Group Meeting

We presented some ideas to both our teachers and have now decided to go ahead with ‘Anyone but Him.’ As a group, we discussed some ideas for the video which are all on the group blog and overall I’m happy with the song choice. It provides clear themes for the song and a meaning that we can work with. We will need two main actors and possibly a few other actors to play smaller parts such as two kids which will resemble the main actors as it was when they were younger as well as possibly a girl to include some narrative and to make the meaning more understandable. Our main idea for the video is to play on contrasts. These two ex best school friends are now competing for the same girl. One of them has already dated her and is now jealous, telling the girl to date ‘anyone but him’ (his best friend.)

To show this rivalry, we would show them as completely different eg. in their image, attitudes - confidence/cockiness, location – black and white backgrounds in a studio shows contrast and each has its own connotations (white – innocence, feel sorry for Mr Hudson, whereas black – dark, ‘bad’ arrogant Tinie Tempah), editing – split screen? etc. The over confidence of the second man who is now dating the girl is shown in lyrics such as ‘I see your girl want me,’ so we would use this when considering our camera work for him (See post on Ego – Kanye West.)

Our video would be mainly performance based and we would therefore rely heavily on our two actors, however if we can pull it off then I think it can look really good.


Lyrics:
[Mr Hudson:]
Anyone but him
I'd rather hear you’d had the whole football team
than have to watch his filthy lips on your skin
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists, we can take this outside
But knowing my luck that ___ would win
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home, who's gonna take you home
Who's gonna take you home, if it isn't me

Anyone but him
My blood boils as my eyes turn green
Is this the best of the best of the scene
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists imma take this outside
But knowing my luck that ___ would win
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home, who's gonna take you home
Ohhh who's gonna take you home, if it isn't me…

Anyone but him
Look past the leather in the dash and the rims
And you will see his whole hustle wears thin
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
He's gonna take what you can't take back
And then's he's gone out the door on a whim
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home, ohhh who's gonna take you home
Listen, who's gonna take you home, if it isn't me…

[Tinie T:]
Yes, Yes, Yes
Umm, Ye
Umm
You win some, you lose some
I ring ‘em, I take ‘em out for Dim Sum and use ‘em
I can hear the two of ‘em, whispering in the loo,
They’ll be like he’ll sex us and he wont even text us
Like Houston, I’m reckless
English like my breakfast
And she date my manager, said he look like Kanye West does
I press her, then I press up
I sex her then I dress up,
Schoolboy fists but I throw punches like I’m Lennox,
I never heard a man so jealous, so jealous,
So tell us about those letters,
You know she let me open every single one you sent her,
When you cry for her attention, just remember I’m the centre
And on the first night she let me enter, HA!

[Mr Hudson:]
Oooh
Who’s gonna take you home (I’m gonna take her home)
Who’s gonna take you home (I said I’m gonna take her home)
Noo, who’s gonna take you home, if it isn’t me… (Me! Me! Me! Me!)

Who’s gonna take you home (I’m gonna take her home)
Who’s gonna take you home (I said I’m gonna take her home)
Who’s gonna take you home, if it isn’t me… (Me! Me! Me! Me!)

Who’s gonna take you home
If it isn’t me…
Who’s gonna take you home
If it isn’t me…
Who’s gonna take you home
If it isn’t me…