Love The Way You Lie- Inspirational Video

We have taken a lot of inspiration from the music video of the song 'Love the way you lie' by Eminem and Rihanna. The video tells a love story of a man and woman played by Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan, the story portrays the anger and lust that the pairing face on a day-to-day basis. Their relationship is extremely volatile and the argument scene and the romantic scene influenced us greatly.

This is a still from the video. It represents the happy times they share but in a subtle way. They are so focussed and connected and close contact that it is clear how happy they feel without needed to show any kissing or holding hands or any generic shot like that.

During the fight scenes we see a lot of close-up shots of her face looking extremely distressed and in pain almost. With this influence and the topic of our video we communally decided that when Claire is in emotional and mental pain, this can be portrayed with close-ups of her portraying her inner anger.

This fight consists of her walking through each door in house looking powerful and showing she has the dominance in their relationship as he is vulnerably following her, fighting for her. In our video it is the male that has the dominance in the relationship, Jack is the 'heartbreaker' and Claire is the one who has to suffer with the feeling of neglect and loneliness. However, the power that she has over him is something that is portrayed very carefully and clearly within this video.

This is yet another still from the later fight scene. It is in slow motion so that the viewer can really absorb the expressions on each of their faces. They both look pained; mortified and troubled. The passion in their faces really is awesome.

I feel for our fight scene we should focus more on portraying their expressions than the violence itself. Their expressions are what really show what is taking place here and nothing but good can come from trying our best to focus on their faces. Also, I think we need to incorporate using handheld cameras to add drama to the fight scenes as we have already done with the chasing scenes. Using handheld techniques will instantly alert the audience that something exciting is going to happen.

I believe that the fire in the background of the shot represents the danger of their relationship. They are a destructive couple.

Eye contact is a huge part of the success of this music video. I feel mesmorised when she locks intense eye contact with the camera. If we can get complete eye contact from Claire for one short clip I feel it could really add to the intensity of the video in general.

This shot shows him giving her a teddybear as a gift which she then hugs tightly. It is not the fact that he uses a teddybear to redeem himself, it is what the teddybear actually represents. It represents their happy times, the times they shared when they felt completely intact.

Before noticing this fragment of the video, we decided that a rose was going to represent their relationship and the time they spent together. We have shot Jack giving Claire the rose and the rose plays a repeatingly significant part of the entire video.

Here is the shot of the teddybear being burnt in the flames. In our video we have Claire destroying the rose out of upset, here the teddybear is being destroyed out of violence and destruction. Due to the representation of the teddybear, the fights have got too violent and too extreme that they both know they cannot continue. This has to be the end of them as a pairing.