The video itself cuts to the beat
throughout, particularly at the beginning when the narrator is speaking before
the audio itself begins. Not only does the video cut to the beat at this point
but the lyrics (narrator) are cut very well with the visuals being presented
(reflecting the lyrics). A good example of this is:
Where a light beat (two single
beats) are almost layered under the narrator as the shot reverses from the male
to Rihanna, both looking at each other from within the bath. The first beat is directly after ‘it’s like your screaming and no one can hear’, the shot being on the male within the bath being exactly after the
narrator says this. This means that the lyric is related to the couple within
the bath, as if they don’t ‘hear’ each other-being shown later in the video
where they argue frequently.
Another good example of this is
where the audio begins and the
shots cut to the upbeat music
in a
montage style
of the
couple together (e.g. at the skate park and on bikes)-examples can be seen below. This
allows the video (as well as the narrative) to match the up beat start of the
song, the music at this point fitting very well throughout this montage, the
lyrics saying, ‘yellow diamonds in the light, and we’re standing side my side’.
This fits very well with the visuals being shown as this amplifies the meaning
of the lyrics (the couple being the ‘yellow diamonds’ and ‘side by side’.
A good example of solo instrumental
parts of the audio being illustrated is where Rihanna and her boyfriend (within
the narrative) are within a field at a festival style event; featuring Calvin
Harris (the DJ that produced the track itself:
^This illustrates one of the main
solo instrumental parts of the audio as they are at a dance festival event
(showing people dancing-most of the shots at this part emphasising Rihanna and
her boyfriend). This also includes Calvin Harris who both produced the
instrumental of the whole song as well as this part meaning that this is also
emphasised by his presence within it.
^Another way in which the music and
visuals relate is through the increase in the pace of the video in time with
the music (audio). The pace of the editing between the different narrative
strands within the video come to almost close. Coming together in fast past
editing as the song reaches climax near the end of the video. This gives both a
sense of closure to the video as we almost ‘revisit’ the beginning ‘scenes’
(narrative strands), finishing with high pace editing between various different
strands
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