The video Leave Before The Lights Come On is a very unique video. There is no lip syncing on the video, and the initial plot is not about the song at all. The lyrics are about, going out to bars, meeting girls, having a one night stand and the awkward situation of waking up next to a girl you do not know. An example of this "awkwardly stretching yawning, it's always hard in the morning"and " How you can you wake up, with someone you don't love". The video is directed by John Hardwick. John Hardwick is a famous music director who has directed popular music videos such as " Manic Street Preachers- Your Love Alone" and also " Blur- Out Of Time". He has also directed an Arctic Monkey music video before, so they know he does an excellent job.
The video includes well known actors, the woman is played by Katie Ashfield who is in the very popular and famous "Shaun Of The Dead". The man is played Paddy Considine who has been films such as "In America" and "Cinderella man". So the actors have a host of experience and it definitely show in this video.
This video has inspired me and gave me a lot of ideas which I will include in my video. The main idea I like is that the video is more about a story and not really focuses on the initial lyrics. I will not completely steel this idea, I will include a few bits of miming but I do not want the video just filled of a close shots of a person miming the lyrics.
I also really like the idea of a lot of transitions between both boy and girl, which helps the video flow much smoother and helps tell the story a lot more and therefore allows it to be more effective.
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