Planning- Synopsis

Synopsis


Song:
Love language- Kehlani
Lyrics 


[Verse 1]
A lot of ways to love you, teach me through your eyes
What is needed for you, needed in your life?
Don't wanna go shoppin', you want picnics in the park
Do you like mornings? Should we do it in the dark?

[Pre-Chorus]
It's all foreign to me, I don't speak what you speak
I'll commit to learnin' if you, if you
You're a sweet fantasy, singin' your ABCs
Please be patient with me, with you

[Chorus]
Said I wanna be fluent in your love language
Learnin' your love language
I know I don't speak your language
But I wanna know more, baby
Fluent in your love language
Learnin' your love language
I know I don't speak your language
But I wanna know more, baby

[Verse 2]
Never wanna get lost in translation
Never wanna be on two separate pages
Swear to me that you'll state facts
If you can take back, know I can take that
I been workin' at it, hoping that you'd notice
I been waitin', I just needed you to focus
Swear to me that you'll show me
Need you to coach me, then we can proceed


[Pre-Chorus]
And still, it's all foreign to me, I don't speak what you speak
I'll commit to learnin' if you, if you
You're a sweet fantasy, singin' your ABCs
Please be patient with me, with you

[Chorus]
Said I wanna be fluent in your love language (Your love)
Learnin' your love language (Oh)
I know I don't speak your language (No)
But I wanna know more, baby
Fluent in your love language (Love)
Learnin' your love language (Love)
I know I don't speak your language (No)
But I wanna know more, baby

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Said I wanna be fluent in your love language
Learnin' your love language
I know I don't speak your language
But I wanna know more, baby
Fluent in your love language (Love)
Learnin' your love language (Love)
I know I don't speak your language (No)
But I wanna know more, baby

The synopsis will be 500 words long approx. and will consist of information on the music videos narrative, use of visuals and discuss how media theory (narratology and representation is applied) – discuss whether the video conforms to or subverts established conventions.  

Synopsis 

The song that i will be using for my music video is Love Language by Kehlani. In my music video there are going to be 3 actors in total, 2 females and 1 male, with the 2 main roles being given to the girl with the blonde girl. Throughout the music video it will be showing a timeline of how their friendship ends up in a relationship, even though neither of them expected such a turning point. At the beginning, there are going to be shots of their friendship and the individual life of both protagonists. As the video progresses it will show how they are learning the ``love language`` as the lyrics states. However, at the middle, there will be shots of how they argue therefore referring to the song and the line of `i know i don`t speak your language``, which is implying that they have not yet learned how to proper communicate and have some conflicts. This would therefore relate to Todorov`s theory of equilibrium as in the beginning the girl in the boy are in good relations therefore in a state of equilibrium, however as the video progresses a conflict becomes present therefore a disruption of the equilibrium and at the end when they end up in a relationship portraying that the equilibrium is restored. The events will be shown in a chronological order which is ordering events in accordance with the time sequence in which they have occurred.

Representation will be shown in my music video, throught the use of the different characters. For example, the representation of the black male character will challenge stereotypes held about black people as deprived and poor. Furthermore, his representation will challenge the theory of Gilory of black males being represented in a negative way as a result of the colonialism in the past. His representation of my music video will be positive as throughout the video and especially in the setting of the restaurant he will be represented in a positive light through the technical codes such as the way he is dressed- in a suit and with formal shoes. Furthermore, he is being a gentleman which create a overall positive representation.
One of the representations of the female character will be that she is emotionally weaker than the male as when the disequilibrium occurrs she is upset which therefore conforms to Van Zoonen`s theory of females being emotionally weaker than the males.

The locations that i am planning to use are both internal and external. Some of the clips of the first female will be internal- in her bedroom. The conflict between the girl and the boy has arisen as the girl witnessed the boy with another girl and therefore becomes jealous and angry as she thought that he is talking and becoming closer with another girl. However in fact the other girl is just a friend of the boy and they were studying together in college and following this he drove her home, which is when the girl saw them together.

I am planning to explore and show a variety of shots such as close up shot, mid shots and full shots. The extremely close up shots and close up shots will be used at the point of the split screen when the female and the male are in their bedrooms. That will be an appropriate time to use these shots, in order to allow the audience to see their facial expressions which will convey their emotions at the point at which they are in a conflict. As the lyrics of the song is implying how a couple did not know the ``love language`` so they could not communicate with each other, this will be shown in my music video when the female and the male are arguing which can demonstrate their frustration and the process of them learning how to communicate with each other. The genre of the song is pop therefore the video will be mostly be transmitting positivity and happy events with only one disruption of the equilibrium showing that the video will conform to the genre conventions. Furthermore, at the point where the equilibrium is disrupted the enigma code- Barthes will be used to build up the tension and leave the audience guessing how the story will end up and whether the conflict will be resolved.

My music video will be a hybrid as it will consist of both narrative and performance. As the music video will consist of a story this will portray the narrative part, however the first female character will also be performing the song in some of the clips which shows the performance part of the video, resulting in the video being a hybrid. This is a very common type of a music video as it is the most interesting to the audience and therefore will allow the audience to engage the most.