How does the editing in Be The One by The Ting Tings construct the meaning of relationships between characters?
From watching the whole of The Ting Tings music video i think that the relationship between the two character in the video is that with use of their action they want to get away from whatever is bothering them but, using the context of the words in the video is seems like its an relationship that's making them want to get away, with the use of the words "This was not my idea. Don't you keep me wait... What you gonna offer now?" Makes me see the two characters as having an affair with each other, and wanting to escape with each other.
From watching the whole of The Ting Tings music video i think that the relationship between the two character in the video is that with use of their action they want to get away from whatever is bothering them but, using the context of the words in the video is seems like its an relationship that's making them want to get away, with the use of the words "This was not my idea. Don't you keep me wait... What you gonna offer now?" Makes me see the two characters as having an affair with each other, and wanting to escape with each other.
The use of editing techniques helped me to get this picture. I only analysed the first 60 seconds of the music video, as there was so much editing techniques used in them 60 seconds.
The girl wakes up in the hospital, this already has the audience wanting to know why she's in there and is she okay? Within the first few seconds, at 0.02-0.003 there is a eye-line match, which is the first part of the hospital environment that the audience see. The next shot that is used is of her pulling herself up, using a close up which then cuts, using a match on action shot of her then again pulling herself up (in the same action) but this time the shot is taken from a further away shot, showing her whole environment. Telling the story of where she is and using her facial expressions which shows her confused helps the audience to get a bigger picture of her not knowing why shes in there. Another eye-line match is used when she turns to the heart monitor machine and then there's a close up of the machine, which shows she is alive so the audience (if they had thought she had died) had that equation out of their heads. The action then cuts to another character, playing the music which is in the video. The editing used here is cross cutting, as this action with the man playing the keyboard is happening at the same as the girl is in hospital. This makes the audience link the two characters together, as they are of a different sex and they would assume they are an item. Within this shot scene where the audience see the man is a DJ, but not a very popular on as there isn't many people there, which with the context of the song "Don't leave me waiting" he could be wanting to get away. Also the time of this all happening makes people think that its night, as it a DJ thing, which most people would associate with night life.
The girl wakes up in the hospital, this already has the audience wanting to know why she's in there and is she okay? Within the first few seconds, at 0.02-0.003 there is a eye-line match, which is the first part of the hospital environment that the audience see. The next shot that is used is of her pulling herself up, using a close up which then cuts, using a match on action shot of her then again pulling herself up (in the same action) but this time the shot is taken from a further away shot, showing her whole environment. Telling the story of where she is and using her facial expressions which shows her confused helps the audience to get a bigger picture of her not knowing why shes in there. Another eye-line match is used when she turns to the heart monitor machine and then there's a close up of the machine, which shows she is alive so the audience (if they had thought she had died) had that equation out of their heads. The action then cuts to another character, playing the music which is in the video. The editing used here is cross cutting, as this action with the man playing the keyboard is happening at the same as the girl is in hospital. This makes the audience link the two characters together, as they are of a different sex and they would assume they are an item. Within this shot scene where the audience see the man is a DJ, but not a very popular on as there isn't many people there, which with the context of the song "Don't leave me waiting" he could be wanting to get away. Also the time of this all happening makes people think that its night, as it a DJ thing, which most people would associate with night life.
All the way through the video there is parallel editing, making he audience see that these two characters are doing the same thing (walking) at the same time. This is done by editing with the cameraman taking different shot of the characters, and during the editing process merging the two together creating the audience's minds to link the two characters together, also creating a relationship between the two. My first thought in this part is that they're in a relationship and meeting each other because the road they're both walking down looks the same. However, the screen behind shows a day time view so then it makes me think of the two characters having a flash back to what happened earlier between the two of them. The screens also link into visual effects, done by filming the same sequence but at a different time, merging the two to what i previously said of a "flash back" effect. I think this because it's following the character behind and with use of the facial expressions to me it looks like they're both thinking.
At 0.49 - 0.53, the editing uses cross cutting to one scene to the other, by using the night sky as a blank canvas to go back to the other character, causing a dizzy effect which would link to them both thinking about the same thing.
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