Breakdown of Lyrics

Instrumental (0-1:00)



My skin is like a map, of where my heart has been (0.58-1:04)
And I can’t hide the marks, but it’s not a negative thing (1:06-1:11)
So I let down my guard, drop my defenses, down by my clothes (1:12-1:18)
I’m learning to fall, with no safety net, to cushion the blow (1:19-1:25)

I’ve found your finger prints on a glass of wine (1:29-1:33)
Do you know you’re leaving them all over this heart of mine too (1:36-1:41)
But if I never take this leap of faith I’ll never know (1:42-1:48)
So I’m learning to fall with no safety net to cushion the blow (1:49-1:55)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (1:56-2:02)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart carved on a tree (2:03-2:10)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (2:11-2:17)
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily (2:18-2:25)


My skin is like a map, of where my heart has been (2:27-2:32)
And I can’t hide the marks, but it’s not a negative thing (2:34-2:39)
But if I never take this leap of faith I’ll never know (2:41-2:47)
So I’m learning to fall, with no safety net, to cushion the blow (2:48-2:54)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (2:54-3:01)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (3:02-3:08)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (3:09-3:16)
Underneath I bruise easily, (3:17-3:20)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (3:24-3:30)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (3:31-3:37)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (3:38-3:45)
Underneath I bruise easily, I bruise easily (3:46-3:50)

I bruise easily (3:50-3:54)


I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (3:54-4:00)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (4:01-4:07)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (4:08-4:14)
Underneath I bruise easily, (4:15-4:19)
I bruise easily (4:20-4:22)

I bruise easily, so be gentle when you handle me (4:23-4:29)
There’s a mark you leave, like a love heart, carved on a tree (4:30-4:36)
I bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface without moving me (4:37-4:43)
Underneath I bruise easily, (4:44-4:48)
I bruise easily (4:49-4:51)

Instrumental (4:52-5:54)




Analysis of the lyric breakdown



Due to the fact we have chosen a remix within a remix finding the lyrics online were difficult and the words in this remix had been changed slightly so it was harder to work out the timings. As you can see there is around two minutes during the beginning and end of the song which we shall use for our flashbacks, as our video will be narrative it will help relate our beginning and end together as the same music in the beginning is repeated at the end.

9 frame analysis

I chose to do my nine frame analysis on the song if i were a boy by Beyonce. Due to the fact the video has a memorable narrative. Also this video proves the fact of how important music videos are today since if the video has not been watched the song will not make as much sense. The scene is set as Beyonce starts the morning getting breakfast in this shot we can see the dominant character is the woman as she is stood up towering above the man. Which is a change from the generally dominant male which is shown in most music videos. The lighting is dark and it is in black and white which makes us focus on the characters instead of the room in which they are in. Personally at this point we find the woman ignorant as the man has made breakfast for her but instead of sitting down with him she is eating hers in what seems to be a rush. This shot is a Medium close up and uses deep focus so we can see everything that is occurring.







The second shot i have chosen is one which shows the woman character in a very masculine uniform. Police officers are generally seen as a masculine role. We see that the character is confident within ones self as she puts her hat on at a jaunty angle. This meat shot is shown as the character is shown as expressionless, and almost bored with what is going on around her. Again this is a medium close up of Beyonce so we can see her facial expressions.




This next shot shows the male character at work i chose this because of the body language shown in it. The woman in the scene is trying to attract the males attention however he is shown as oblivious to her advances. Her full attention is on him she is also looking at him, however he is ignoring her and is blatently focused on something else. This shot is an establishing shot so we can see everything that is happening.



Shot 5 is the a contrast to the previous shot i have just explained, due to the fact the body language from both the characters are completely different. Unlike the husband on the previous one with the woman, the wife with this man in this shot are very close, and looking into each others eyes, each is smiling and are paying each other large amounts of attention. Looking at this shot you can see sexual attraction. However as a viewer we do not like this shot as we know that the husband is at work looking for a present for his wife and she is been like this with this man. This shot is a closeup.




This shot proves there is definitely sexual attraction between the two characters. However the woman who has been shown as particularly masculine, however now we see a hint of her femininity as voyerism has been used as the man is seen as looking at her in a admiring way as she is bent over the car. This shot is a Low angle shot.



In this scene you see a close up of the wife and the man the viewers think that she is having an affair with. This shot proves that an affair is occurring, as throughout the video we have seen them getting closer and closer. And now the inevitable has happened you can see in this shot there this is more then a friendly relationship occuring between these two characters.




In this shot we gain a realisation of the meaning behind the video, we see the husband in the police uniform and that what we had previously seen was simply a role reversal between the wife and the husband. This shot is a medium close up similar to the one shown previously that i explained when beyonce was in the police uniform, again this medium shot has been used to show the expressions of this man.




Finally in this shot we understand the story and we know what is going to happen as we see what previously happened with the wife and the man we thought she was having a affair with laughing and joking in the police car. Whilst now we see the husband and the woman we know her will have an affair with. I think this video is an extremely effective video. This is a medium close up using deep focus so again we can see the mans expression.



Finally the video ends as it began with a meat shot of Beyonce, the grey scale shot creates a feeling of misery. A lot of repetitiveness and links between shots are used throughout this video and this is one of them. She has a very natural look about her since it seems she has no makeup on again perhaps showing that she is upset.

Inspiration for flashbacks

This has inspired us to do the flashbacks within our video and have the sound of heels throughout our video as a sound motif.

Our ideas have changed slightly from our previous ideas so consequently so has the costumes above shows a basic idea of the costumes we shall be making.

This is the list of makeup we will need to create the effect like on the youtube video we have posted previously on our blog.

These are design ideas for our dresses in the forest scene these dresses will be knee legnth long and off white. We will create an old effect to the dresses by mixing the white fabric with teabags. These dresses will be wrapped around the characters in an almost greek goddess like fashion. When the fire scene comes on the characters who in the forest scene had white dresses white contacts and a zombie like feel to them, will unwind the white dresses to show black shorter dresses beneath. They will also have black contact lenses in to show that the characters sadness is now turning into anger. We have designed the dresses like this to show that the characters are been released from all there problems and are overcoming them. It will be seen as symbolic when the dresses are thrown into the fire. We are planning on designing and making our own costumes.

we wrote a list of the items of costume which would be needed in our video.

Inspiration for makeup in our Video

We have been trying to think outside the box and think about how we can adapt our genre, to intrigue the audience and give them something that is not typically found in this particular genre. We have been inspired by this video to try and recreate it in our music video. However we wont have the blood and the black lines on the face. But since our music video is performance and amplification video as well as a narrative one, we thought this would work extremely well. However instead of just having the makeup looking like eyes on top of the lids. When our characters open their eyes they will also have contact lenses in so it will be a shock to the audience and be exceptionally effective. The idea behind this makeup is to almost create an effect in which butterflys use when trying to protect themselves to stop them getting harmed. They have large eye like patterns on their wings making them look like they are bigger, scarier creatures then what they are to scare predators away. Our characters are putting on this front and they look scary so as to make themselves unapprochable and so they cannot be hurt no more. Because people generally put on a front when they are upset so as no questions are asked as into the reason as to why they are upset.

Practice Music Video

I enjoyed practicing creating a music video, as it got me familiar with the software i would be using and i also realized how time consuming editing was so it helped me create a realistic time table for the real video i shall be creating. I used a lot of affects throughout my practice video i tried to use amplification, as well as making it a contradictory video as to making it irrelevant to the lyrics been sang.