Statement of Intent
I have covered the hip hop track Let You Down, by NF. The language of my music video follows music video conventions: I have a mix of performance (where my singer lip synchs the words, addresses the audience directly through eye contact and performs in role) and interpretation of the narrative (in which the lyrics are acted out). I also follow another really central music video convention of cutting to the beat, which means that the pace changes dramatically and therefore the speed of my singer’s actions and my editing. This song relates to a younger audience of teenagers because the lyrics are relatable; someone letting their partner down, and wanting forgiveness for mistreating someone who wanted to treat well.
The narrative I have in my music will be related to the lyrics. It will convey the story of a young boy texting his partner, saying they need to take a break. I convey this by adding texts on the screen as each text is played out, whilst cutting between me passionately lip syncing the lyrics to the chorus 'I'm sorry that I let you down'. This expresses my feelings and that I need to find a way to escape this bubble I am in, in my life. I have text bubbles popping out of the screen to the side instead of showing my phone. I show the stress of 'the voices in my head' using many different camera shot types. I represent the downwards spiral of frustration and stress through the edit of the clock being in a time lapse.
I am in the snow with white and black clothes on because it represents darkness and in a lonely place. My singer wears stereotypical teen clothes (tracksuit and hoodie clothes). I show my stress when I do a shot of me opining my laptop, viewing an essay. Whilst doing this lip syncing in the snow, and behind my green screen (which is a shot of the woods), I'm doing the essay and struggling to do it, and continuously put my head down disappointingly. When the main beat hits, there is a 2 second clip of my body shattering into pieces using special effects, to represent how I want to disappear.
Lyrics
Song - NF - Let You Down
Feels like we're on the edge right now
I wish that I could say I'm proud
I'm sorry that I let you down
Let you down
All these voices in my head get loud
I wish that I could shut them out
I'm sorry that I let you down
L-l-let you down
Yeah, I guess I'm a disappointment
Doing everything I can, I don't wanna make you disappointed
It's annoying
I just wanna make you feel like everything I ever did wasn't ever tryna make an issue for you
But, I guess the more you
Thought about everything, you were never even wrong in the first place, right?
Yeah, I'ma just ignore you
Walking towards you, with my head down, lookin' at the ground, I'm embarrassed for you
Paranoia, what did I do wrong this time? That's parents for you
Very loyal?
Shoulda had my back, but you put a knife into my hands before
What else should I carry for you?
I cared for you, but
Feels like we're on the edge right now
I wish that I could say I'm proud
I'm sorry that I let you down
L-l-let you down
All these voices in my head get loud
I wish that I could shut them out
I'm sorry that I let you down
L-l-let you down
Yeah, you don't wanna make this work
You just wanna make this worse
Want me to listen to you
But you don't ever hear my words
You don't wanna know my hurt, yet
Let me guess you want an apology, probably
How can we keep going at a rate like this?
We can't, so I guess I'ma have to leave
Please don't come after me
I just wanna be alone right now, I don't really wanna think at all
Go ahead, just drink it off
Both know you're gonna call tomorrow like nothing's wrong
Ain't that what you always do?
I feel like every time I talk to you, you're in an awful mood
What else can I offer you?
There's nothing left right now, I gave it all to you
Feels like we're on the edge right now
I wish that I could say I'm proud
I'm sorry that I let you down
L-l-let you down
All these voices in my head get loud
I wish that I could shut them out
I'm sorry that I let you down
L-l-let you down
Yeah, don't talk down to me
That's not gonna work now
Packed all my clothes and I moved out
I don't even wanna go to your house
Everytime I sit on that couch
I feel like you lecture me
Eventually, I bet that we
Could have made this work
And probably woulda figured things out
But I guess that I'm a letdown
But it's cool, I checked out
Oh, you wanna be friends now?
Okay, let's put my fake face on and pretend now
Sit around and talk about the good times
That didn't even happen
I mean, why are you laughing?
Must have missed that joke
Let me see if I can find a reaction
No, but at least you're happy
Feels like we're on the edge right now
I wish that I could say I'm proud
I'm sorry that I let you down
Oh, I let you down
All these voices in my head get loud
And I wish that I could shut them out
I'm sorry that I let you down
Oh, let you down
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry now
I'm sorry
That I let you dow
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