Thoughts on Narrative

In the music video 'Teenage Dream' the editors and creaters have made the narrative very obvious to the script. A lot of the same shot are used, and the same setting. Half the song is taken up by the character with her boyfriend. The other half taken up by different styles of close ups and establishing shots. As these are used constantly throughout the whole song it can get very repetitive and seems un-original. This is something we will have to consider when we do our own. On the plus side, the narrative is very clear and leaves the audience with no doubt, however this can also be linked to the lyrics. We want to make sure that the story we are trying to tell comes through.