Research and Planning - Music Videos

During the summer, I became aware of Sam Smith's new video 'I'm Not The Only One' which once I listened to it, became such a good song to me, and I felt like this would be a good idea to do for my A2 Media Portfolio. The video depicts a story in the background of a man and woman couple and Sam Smith pops in every now and then to sing too.
The video is sort of like a film. It resembles characters taking part in a story-line that the song lyrics fit to. And I think this would be maybe a better video to perform for my Media coursework.

This moment of the music video shows a woman driving her car, away from the arguments and feelings of her past with her partner. When Sam Smith appears in the music video, he is singing into a microphone, and this adds a new dimension to the music video which I feel would be a good thing to try and depict myself.

The positioning of the characters in this video is hard to analyse as
the video is based on a story. The characters go through a whirlwind of emotions, as they argue and the woman leaves; then she drinks away her problems, and then drives back crying and meets her partner once more, and they continue as if nothing had happened. The lyrics of the song, add a new dimension to the song as they are quite eerie and Sam Smith's voice and personality are quite sombre in this but the powerful message behind it adds a sense of mystery to the story as the story matches the lyrics and their message.