The City Lyrics

The City:

Going to the city, I hope you'll meet me there.

Gonna find the answers to all of our prayers.

And I wont have to look hard, when your by my side.

The suitcases and skyscrapers and traffic lights.

(These lyrics are then repeated.)

The song is quite simple so we will try not to may our finished video too complicated, but we still want to keep it simple but effective.

Each line has a separate meaning and we plan to interpret the lines and imagery created through the use of different shots and camera angles.

'Going to the City' - This line sets the scene of where the action in the video is going to take place. We decided that we were going to use a rural area as the main location point for our performer and then use this in contrast to the city in which he is wishing to go.

'I hope you'll meet me there' - This shows that there is a love interest in the song and the song is aimed at someone he loves. We need to show a message that he is sending his loved one, we are going to use a combination of signs to symbolise the question that this song holds. Can happiness be found?

'Gonna find the answers to all of our prayers' - This line shows that he feels that The city is the place where he is able to find the answers and will find a key in which he is able to unlock to find the answers.We are going to use jump cuts from the rural setting to that of in the city, showing the comparison between the quiet picturesque setting of the country and the skyscrapers, traffic and the usual hustle and bustle of city life.

'And I won't have to look hard, when your by my side' - This line represents what he wishes for and what the aim of his move to the city will be for. This line shows that he also feels that by moving to the city he will be able to get the answers that he needs easily.

The suitcases and skyscrapers and traffic lights.' - This line describes images that are often seen in the city. it will be easy for the listener/viewer of the video to be able to link these images to a city if they see them. in this part of the video we are going to use establishing and point of view shots.