The music video starts off with a woman coming in to the frame, which emphasises that she is the woman that the singer, Drake is thinking about and just got out of a relationship with. The lighting of the music video is dim throughout even the lights, the rooms are dark and blurry, the saturation and the contrast are heightened to create an effect. This can show how he feels as he is drinking shots and bottles of alcohol, it gives the audience a perspective in what the singer is thinking about and how he is feeling, how he views his surroundings. You can tell that he is depressed, upset as normally these are the generic conventions for someone who is upset, as they would normally turn to alcohol. The camera blurs in and out and blends with other scenes and shots to show his mind state and what he is thinking isn't very clear, he laughs and smiles to himself shows that he is lonely, thinking about the good times, and just generally the effects of alcohol.
He whispers into a woman's ear, mostly likely something insulting, like objectifying her, as she looks disgusted when he tells her, this could mean that he is desperate and confused, because he has lost someone he loved to another person so he is trying to get women for 'rebounds'. There are also extreme close ups of different parts this woman that he is missing, probably meaning that he is thinking about her in a sexual manner and missing her as well. In the party there are tilting shots of women's bodies, which relates to the male gaze, something that men would like to see in a music video and what would women these days normally wear to a party.
While there is a mid shot of him, he is in the center which means he is the star of the music video and there are flashes a woman on a sofa in a long shot, which can mean that he is thinking about her and as she is on the phone, she is thinking about him too.
In the music video there are high angled shots of alcohol and people smoking drinking and having a good time. Having a high angled shot of the alcohol and the drugs symbolise that they are bad and not good for anyone, at the same time the camera blurs so it goes put the audience in the point of view of being drunk or high on drugs. The camera fades in and out fast into darkness, which shows how his mind set is in a dark place, that the party isn't good for him, how ever he is trying to get his mind off the woman that he loves so he is there but it doesn't work. There is a tracking shot rotating around him and in the background there are all these women, that are just there but he doesn't want any of them.
The camera is never steady and is always moving, in goes in time with the song but it also shows how drunk he is, when he makes his way to the toilet he bumps into everyone and everything is crowding him as if he is influenced under others, maybe even under fame, as maybe his friends are getting in the way of him. While he is in the toilet, he looks into the mirror this shows that he is reflecting on his life, most likely ashamed of what he has done as he puts his hands on his neck and rubs his face, which is a sign of unhappiness and remorse. When the girl that he loves asks if he is drunk on the phone, the whole song starts go really slow and the music video goes in slow motion emphasies on the fact that he is extremely drunk .
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