narrative

For my exam I have decided to write about my A2 music video as I feel as though it has a clearer narrative and better storyline. Our short film last year at AS level was told in a linear way in chronological order which seemed very "to the point" and predicatable, but our music video has flashbacks which is more effective and broader to discuss in an exam whereas I think our film could be quite vague and dull.

The narrative in our film is a young teenage ballet dancer who, after a ballet lesson gets stalked by a mysterious killer. In the film we see her journey home from school, her first meeting with the killer, and the ending which is a cliff hanger as we don't know if he catches her or not, and then the film would begin. During this journey the places she passes she passes a music box, and this music box is a symbolic code for the killer always following her.

The narrative in our music video is a teenage girl has just broke up with her boyfriend and in the music video we see her flashback into the good times with him and she remembers the good memories she had with him singing the lyrics to the song. It includes both narrative and performance in it showing a range of different ideas and shots which will be interesting to talk about and why we chose particular symbolisms.

I believe that my narrative skills has improved greatly from AS to A level and therefore I will create a stronger narrative in my music video.