Pink Sobar video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89V7hvEmSD8
Begins with a non-digetic sound of church bells, this gives the audience a depressing feel as the bells sound
sad and as though there droning on, which could relate to the story line of the music video as the days could
drone on which is why she drinks alcohol which maybe helps her to get through the day.
The scenery looks cold and uncomfortable with stone figures in a few shots, establishing shots are used, also close
ups and medium close ups this shows us how still they are, how ugly they look and maybe how unrealistic they are
of people, which could relate to Pink and how she acts in the video, the weather could portray how shes feeling inside
how shes uncomfortable with herself, how cold hearted shes being. The stone figures don't look like a human
normally does which could relate to how she is when she gets drunk she becomes ugly from how she acts, shes not herself.
Then the scenery changes to her bedroom, she lying on her bed which could portray comfort or maybe boredom
which is opposite to the first mise en scene which was used, this could portray her personality and how the alcohol
affects her. A telly vision screen appears all fuzzy, this could portray confusion about why she drinks or about her feelings.
There is also a video of herself shaking her head which could show us she is frustrated and trapped inside the screen or
maybe isolated with her addiction of alcohol.
Her lyrics also show us that shes understand how she acts when shes drunk but she feels nothing can be done,
''Being the girl that laughs the loudest'' she knows how shes making herself look, theres a clip of Pink laughing
which relates to the lyrics. Also her costumes throughout the video could represent the good and bad as sometimes
its white and sometimes its black both of these colours represent good and bad, she wears the white when shes sober
and black when shes drunk.
Additionally, on the video shes walking through the house alone and all of her friends are sitting on the chairs laughing,
this could represent that she feels that shes alone and she doesn't feel her friends can help her out. Which relates to the
lyrics as she says '' I'm the only one who wont be home'' which portrays shes alone, she needs other people to help her as
she isn't responsible of herself she cant look after herself, she doesn't feel as though her friends are there so she has become
dependent on the alcohol.
Further on in the video she sees somebody being sick in the bathroom, so she goes in to see if they are okay, when the person
being sick looks at her, she realises its herself throwing up so she walks away, this could show maybe a split personality
as part of her is dependent on alcohol but it seems another part of her is trying to become responsible. As she walks away
this portrays disappointment.
Furthermore in the video, she sings ''I'm safe up high nothing can touch me'' this is relevant to the video as shes drinking
and she alcohol makes her feel invincible and untouchable, when she isn't. A little while later after she sings these lyrics
the mise en scene changes to a white room, white portrays innocence which could appear to be ironic as she isn't innocent
shes causing herself to be like this, also as she is in a room with no door this could show isolation as though shes stuck in
the position she is in, she cant help herself from drinking but she wants to stop and get out of the situation. Also whilst in
the room theres a close up of her scratching the wall, this could portray frustration of being isolated in this alcohol addiction.
A women appears on the screen with a white sheet over her face and shes screaming as though its suffocating her which
could also tell us Pink feels as though shes suffocated by alcohol, that theres no way out. This again shows frustration.
The next shot is in a forest, this is different to the isolated room, theres colour and freedom which is where shes trying to
get to, she wants to become free and independent, but the alcohol seems to be stopping her.
Additionally the mise en scene changes again to a bed room where Pinks lying on the bed in her underwear, this comes
across as a surprise as one minute shes in a wood then next shes on a bed wearing little, suddenly Pink climbs on top of
herself, which is confusing, this could portray the side effects of the alcohol and how it is playing with her mind. It seems
that Pink is making love to herself as nobody else is there, she feels no comfort from another person, no support, no help.
This could be why she is drinking her loneliness away as the alcohol is her only friend.
Further on in the video Pink is singing about wanting to feel drunk but being sober, as the drink makes her feel good in
herself it as though it makes her happy, but she just doesn't want to be drunk because of what its doing to her.
Finally, the last shot is of Pink lying on her bed alone, no longer drunk as shes all sad and depressed and all the pain has
come back to her. Shes lying on a bed as it symbolises comfort and relaxation, this is why the video ends this way.