Ellie Goulding ‘The Writer’ Deconstruction

Genre Characteristics• At 42 seconds we see the singer is wearing casual clothes

and one of the locations is in a field. This shows it belongs to the singer/songwriter genre because it is simple and natural.

• We can see this video is hybrid between performance and narrative as she is miming to the lyrics but there is also a story.

Relationship Between Lyrics and Visuals

• At 1:46 she sings “I tried out a smile” and at the same time she smiles.

• From 2:36 to 2:40 the lyrics are “You wait, I wait, shadows interrupting,” as the sun is shining behind her suggesting a shadow being cast .

Artist Motifs• The video is focused on the singer with a lot of

close ups throughout.

Notion of Looking• At 1:12 we get a very high angle shot looking down on the

singer, then in the next shot at 1:15 we can see a lighthouse which suggest that she was being watched from the top of it.

• From 1:56 to 1:57 she is looking at something in the lighthouse.