A successful analysis of a Pop music video

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

This scene is a split screen which is effective, as it shows us the two main people in the video who look like they're not bothered to get out of bed.

We then get a birds eye view of the two, as we see the shot belittle them and show them victims of a boring job and life. Overall, we are looking down at them and also, see them in double beds though, only them sleeping in it which shows us that theyre lonely.

We then see a shot of the artist sitting at a piano, which means that even though, his song is telling a story it still cuts back to him. He's sitting in-between two circles, which is very symmetrical and we get a close up of his face where we see he's dressed up in modern clothing. He's not trying to impress anyone with a shirt and tie, just relating himself to everyone else and that perhaps his life isn't that perfect either.

There's a sequence of both the guy and woman, which is a quicker way to show how their daily routine follows. As they both leave their houses, the video seems to be selling a dream and an ideal life since, we see the room as very nice that could seem as expensive including the girls corridor.

Once on the train we see the girl looking at a young couple and we flick back to her to show her face that looks depressed because even the unattractive people are able to find someone. Therefore, why cant she?

 Same goes for the guy who looks at an old couple which he's upset about and looks away because perhaps he wants a long lasting relationship with someone to share it with.

To show the time passing we get a glimpse of the calender as the days change.

During their time at work, we see the girl eating a doughnut however, not interacting with anyone. Same goes for the guy who sits with his classmates though, doesn't laugh when they do.

In general they are both soul mates though, haven't realised it yet. They both have stuff in common especially sitting right next to each other on the circle balls however, not seeing one another whilst eating a hot dog.

When she's at the office we get a nice zoom in to her face from the guys point of view who's opposite her which makes this video successful because he has finally noticed her.

On her way home, she decides to draw on a billboard and when the guy sees it he adds another drawing to it.

This way he is trying to win her over because the next day at work, she's happy because she has an admirer and she's thinking if she'll actually get to meet this guy.

The last scene makes the video very effective because it's a high angle shot of the guy holding an umbrella up for the girl. It shos their empowerement and that they'll no longer be lonely since, we're not looking down at them anymore though up.