R+P Post 18: Analysis of my track's lyrics and instrumentation

Once we had our song, we wrote all the lyrics out onto sugar paper and annotated them with our original shot ideas, our interpretation of the words and the feelings/thoughts associated with them.

Below is part of our lyric analysis

As seen in our analysis we interpreted the lyrics in a way that easily built a narrative - the main character is cheated on by his girlfriend.


Equilibrium

• The artist is reflecting on the good times with his girlfriend and the love they shared
• Cute couple shots showing their relationship, ending with the girlfriend walking out the room

Disruption

• The realisation that something is wrong and the relationship isn't as perfect as he first thought
• She's distant with him
• Montage of the girlfriend with another guy

Attempts to resolve

• Both the main character and the girlfriend are aware that the relationship is failing
• They're arguing - trying to fix things
• She's begging him to forgive her

Resolution

• They both realise that the trust is broken and agree to end things
• The main character forgives the cheating but understands that he must move on and remove himself from that environment

We also wanted to ensure that we built in audio-visual theory, therefore having a strong relationship between the lyrics and narrative and performance shots. For example on lines that reference this 'other guy', such as 'I found out from him' and 'must have me confused with some other guy' we want to have shot of the girlfriend with the other guy to draw a strong connection.

In addition to this we also came up with a list of gestures to match specific lyrics which can be seen below.