Music Video Analysis "The Script - For the first time"

The second video that I am analysing is "The Script - For the first time" - the storyline in the video is preformed by two people who are in love whilst The Script portray this relationship with the song lyrics. The video displays the relationship of two people who have had to move away and have slowly fallen out of love with each other so they start from the beginning and start doing things to make them both fall back in love with each other again. 

Throughout the video the visuals and the lyrics link together which is done so you can really understand what the song is trying to portray. An example of this is when the lyrics are "sit talking up all night saying things that we hadn't for a while" whilst the visuals show the two of them sitting together, falling back in love. By doing this it helps the audience relate to this situation and think of a time when they've fallen out of love with somebody. The camera movements change from The Script singing the song and the two actors acting it out but The Script do not play an actual part in the video storyline. Even though the lyrics are said from a males point of view the video is set from the girlfriends perspective - we see her talking to her family, taking pictures ect. This is also done so that both sexes can relate to the video, males to the lyrics and girls to the video. 

There are many different camera angels used to portray The Script and the actors and to display their emotions and feelings to the situation happing. Whilst the group are performing there is mostly close ups of their faces to show if it is a happy or sad time in the video. There is low angle shots of the city to show how big it it compared to a small Ireland suggesting that she feels lost here. There are shots that have a blurred effect on them and have used a point of view camera angle as this is showing the feelings and visuals from the girls point of view. There is also shots of the male actor looking for a job which is reflected in the lyrics as well "got a new job now in the unemployment line." 

The fast paced video, which reflects how different their lives are from where they lived before, contrasts to The Scripts persona in the video as they are very laid back and the song is also very laid back  As the video tells a storyline of a love story between two people this makes the audience very engaged and want to know what the ending is going to be.