Name of production: Metronomy - The Bay
Name of director: David Wilson
Year of release: 2011
'The Bay' is a music video, for the band 'Metronomy'. The video is directed by David Wilson and is set in Torquay, Devon. The production starts with a view of the lead singer of the band walking towards the camera and singing. It is clear from the start that the video is very bright, colourful, and laid back, as the front man is wearing a white suit with a pale blue shirt, but not tie, and not buttoned all the way to the top.
The camera then cuts to the front man's feet as he walks across grass to the beat of the music, again his shoes and the way he walks/dances gives a laid back feel to the video.
After that, we see the lead singer, singing along on the left side of a split screen, with other bands members also singing behind him, and a small boat with it's sails up, sailing in a clear looking sea on the right side of the split screen.
Staying in a split screen formation, we see the lead singer from a side view, still singing along, on the left side of the split screen, and pink flowers on the right side of the split screen.
Back to the grass at the beginning of the video, we see the whole band singing along to the music, with the lead singer facing towards the camera, but with a side view of the rest of the band members.
I think this music video portrays the lyrics of the song well. Especially the lyrics
"You may have the body
But do you have the song?
Let's make this happen
Let's make this happen
And those endless beaches"
'you may have the body' - there are several scenes of women wearing high heels, and swimming costumes; things that women usually only wear if they have a 'good body',
'but do you have the song?' - there are also several shots of the band playing their song,
'and those endless beaches' at the beginning, and near the end of the video, there are helicopter views of very big beaches that seem to go on forever.
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