1. Lyric Analysis
Artist: Lily Allen
Title of song: Littlest Things
Genre: Pop
For the first line I would have her simply
walking along the path in the walks,
There will be one very main Sometimes I find myself sittin' back there would be irony in the fact that she
actor playing the girl who is and reminiscing is in a typically romantic place, yet she
singing, for this part of the Especially when I have to watch other is on her own.
video she would be dressed in people kissin' For this line I think there would be a
modern, fashionable clothing. And I remember when you started very specific shot of Lily in the
She would be quite young so callin' me your miss's foreground looking at the couple kissing.
she appeals to my target All the play fightin', all the flirtatious Or I could have Lily carrying on walking
audience disses the path and as she saying the line, a
I'd tell you sad stories about my happy couple would walk past her. This
childhood would reflect her thoughts as they are
I don't why I trusted you but I knew happening which would clearly establish
Normally when I watch other that I could
the video as narrative based.
videos, the first verse is very We'd spend the whole weekend lying in
simply laid out; therefore I our own dirt
would just have Lily walking I was just so happy in your boxers and
down the path in the walks, your t-shirt
later on in the video I will build For the start of this chorus, I personally
on this. think this bit sounds like a bridge
passage to the main chorus of “the
littlest things that take me there…”
[Chorus]
therefore I may tie this with the first
Dreams, Dreams verse and not change scene. I would
Of when we had just started things probably have a change of movement for
Dreams of you and me example she sits down on the grass
It seems, It seems daydreaming to reflect the ‘dreams’ in
These two lines will be the lines That I can't shake those memories the lyrics. I think I may use close up
that form the transformation I wonder if you have the same dreams shots to make the lyrics and scene feel
between time references. I think too. very personal
I will have the camera panning
around a medium close up shot The littlest things that take me there
of Lily, as the colour of the I know it sounds lame but its so true
whole scene changes to a musty I know its not right, but it seems unfair
sepia colour. Not only the That the things are reminding me of The image that comes to mind for the
colour changing but also the you chorus is faded, maybe even musty-sepia
costume, Lily would then be Sometimes I wish we could just colour for the frame to represent the fact
wearing a little black dress in pretend that she is singing about the past. I think
the style of the 1950s, I would Even if only for one weekend the setting for this first chorus would be
also like to have her hair up. As So come on, Tell me in a park to give a romantic feel, the
the camera turns, a man would Is this the end? honeymoon period at the start of the
be on her arm (her boyfriend), relationship, the main character and her
he would also be dressed in a boyfriend laughing and playing about.
typical 1950s style clothing for This image would be reflecting the story
a man. she had just told in the first verse (“All
the play fighting, all the flirtatious
disses”)