Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me

By Lydia

Film language• The video uses a panning shot to open the video as it pans across to

show who's driving the car. They use a long-shot to show the car being broken and how it is a remote area. The video is shot like it is a film with the narrow screen. There are no extreme close ups only clos ups to show us the singer when she is lip syncing mostly they use mid-shots to tell the story of the characters. The transition between scene are mostly going to the singer then cutting back to couple being somewhere else. The video ends with a straight cut to black.

Genre characteristics • Gabrielle Aplin’s “Please Don't Say You Love Me” is a indie pop

music video there are many things that make this a indie pop video.• A key convention in the indie pop videos are narratives with

breaks in where they show the artist singing this is similar to how pop video's are. For example in this video the video starts with the male and the woman driving through the country side and goes on to tell a story about there relationship. • An indie pop music video that also has a narrative with breaks

with where the singer is sing is 'Wings' by Birdy.• A common convention in folk music videos is straight cuts it

this is used in this video at the end to reveal that the character isn't in the car anymore.

Straight Cut

Mise-en-scene• The colours are warm this is common for indie pop as it gives

a chilled vibe to the viewer, this colouring also goes with the music its self. • The clothes are not shown much as the video forces on how

the characters feel by showing there faces. The male character wears are dark clothing. Where as the woman wears light clothing and changes outfit in the video whereas his stays the same. The clothing could be showing their personality as the woman is happy and full of life whereas the man is closed off.• The settings is the natural this is common for indie pop.

Lyrics

“Fools rush in, And I've been the fool before” this is reflecting that the character in the video doesn’t want to rush there relationship like they have done it the past.

“Under pressure precious things can break” These lyrics are a metaphor for the relationship in the video as the relationship is precious and it is falling apart.

“Cause I think this could be moreThis thing I'm looking for” This lyric goes with the story when another man comes up to her then she realizes that she is in love with the other man.

Representation of artist• There are lots of close ups on the artist face in the video. The close ups are to

show the emotion in the song and how the artist feels about it. The close ups on the artist face are when she is lip syncing to the song they show her sitting in the background of where the couple are.

• When they show her she isn't doing anything she is just looking into the camera. This is not uncommon in indie pop videos, sometimes they are shown playing instrument as well as lip syncing.

References to voyeurism • The story in the video shows the main love interest getting annoyed

when another guy is watching his girlfriend. This shows the other man objectifying the woman.

• Other then this when the main man looks at the female it is with affection.

Intertextual references • The music video

'Please don’t say you love me' isn't a direct reference to the film 'The fault in our stars' but it is similar as they both are love stories.

These are shots from the film.

These are shots from the music video.

Performance, narrative or concept based?• "Please don't say you love me" is mostly a narrative video because

most of the video shows the story of the two characters relationship. The story of the woman not being ready to say 'I love you' to the guy.

The plot:

There are gaps in the video where it shows the artist lip syncing.