The soundtrack of 2004 French movie "Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants" a.k.a. "Happily Ever After" features Radiohead's Creep. This is a short section of the film. It is like a music video, therefore this is the first of the two video analysis we will carry out. Radiohead are one of my favorite groups and creep is probably my favourite song by them (except for 15 step) The establishing shot is a medium shot that gradually zooms into the girl in the video. The piece of film that goes with the video is very effective as the girl in the video clearly believes she relates to the song. The story line isn't very confusing as it only contains two characters. The girl thinks that the bloke in the film, Johnny Depp has taken an interest in her, and we know this by the close ups of the eye contact between them. Its not until later that we realise he is only being friendly to her. The video features various amounts of camera shots, but the most common shot is the close up. There are a few medium shots as the video progresses but close ups seem to dominate this video. As soon as the woman in the video drops the headphones and becomes frantic when following Johnny Depp the camera angles and shots become much faster and aggresive. The video is very personal and you really feel for the girl in the video. The lyrics to creep are very apparent to the viewer and they have obviously influenced the video. ''When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye. Your just like an angel, your skin makes me cry'' There is obvious tension between the two characters and the song plays a huge role. At the end of the video the song lyrics help the video again ''what ever makes you happy, what ever you want. Your so fuckin' special, I wish I was special..But I'm a creep, I'm a wierdo, what the hell am I doin' here. I don't belong here, I don't belong here'' The video ends with the girl leaving on her own. She is dissapointed because thought that she would at least get the guys number. There is a huge build up throughout the whole video where you think that the two characters will hit it off. When the girl follows Johnny Depp the audience thinks that she isn't going to give up on tis oppertunity of love, when she gets there Johnny Depps face reveals how shocked he is that she has followed him, he was only being polite before and the harshness of reality kicks in. Radiohead's music is about realism and explaining what life is really like, this video is a prime example.
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