Similar Texts: The Only Exception - Paramore

A very similar song and track from the same album as our chosen piece is "The Only Exception". In this video lead singer Hayley Williams alternates between laying on a bed of love letters singing to the camera, performing solemnly with the other band members and, most predominant to the narrative, walking through many scenarios looking for "true love" and realising she left him behind.

In the video there are very few costume changes and the outfits that feature are more demure than those seen in R&B, hip hop and rap videos, as is more common in pop punk. The theme of the song is unsurprising as love songs span all genres, with searching for love and breakups most popular even within the subgenres of rock.

In the video Hayley walks through many doors into different locations. This could mean she is searching for love as she is not sure the man she was with at the start of the video is "The One". This reinforces the lyrics as she sings

"That was the day that I promised I'd never sing of love if it does not exist,

But darling you are the only exception"

Here she is admitting her feelings but perhaps out of fear, seen in the lyrics

"I got a tight grip on reality but I can't let go of what's in front of me here",

she isn't ready to confront them, which is why she is running and looking for someone else, possibly to see if what she thinks she feels is true.

The opening shot of the  video is an image which can really only be described as domestic bliss; Hayley and the male the song in question is about are asleep on a sofa together. As it is daytime, evident by the soft golden light illuminating the room, they have probably fallen asleep together watching a film. Both are dressed casually, showing they have probably been together for a long enough time to feel they do not have to dress to impress each other, something Williams does later on in the video. In the foreground there are two coffee mugs positioned close together on a small coffee table, reflecting the closeness of the couple on the sofa. When she gets up, it's clear Williams is wearing a delicate chain with a heart on it, possibly connoting that her emotions when it comes to a relationship are as fragile as her jewellery.

Song And Video Change

Unfortunately we encountered many problems and obstacles when trying to complete the filming for our original video. These problems included unavailability of locations to film within. The Bridge Cafe was to be a main location as previous classes had gotten permission to film there but after many students agreed previously and did not use the location he wanted to charge us. We also had stars who had issues being able to film, including one getting hit by a car. Eventually it became so problematic we decided to just change the video idea. As we were starting to run out of time before the deadline we felt a rock song would be easiest to create in our time constraint. We felt this as there are few costume and location changes in rock videos. Because we chose a pop punk band in Paramore, there is less focus on instruments as is common in many videos of the genre.

The song we have chosen is "All I Wanted" by Paramore, and again we chose this song due to it not having a video already. However the song doesn't have a video as it was only unreleased, rather than specially written for a film as our last song was. The lack of official video still means that there is no expectation to create a similar piece. 

The idea we've come up with to create a new video is to use the codes and conventions of sorrowful love songs and show a female character mourning the end of her relationship. We plan on having her in a garden that may have been a frequent spot for her and her former love. As we live in London we felt that having a short sequence filmed in Liverpool street station would be perfect as it is recognisable as a London station. We also plan on using an iconic red phone box to make full use of our surroundings.