Final Song Decisons...

Our final song decision came down to: I hate u, I love u by Gnash ft Olivia O'Brien

This is the existing music video which goes with this song:

   

This is a song which has a rather strong narrative running throughout which is carried throughout the raw vocals from Olivia O'Brien and the rap from Gnash. It is a song which clearly displays a problem with a relationship but when we listened to it we thought that we could expand on the idea of a relationship issue. We decided that the relationship issue would've started mentally from the male characters perspective. This draws on the theme of mental health as well as relationship issues giving us a lot more to work with a think about.

The way in which the lyrics are organised in this song really help the narrative come across. The rap is split with singing from Olivia O'Brien in between which puts a massive emphasis on the idea that it's a two-way battle between the male and female involved and that there are (or were) two sides to their relationship. We thought that we could work with this aspect, highlighting moments where the male character is isolated and depressed but then contrasting that with moments with the two of them, enjoying their relationship. 

The existing music video for this song uses lots of nature locations which stood out to us. They use high angles and pans over the sea and in forests. This is something that as a group we said we could try and challenge; we thought that even though the shots were impressive, they didn't take us anywhere or show us the issues in the relationship. As we live in Wales we can use the nature and sea which are located so close to us as a benefit and try and get some similar style shots but making sure they focus on the relationship and particularly the male characters mental state of mind.