Choosing A Song and Analysis

Ruby

First verse: the feeling inside is the feeling which you get when you're with or thinking about the person you love, this feeling can be described as having butterflies in your tummy. Goulding is open about how she's not rich but if she was she would use it in order to get a big house for her and her partner to live in; she does this as her main priority rather than spending it on shoes and bags for herself. 

It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money
But boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where
We both could live

Second verse: it is clear to see that Goulding is nervous about her love as she is rambling on about the detail of the colour of his eyes when all she wants to say is how sweet they are. She is that nervous that she can't concentrate on taking in the details of the colour of his eyes. 

So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
See I've forgotten if
They're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is
What I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

Chorus: Goulding is proud of her love with this person because she is encouraging him to tell everybody and show her off. At the same time she hopes that he likes the song and doesn't mind that she is so open about how she feels about him. She wanted to tell her partner how much she loved him even though the song wasn't worth much in value, it came from her heart.

And you can tell everybody,
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world

Third verse: Goulding comes up with the idea of being a sculptor but then thinks bad of the idea and dismisses it and changes it to a more exciting yet still creative idea. She feels like she isn't good enough for the partner although she is trying her best, for this reason she is doing what she is best at, song writing, rather than being something that she is not - a sculptor. 

If I was a sculptor
But then again no
Or girl who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it's not much but
It's the best I can do
My gift is my song and
This one's for you

Oh [x8]

And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world

Amie

The process of choosing a song was one of the hardest because it was hard knowing that which ever song we chose would be the basis of our grade. We wanted to choose a song which we both knew and liked, therefore we stayed away from genres that we are unfamiliar with e.g. rock. 

Whilst listening to the song we had to imagine what our music video would look like. This then eliminated some possible songs that we had. We also had to be realistic, there would be no room for a full blown dance routine because we did not have the people to do this, we could not have things like giant letters or lights as we do not have the resources.

Once we chose a song, something that we had to avoid was copying the official video as we had both seen this, we did not want to be influenced by this. Our first idea was influenced by the official video as we copied the elements of her going on a journey (on a train) and her walking in fields. 

When we had chose a song, we had to make sure that the possible people we were thinking of having in our video would fit the bill. For us, this meant having a female singer with the indie look.