1998.
It is a mixter of alternative
rock,post-grunge, pop rock, and
power pop.
It is a narrative and performance video as it is about the
lead band member and his girlfriend trying to meet, but
at the start he band is performing to the song.
Camera work
The shots are very long and they track the characters around
the different settings.
This means that there is a lot of pans and tilts to frame the charaters
this is really effective as the audience feels like they are following
the characters them self.
There is establishing shots of both of the two settings at
the same time to introduce them both.
There is a veriaty of shots in this video as the video has very few cuts in it.
They use close-up shots of both the characters to show how
the woman is feeling and doing and to show the man lip syncing
to the song.
there is also a mid shot of the woman turning the open sign
to a closed sign which is significant to the song.
It also shows the woman closing up the shop using a mid shot to
emphasis the signifcance of the "closing time".
At the same time as this is happening there is a mid shot of one of
the band members which means the audience will pay more
attention to the woman.
There is also mid shots of the band to show them as performers.
Editing
The shots are very long and do not have a lot of cuts as they are
continous and only cut when the setting changes.
This is very difficult as the they have to time both scenes
so they fit in together at the right pionts.
Especially for the phone part.
The vidoeohas a split screen that tell the
story of two people at the same time.
It is about a couple who are boyfriend and
girlfriend who are trying to find each other but
never do.
They also move between the two split
screens when they go to the others location.
To cut between scenes they pan to something and focus
on that they then track it or pan around and then the
audience then see the characters again
Paralle editing
Throughout the video they are doing different things at
the same time, and they just keep missing each other.
they use a bike to tranistion between some
scenes, this makes it more fluent and create a
soft transition.
what was good about it
I like the split screen as it shows the two stories at the
same time.
I also like the way that they transition between the
scenes as it is a soft transition and barely noticable