Song Lyrics- Our video idea

This was our intial idea, before we did some research & found out the actual meaning behind the song (Chris Martin wrote this song about the death of his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow's dad). After finding this out we decided to adapt our idea to a similar one of the actual meaning behind the song. We though in doing this it would be easier to put accross the general message of the lyrics in the video.


Black writing= Lyrics
Red writing= Idea for that particular verse


When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse
First verse – Black & white, girl & boy (hugging & acting loved up) close up on girls facial expression.

And the tears come streaming down your face
when you lose something you can't replace
when you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Second verse – Colour, boy & other girl (also hugging & acting loved up)

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Still boy & other girl together (Colour) until last line (fades into Black & white) shot of his girlfriend, (shows his guilt)

When high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth
(Colour) Girlfriend walks in on them, and says the last three lines, run off crying

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
(Colour) Girlfriend running off & towards end of verse he catches up with her.

Tears stream down your face
when you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your faceAnd I...
(Colour) Grabs the girl, says the second line to her, 3rd line close up of girls face.

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...
(Colour) First two lines boy is upset, punches wall, then last two we see the boy sat on a park bench on his own

Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
and I will try to fix you
Old girlfriend walks past with her new boyfriend and the old boyfriend looks regretful (last line flashback of when he was still with the girl) Flashback in black & white.


Our final idea


When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
For this verse we will see a panning shot of the mourners room, then we will see the mourner themself in bed, with the picture at the side of the bed & a tear in there eye.

And the tears come streaming down your face
when you lose something you can't replace
when you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
See the mourner walk down the grave yard & then stop at the persons grave & start to cry

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
At the grave for the whole of verse, just crying & few quick flashbacks in black & white of the dead person

When high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth


Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
See the mourner with a person people comforted (with a family member) who will mouth the words to them.

Tears stream down your face
when you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Flashback in black & white of the mourner & the person that actually died

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Start to see the mourner getting their life back together ie: Cleaning the dishes, tidying & hoovering

Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
and I will try to fix you
Final part see the mourner sat on bench & then for the last two lines see the mourner at the grave, but with a smile on their face


We though it would be better to go with this idea because when the lyrics & video interlink it makes the message of the song come accross better, which in this case is the grieving process of losing a loved one, Although the song itself is about Gwyneth losing her father, we though we'd put our own spin on it by making our video about a girl grieving the loss of her boyfriend.

We decided to email Sophie Pentecost too get her input on the song and ask her for any ideas too forward out video, unfortionately she emailed us back saying she didn't actually have copy rights on the song, however she offered us another song that was of the same nature which she then offered to give us some help with. So after deliberation we decided too use the song Sophie offered us. This makes us a bit behind everyone else in the class, however with the help of Sophie with the lyrics and meaning behind the song we should be caught up in no time.