This is not a film, but it is one of my favourite
Rhianna songs. The homely mise en scene within the video is similar to how I
plan for my production to be, the dark, gloomy setting creates a trapped feeling
for the character as they feel there is no escape.
The video illustrates the different perspectives
and roles of both the boy and girl in a relationship. It shows the difference
between two opposite genders (Levi-Strauss’s theory will describe the whole
video as a conflict between two binary oppositions).
The video starts with a close up shot of Rhianna;
this automatically gains the attention of the viewers. The female character’s feeling
is presented through Rhianna’s voice whilst the visual helps the audience understand
what is going on in the video and also the meaning of the song.
As Rhianna continues to sing, there is a cross
cut to a girl and her boyfriend sleeping on the bed and there is also another cross
cut to the same girl sitting in the sitting room with fire in her hand, the
fire connotes the girl’s state of mind, which also links back to the beginning of
the song where Rhianna starts singing, there is fire in the background, this
could represent a sense of destruction, chaos and war the girl or the female viewers
feel when they know their partner is cheating on them.
The fire gives a literal meaning to the lyrics
of the song where sings “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn”. Back to the
scene of the bed, the female character suddenly opens her eyes, then Eminem’s aggressive
voice breaks in, his voice represents the male character’s feelings, his lyrics
fits in with the visuals, this is shown when the boy is pushing himself to her in a forceful
and aggressive manner, trying to convince her of what she’s thinking. Then she tries to push past him but he’s not allowing her, he gets really angry and
punches the wall right next to her face, as this is going on the lyrics correspond
to it when Eminem raps “ I laid hands on her, never stoop so low again. you know when you love somebody so much you can barely breath, have that
warm fuzzy feeling, getting chills, you now getting f***ing sick of looking at
them” this shows that at the beginning of their relationship the two characters
were well and truly in love, but now looking at her irritates him, and they
have ended up in an abusive relationship.
Although my
production isn't a music video, this is similar to the idea I had for my film. The
main characters in my film start off
with a loving, caring and violent free relationship then all of a sudden the
guy changes just as the guy in this music video did, he doesn't care for her as
much as he used to, he is violent towards her, the spark that they had is now
gone.
I love the
song and the video this is because it has a story line just like a short film; I
never get board of watching or listening to it. It tells a story both visually
and for those listening as well, and if a person is watching and listening at
the same time the video fully relates to what is being said in the lyrics.
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