Analysis of Music Video - Loick Essien - Me Without You

At the beginning it establishes the location , it starts off with a long shot of a city, which i smost likely to be in America because then there is a  mid shot of a worn down and abandoned building ( which can mean that his song could have a relation to being abandoned and different shots of roads that are unfamiliar to locations in England.  There is then a mid shot of a girl, the camera is tilting from her neck to her face and you can already sense her emtions, she is unhappy which could mean that she is the girl that he is in love with, she looks like she doesnt want to loose the guy either by the looks of her face. The next scene is the Loick Essien in the middle of the road, mid shot oh himself with the background out of focus and the cars are moving, although the time of day is probably in the afternoon, the weather isn't sunny so you can feel that he atmosphere is intense.

There is then a shot reverse shot of the couple, you can tell that they ahve having problems with their relationship, by his body language. He turns his head away from her, makes the audience think that she may have done something wrong or she is going to do something that he wont like. However, when she opens the taxi door, everything becomes in slow motion and througout the music video, most of it is in slow motion, so this illustrates that his life is not right without her. When the song goes: "Try'na be the me without you" everything goes in slow motion and nothing functions properly this can relate to how he feels without her. 

He then goes down an escalator, which is going down and the camera is at a long shot high angle, this symbolises that he is at his lowest point and having that high angle can mean that he is weak and lost. There are other characters in his music video such as a teenaged girl who is most likely heart broken herself as this can be seen by her body language, her hand is on her heart and she is making a fist which could mean that her heart is tight or broken and her arms are also crossed so this can mean that she is closed off from the world she has no one. The people in the backgroundd are in slow motion and walking away from her, as if the world isn't against her and her man but just by herself. The slow motion is used in the music video when someone is heartbroken or missing someone, everyone is in slow motion but them, this can mean that everyone around them is getting on with their lives but their lives are going in slow motion because they have nothing to look forward to. This is also shown when a old man is at a bus stop holding a picture, again, everything is in slow motion but he is normal, he then kisses his picture and smile he may not be feeling unhappy but he is probably reminising about his woman. 

Both of the other characters are on the right side of the frame and Loick Essien is in the centre of the fram so you can tell that he is the main person, this needs to be established as there are more than Loick and his girl.