The Script are a band from Dublin, Ireland. They write different types of music all related to the genre of rock, they write mainly, "Alternative and Indie rock". Main singer Danny O'Donoghue was one of the people who wrote the song.
The man who can't be moved was The Scripts second song, released in July 2008, the song made huge impressions to the United Kingdom, USA, Israel,Ireland and Denmark, taking the second spot in all of the countries official music charts. The song has been heavily used in numerous American hit TV shows, they used this song as they believe it is a song that can touch the heart, showing emotion and passion throughout.
Lyrics and Visuals
At 0.26, you see Danny O'Donoghue sing "If you see this girl, can you tell her where I am" at this point in the music video, he is seen asking an old man the same question, this shows the audience that he is longing to see this girl again and you can see the storyline unfolding in the video as well as the lyrics. At 0.33 he says, "They don't understand" whilst he is saying this, you see him push someone away from him, another use of Goodwin's theory of Lyrics and Visuals is at 1.05 he says,"you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street" he is sitting on the corner of the street with other things that he has mentioned earlier on in the video such as the cardboard sign. This shows the characters seriousness of the situation and the passion that he will need to put in, in order to meet the girl once again. Finally at 3.28 Danny is sitting on the pavement patiently singing about how he is waiting on a girl to come and meet him. Crowds begin to gather round him and he makes the news, becoming something of a celebrity. Near the end of the video there are time lapsed scenes of days passing and we witness Danny in rain and snow, growing older with a larger beard, but still waiting on the pavement. The video ends with a close-up on Danny who is still waiting as the girl has yet to come to him.
Music and Visuals
Music and Visuals are used quite a lot in this video, at 0.47 the video changes from the story line to the whole band standing in a car park playing all their instruments, there are then various shots that are used such as close ups and extreme close ups, these are used to show the instruments that are being played and there importance at the time. At 3.15 the tempo of the guitar and his singing increase, also at this time the video shows fast paced time lapsed scenes and also Danny starts to dance a lot stronger and faster, this resembles the lyrics as do his dancing and the video, they use cutaways to show him dancing and then the days changing.
Genre Characteristics
As this song is from the rock genre, it shows the light rock and also the heavier bass, the heavier bass is shown through pathetic fallacy, as the weather gets worse the bass gets louder and gets used more frequently in the song. Also all of the instruments that have been used are shown in the video at some point this has been done by using various camera angles such as close ups and two shots consisting of more than one instrument at once. This gives the viewers a much more concluded view of the instruments that are used by the band.
Artist Close up/Label
The whole band are seen in the music video showing theirs parts and what they do within the song, at one point all 3 band members can be seen. Danny O'Donoghue is always at the front as he is the main singer, he is seen in almost every scene of the video itself, the storyline is about a man that has seen someone that he thinks is beautiful and now he is longing to meet her again, he shows the correct emotions throughout using facial expressions and using his body language, when they show that he is saddened and wanting to see the girl again they use a close up shot to show his face, at this point you see a distressed man.
Star Image
A tracking shot is used to follow O'Donoghue around, as he is mainly the only person seen in the shot, showing a strong and important role within the video. The clothes he has got on show a relaxed look until he video fast forwards into the future, he is then wearing the same clothes but instead they are now torn and worn out. He is definably the main star.
Voyeurism/Looking/Gaze
There is no bodily exposure within the whole video, but there is a shot within a camera, this is seen at 2.43, when a reporter comes up to him and interviews him, the shot then goes to an over the shoulder shot before resuming going back into the camera within a camera shot. Everyone is seen watching him in the video, this could also be used to link back to star image of him being the main attraction.
Intertextuality
This video has no intertextuality but i think that him standing on the corner is symbolic. I don't see him literally standing on the street corner. I see it as him not wanting to move on, still hoping she'll come back, still remaining where he was in life in case she comes back.
The part about "people hand me money they don't understand" isn't literally about someone giving him money like a homeless person. I think it means people try to engage him in life but he can't change yet. This could be the storyline behind the video.
In conclusion, the music video has a lot of points of out Goodwin's Theory.
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