First Draft

This is the first edit of a complete video that I have made. There are some minor faults with the video, such as disruptive graphics and images and some visuals which we did not intend to appear in the video yet perhaps these visuals work better than the original 'scripted plan': spontaneity isn't always a weakness.

The video still follows the intended ambiguous, loose narrative as a result of the montage editing style intended which was dependent more upon visuals and aesthetics than a narrative for the audience, allowing more creativity.

The under-laying thematic of blinking is seen as a result of the editing technique with fractured, random cuts to black as well as the strobe lighting MES chosen. This blinking effect denotes the speed of the love that the protagonist has forsaken. The blinking also gives an additional disorientating effect, coupled with numerous blurring and dissolve in/out editing transitions.

As promised there is also the short extract from the film The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, which the lyrics of the song refer to. This inter-textual reference works well within the video, allowing similar cinematography and editing techniques, such as the close-up shots at the start of the video of the three character's facial features and the rapid cut editing of the three character's faces in the latter half of the video. Another blatant MES aspect of the video is the inclusion of the sun and the sun set in the video – denoting the end to the relationship for our protagonist and the romance in the video, Fran. This is seen in certain establishing/ extreme long shots, the circular visual flare taken from the Xbox 360 music visualiser and certain lighting effects of the MES such as the gliding light seen at 1.01 and in another instance in the video.