Ideas for my video
Having permisson granted to use my chosen song 'How to save a life' my next task was to decide what type of music video I wanted to produce. I decided to do some research into the type of music which The Fray produce, with such meaningful lyrics in their songs i wanted to be sure that my take on their music portrayed this. I want to find ways of converting the emotion from the song through to my music video. I believe that the location, costumes, props and the way which the actors handle thereselves whilst filming will be a huge factor in making this conversion successful.
Lyrics:
Step one – you say, "We need to talk."
He walks, you say, "Sit down. It's just a talk."
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
I think this verse if showing that a friend is trying to help his troubled friend, however the person with issues seems to be completley disinterested in doing the help being offered to him.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
The friend talking about his how he is losing his friend and is feeling guilty as he doesnt know what he can do
Let him know that you know best
'Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
Pray to God, he hears you
And I pray to God, he hears you
Try and tell the friend what is going wrong and what he needs to do to put this right and pray that he hears you and changes his ways
And where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Repeat of earlier verse
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Troubled friend starts to get angry, he will either admit to what hes done and change or he will continue to do what hes doing and say he is not the same anymore. Friend begins to wonder why he even tried
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Repeat of earlier verse
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Repeat of earlier verse
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Repeat of earlier verse
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
Repeat of earlier verse
How to save a life
Meaning behind the song?
After taking a look at what I could find the lyrics where saying to the listener, I decided to do some research into the song and see if I could find any motive for the band writing this song and if they where relating to something that has personally happened.
I was suprised to find out that it was a personal experience that resulted to this song being produced. The song is about a time that band member Isaac Slade was working at a mentor camp for troubled teenagers. At the camp he built a particularly strong relationship with a teen due to their shared interest and love for music.The teenager was subject to substance abuse, and most forms of 'advice' that he received were more of conditional and commands to avoid resorting to drugs and self-injury or the people in his life would distance themselves from him which was exactly what happened to this particular teen, his best friend completley removed him from his life. From the slade came to the conclusion that the boy simply needed some support from those around him.
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