Merry Christmas!
Christmas
is just around the corner so I would like to greet you in advance. Moreover,
I’m the type who stays offline during Christmas because I’ll be busy eating.
Hahaha.
Anyway,
I have this new idea in mind. This is not really new actually, I’ve been
thinking about this since I heard EXO’s The First Snow years ago. The group
didn’t actually released a music video for that song so I just kind of made my
own music video in my mind.
I
like the song because the lyrics are just sad. And listening to the
instrumental arrangement of it makes me picture a snowy park with a very
melancholic mood. At first, I thought it was a sweet love song but when I
searched for the translation, my heart was broken. I don’t know if I understood
it well but the song is about a guy who remembers his ex-girlfriend during
Christmas, and he imagines that if he ever see his girlfriend during that time,
he would greet her and ask her how she’s doing. In addition, he also sorry for
the pain they both felt and I think he’s still pained by it.
Here's a lyrics video with translation:
I
know this is a typical story but damn, my tear ducts are buying it. I don’t
know if it’s the tune or Luhan’s voice (his voice is sooo gentle, he’s angelic
and almost perfect. like how can you break up with that kind of person?) but
one of the main reasons is the definitely the lyrics…
how can a guy just stand
there pretending to look okay and just greet the girl a merry Christmas and
trying not to cry in front of her and just basically not having the guts to
move and hug her or reconcile with her.
A
guy who’s trying to be happy for the girl and keeping his distance and its
Christmas, he’s all alone, it’s snowing and there are many things in his mind
but all he could say were hello, I’m sorry, Merry Christmas and how are you?
This
is pure torture for me. T____T
Anyway,
my idea for this song’s music video (Although it’s really impossible especially
for the EXO-M version, because 3 out of 6 just left the group. Another torture
for me.) is the first scene will show a beautiful park and scenes of the
singing member of the group like (how can I elaborate this well…) uhm, it will
look like he’s singing in front of the camera like he’s recording it while the
other members are having fun with kids at the park, sitting at the bench
holding a gift, trying out sidewalk food and just basically doing happy stuff.
Then
the people around them will starting moving backwards and suddenly, they will
stop and the members of the group starts roaming around the area. They will try
to make the people move again and then they will pass by the places he and his
someone special used to go to. While remembering the past, they’ll momentarily
stop and relinquish the memories until the snowing began. They will continue to
walk until they came into a halt when each one of them will cross their paths
with their ex-girlfriends.
The
people around the area will start moving again, they will be happier because of
the snow. It will show the contrast between them and the members’ situation.
Then, there will be a close up shot to the now, on the verge of tears members
and will try to say something but their voice won’t come out. There will also
be a great distance between them and their girls.
More
snow will come down and there will just be one member who will be the focus and
say
“Hi, Merry Christmas, How are you?”
And
the girl will just nod and smile shyly. They will just stare at each other
until the guy notices the ring around the girl’s finger. So he’ll just smile
and walk away. The rest of the members will also just smile and just go on with
their previous activity with a light feeling that finally, their minds will be
put to peace after seeing that their loved one is okay…and that is enough to
make them happy. The ending scene will be one of the members in a close up
shot, smiling but with definitely sad eyes.
So basically, the story will be about these young men having some me-time at the park and doing some stuff to entertain their selves. Then, their world will stop upon remembering the memories of him and his ex that were created on that park. So, in order to go back to his senses, he searched within the park only to find out that his ex was there but is already taken, so he went away and realized that he should go on, forget the past and just be happy for the girl. My earlier explanation was how this story will be executed on the camera. So it means that when the people stopped moving, it symbolizes the thoughts of the members that stopped due to remembering the past. Another symbolism is when the members went around the part, which is basically them searching inside their selves on what seems to be wrong with their system. And finally, the people started moving again means that the members are back to their senses and reality.
I
followed the lyrics with this one. And I think if the cinematography and the setting
(I can picture a light, pastel like color for this) is good, then I can
definitely present my idea in a much better way. It’s honestly hard to describe
this idea because it’s a series of cut scenes and etc. And I followed the basic
boy group videos that caters to the fan girl feels. Although I was thinking of
playing around, the song is just really sweet and boy band type so I think the
highly figurative or experimental themes will fit the song.
So
there. I know this might sound simple and I sound too carried away by the song.
New Year is coming so I hope along with that is my improvement in writing and
concocting ideas.
Wish me luck. Haha
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