Mise-en-scene: the video begins with a shot of two houses side by side, the sun is setting and the lights to the rooms facing each other are on, which suggests that what is happening inside is relevant to the video. It jumps to the person inside one of the rooms talking on the phone, looking annoyed, as if he is having an argument with someone on the other end, as he walks past his window you can see that in the other house a girl is sat watching him, the girl is wearing a baggy white t-shirt with writing on it and thick black rimmed glasses compared to the boys clothes which consist of a green t-shirt and checker trousers, it shows there is a difference in style between them, she holds a note pad in her hand which she uses to write messages to him, he also uses a note pad to write messages to her. She writes a significant message to him saying “I love you” which is never show because he closes the blinds. Her room is littered with books which supports the suggestion that she is a “nerd”. The sports car that the boys girlfriend drives up in shows the difference in class and also stereotypical groups which is again backed up when the girlfriend is shown wearing a cheerleaders uniform and the main girl is wearing band attire. She is then shown being asked via notebook if she is going to prom to which she replies she is not. The notebooks seem to be significant in showing how the two communicate. At prom everyone is seen having a good time, except for the boy who is obviously saddened by the girl not being there, when the main girl arrives at prom in a white floor length dress- which goes against her image- everyone stops to stare, signifying that they are amazed. When she and her neighbour stand opposite one another- just like the houses- she unfolds the note with “I love you” and it and he unfolds one that has the same thing written on it.
Camera angles/ shots/ movement and composition: at the beginning the video starts with an establishing shot of the two houses, it zooms in until it is a mid close up of the boy on his phone. As he is walking past his window it goes into a low angle two shot, showing the girl in the house next door. It then goes into an over the shoulder two shot before going into a mid shot on the girl and a shot reverse shot on the two. A wide shot is used when the boy is writing on the note pad. The camera does a close up on her face when she is singing on her bed. While she is reading on a bench the camera goes into a low angle POV shot and then a two shot. While at the football match it goes into a track as it goes from the cheerleader to the main character that is in the school band. It also does a high angle track of the boy as he walks away from the cheerleader. There are also moments when the camera looks like it is hand held. As she walks into the prom it does a long shot of her then a mid close up before zooming in on the reaction on the boys face. At the end frame it zooms in on the two kissing.
Editing:throughout the video a mixture of continuity and non continuity editing is used to continue on certain time frames but also skip some ahead. Shot/ reverse shots are used regularly throughout as are jump cuts. A mixture of long takes and short takes are used, short takes being used mostly when there is a notebook conversation being carried out between the two.
Lighting:natural lighting is used during the beginning and when the two are sitting on the bench but artificial lighting is also used when the two are in their rooms. Flood lights are used at the football game to give the feel of actually being there and mood lighting creates a romantic ambience at prom for the two main characters.
