Breathe Me - Student Made Music Video

This is a student made music video to the song 'Breathe Me' by Sia.

The narrative in this video is very strong, there's no live performance and its 100% focused on the storyline.

The narrative appears to be about bullying, the majority of the video is in black and white, representing vulnerability, showing a girl sitting alone while a group of 3 stereotypical 'mean girls' laugh at her - however 1/3 (girl C) seems uncomfortable with her friends actions. The story escalates showing how feeling alone can lead to serious issues such as self harm, it is at this point when girl C sticks up for the victim - however the damage is already done as the victim then results to overdosing - showing and carrying an important message that you shouldn't wait until its too late before you help someone.

Towards the end however there's a really powerful message, all the events are played in a 'rewind' mode and it takes us right back to the beginning where no damage has been done yet. The video is now in colour and the 'mean girl' who felt uncomfortable immediately leaves her friends to join the victim, this changes everything and no damage is done. I believe this is incredibly important showing the audience that one little act of good will could change someone's entire life - to be nice as you never know who is going through an inner battle.

None of the video is lip-synced and there is no live performance, which is fitting due to the seriousness of the narrative.

There are 5 key characters in total; the victim, the 3 mean girls and the girl who helps the victim right at the end - however she only features for a few seconds. There's 4 locations in total; school canteen, school toilets, the victims home toilet and the victims home hall. There wasn't an excess amount of characters or locations, everything was in moderation and necessary in order to tell the story well. There are no credits in this video.

There's a certain simplicity to this video with the small amount of locations and different scenes that happen to be long takes, some of the shots are simple whilst some are more artistic for example the close up of the blood. However, the focus of this video seems to be to deliver a message rather than to look good, and I like that. Although I did enjoy this music video, should I make my own, I would prefer it to be a little bit less deep and disturbing, and more enjoyable to watch - however I would like for it to contain a positive message.