Colbie Caillat - Bubbly Analysis

This video involves both narrative and singing. The singing mainly happens separate from the narrative, however at the end, Colbie lip sings in a CU shot, within the narrative, as if no one else can hear.

The video begins with an ES of the sea, with the waves crashing and then the next few shots are based around a beach hut, also showing the sea through shots from inside the window, looking out, establishing the scene. I have always wanted to film something that features a beach and I could possibly link that into my music video.

After this series of shots as the instrumental plays to introduce the song, it jumps to Colbie singing in the door way in a CU. Its kind of as if she is reminiscing about their relationship and looking back at their memories, cherishing them, because she smiles when she is singing and the narrative strands flow in and out of the video.

Different shots of Colbie and her guitar are apparent and the shots fit in with the beat of the guitar picking, much like the KT Tunstall video, clearly showing a link between those two. 

Here, the shots clearly vary as some as CU/MS/LS, showing a fair share of them all! I particularly like the CU of the hands playing the guitar, as this also links in with the KT Tunstall video. I feel these shots are the most artistic.

During the video, there seems to be a stage of reflection from Colbie as she driving to an open corn field and lip singing, as the narrative is also shown and jumps between her singing and the journey of her and her partner. There is a different effect been used for the narrative sections, to define between the different scenes of lip singing and storyline, however at the end, there is a section which is narrative and that is just normally shot with no added effect, which is interesting.

I'm unsure whether the two shots above brake the 180 degree rule, as the jump from a LS driving to a MS driving seems to be quite jarring and looks like she is driving in a different direction. If I look at this section in more detail:

The shots that're larger than the rest are the most jarring, as the sea seems to be on one side of her and in the next shot, it on the other side. I was quite confused by it, therefore breaking the 180 degree rule. (Now I know to be careful of that during my music video!)

Jumping back to the stage of reflection, there are a number of different shots that define this:

The large number of CU's and MS's are interesting as they capture her facial expression and in between the screen shots that I have shown above, her memories link in as they are shown in a different effect. As she is driving along, the narrative switches between her driving alone and also her and her partner driving, linking in with the idea that she is thinking back on her memories with her partner and smiling about them.

The larger shots that I have highlighted are my favourite, as they show each others facial expressions, then and now, showing how happy they are together, also linking in with the humming that she does in this part of the song. 

I love the flicking between then and now as the memories are shown in a lower exposure and they seem to be very unsteady, as if they've been filmed by homevideo, which links in with the parts that I like in the Lady Antebellum video, when she looking back at the memories.

There are a lot of CU's of Colbie in this video, linking in with both Taylor Swift and KT Tunstall's music videos as they're all based around that particular artist, which I like.

The effect of having the narrative in a different effect/colour links in with my idea, of having my singing parts normal and the narrative sections possibly black and white. This will show a link between my research and my ideas.

There is also a link between this video and the Taylor Swift video. Some of the narrative fits to the lyrics of the song. "Under cover staying dry and warm" fits with the narrative section as the two walk along the beach covering their head:

Also, "will you count me in" is sung as their is a CU of a clock, which is interesting: