Having settled on a final idea for our music video, we decided to begin to construct the dance routine. We had decided that two dancers would be enough, as we wanted to portray the relationship between the two people in the song through the dance.
Initially we had asked two dancers who looked similar to each other to perform, and we would have them dancing simultaneously throughout the entire video. However, a week before our chosen filming date, one of the dancers were unable to do so meaning someone else had to fill in. Hannah had previously had dancing experience so she decided to do it.
As the other dancer, Beth, and Hannah began to choreograph the dance, after consulting with the group we thought it would be a good idea to use the dance as a symbolism between the couple in the song. Since the two dancers are polar opposites in our facial features we decided it would be a good idea if Hannah symbolized the man and Beth symbolized the woman.
In the beginning of the dance Beth started off in a very submissive position and Hannah would start off above - showing her dominance over Beth. The style of dance (inspired by HURTS – A Wonderful Life), is very angular, to show the break up of the relationship and the emotion. Normally, dance is very fluid and beautiful to watch, this dance however in deliberately disjointed, to show the relationship falling apart. We have deliberately shown moments of almost balletic style of dancing, this is to show the relationship wasn’t always how he describes it and how there were moments of beauty, we have tried to make intertextual links to the recent film Black Swan.
During the dance, Beth and Hannah go out of synchronization and more into a duet; this to show the relationship falling apart and finally, the dance is repeated in cannon to show that they are no longer together. The end position is vital as it shows how the roles have fully reversed; the man, (shown through Hannah) is dominated by the woman, (shown through Beth) who is set free and no longer trapped.
Below is a short clip of Hannah and Beth devising the dance; it is sped up by 300% so you can get an idea of what we were trying to accomplish.
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