The Shape of the Earth - 'Alone In This'

As a group we decided to use a song from an ‘unknown’ band. We came to this conclusion because we thought it would be it easier to create a music video for an unsigned band rather than a well-known artist. Creating a music video for a well-known artist has its downsides; you’ll be consistently comparing your own to the original.

I came across the band The Shape of the Earth on YouTube a couple of years ago and really liked their sound. I thought their song ‘Alone In This’ would be perfect for our A2 Media project. The song has meaningful lyrics (which can be seen below) whilst having a steady beat. We didn’t want a club, dance or rap song because when we starting researching into previous music videos created by A2 students we found making a music video to a fast pace song was quite hard without making it look amateur.

‘Alone In This’ lyrics:

'All these names and people places,

Oh I’m not that sure,

I’m not that sure,

Am I alone in this X4

                                                                             And I          

All around the world they tell us oh we’re not that sure we’re not that sure,

Am I alone in this? X4

And I

I don’t know how to breathe,

 Oh I’m not that sure,

I’m not that sure,

Am I alone in this? X4

And I

I always try and work on this a lot,
What I have I’m sure you haven’t got,
I can only, only tell the truth

Oh oh oh'

The Shape of the Earth - 'Alone In This':

‘All these names and people places’ suggest that your surrounded by so many people whether you go but your still questioning yourself am I alone in this?

The character in our music video relates to this part of the lyrics as she has family and friends but still feels so alone because they don’t show any affection; her family has a lot of issues. She needs to leave her current situation and surroundings by leaving home to try and find herself.

-http://theshapeoftheearth.com/?page_id=12