1. Knock Em Out – Lyric Analysis
Introduction reveals girls getting ready
in bedroom for a night, lots of makeup, trying on of clothes, doing hair, etc.
Alright so this is a song about anyone,
it could be anyone. Setting outside of two main female
You're just doing your own thing characters talking to the camera as if
and some one comes out the blue, chatting to one another. Against a brick
They're like, wall to make the characters look like they
"Alright" hang around on the streets, this showing the
What ya saying, artists down to earth approachable nature
"Yeah can I take your digits?"
and means the artist can relate to her target
And you're like, "no not in a million
years, you're nasty audience which are teenagers.
please leave me alone."
Shot of girls entering pub. Clearly dresses
up and wearing things typical teenagers
Cut to the pub on our last night out, would wear. Tight, fitted clothing, short
skirts and heels.
Setting should for the majority be in a pub instigated by the lyrics. Shots will
show different angles of pub and fillers such as shots or pints being lines up on
the bar.
Shot of actor at bar drinking a pint who
Man at the bar cos it was his shout,
Clocks this bird and she looks OK,
turns and nods, checking our girls that
have entered the pub, dressed like a
typical ‘chav’ again to relate to the
audience.
Caught him looking and she walks
Girl walks into shot of guy at bar. The
his way,
"Alright darling, you gonna buy us a colloquial language suggests the sort
drink then?" of characters the actors are portraying.
"Err no, but I was thinking of buying Close up of guy’s reaction to girl. The
one for your friend..." lyrics clearly show he isn’t interested.
Lead singer sings to camera over the
She's got no taste hand on his waist, bar while action takes place behind
tries to pull away but her lips on his face, her. Exaggerated performances to
show the funny nature of the song,
lyrics and video.
Other female character, clearly
"If you insist I'll have a white wine talking to male at bar. Close up
spritzer" reveals heavy make up which
again exaggerates her character
and appeals to the target
audience.

2. Close up of ‘chavy’ guy at bar trying
to get rid of the girl. The lyrics ‘Sorry
love’ targeting the audience
"Sorry love, but you ain't a pretty specifically as again the colloquial
picture." terms used represent how the target
audience speak. This again makes the
artist appear down to earth and normal
in comparison with other artists on the
charts.
The song is almost spoken and to reflect this, in editing I will use some
subheadings at certain points to reflect what the character is thinking, for
example a close up of a guys face, followed by a close up of the girls face with a
sub heading of ‘no thanks!’
[Chorus] The chorus will include non linear,
Can't knock em out, dream like sequences. For example
to represent this line ther lead singer
will be seen putting on a piar of
boxing gloves to physically represent
wanting to knock the guy out.
Again lines like this can show non
Can’t walk away,
linear, dream like sequences of the girl
literally running away from the guy.
These will be made clear as fictional to
Try desperately to think of the the audience by close ups of the
politest way to say,
females facial reaction as she considers
these ideas. These close ups may come
instantly after or before the daydream
shots to make it apparent that they are
not real.
Just get out my face, just leave me alone, The sarcastic nature of the song will be
And no you can't have my number, shown through head shots of the female
"Why?" character which will be cut in between
Because I've lost my phone. shots of a guy talking. The shots will
include her yawning, looking at her
watch, falling asleep and other typical
sarcastic things you may do when bored.
Oh yeah, actually yeah I'm pregnant, Head shots of the girl in the actually
having a baby in like 6 months so no, conversation with the guy trying to
yeah, yeah... politely find an excuse will be shown to
contrast with the shots that show what
she would like to do. This again adds
humour and exaggerates the artist image
of being young and down to earth,
coming across someone fun to be
around.

3. The setting at this point on the song will change as the action decided by the
lyrics takes place outside. The background will be a brick wall as this can
represent the outside of a pub and also gives the impression of teenagers again
hanging around on the streets which will appeal to the target audience. The
harsh orange background of brick also looks really bold against the actors
costumes who are mainly wearing black.
Shots in this section will change
"I recognize this guy's way of thinking..." between the female lead singer directly
As he comes over her face starts sinking,
singing to camera to the action taking
She's like,
"Oh here we go.." place. Costumes for the action taking
It's a routine check that she already knows, place shall stay the same as the pub
she's thinking: "They're all the same." scene to suggest the same time, whereas
costume for the girls singing directly to
camera will be different to show that
the characters are reflecting on a
situation that has already taken place.
"Yeah you alright baby?
You look alright still, Close up of the guy talking shall
yeah what's your name?" exaggerate his geeky nature. He shall
be wearing glasses to represent his
character.
She looks in her bag, takes out a fag, The girl will have a handbag and will
tries to get away from the guy on a blag, be wearing a jacket to show she has
can't find a light, gone outside. The guy follows the
"Here use mine" girl out of the pub which will later
"You see the thing is
turn into another daydream, non
I just don't have the time."
linear sequence of the girl literally
running away from the guy.
By the second and third chorus’s the dreamlike
[Chorus] sequences will become more extreme. A
boxing match will actually take place and the
girl will win. The guy will literally chase the
girl down the street and she will be wearing
shorts and a hoodie and carry a water bottle as
if she were running a race. Shots of the
characters facial expressions actually in the
real life scene taking place in the pub will link
these shots and also shot a reality to the video,
showing its still the girls imagination.

4. Go away now, let me go,
Are you stupid? Or just a little slow? The middle eight is spoken which again
Go away now I've made myself clear, will appeal to the artists target audience
Nah it's not gonna happen, as it reflects a rap. Shots of the girl
Not in a a million years, talking to the camera and her friend as
if in a conversation will be shown as if
they were talking about what happened
the night before.
Nah I've gotta go cos my house is on fire, In the end section to the song the lyrics
I've got herpes, err no I've got syphilis... just run through different ways of
AIDS, AIDS, I've got AIDS!
getting rid of the guy and different
excuses a girl could make which are all
extreme and couldn’t be used in a real
life situation. Shots will show the girl
doing anything she can to get away
from the guy and shots of the girls the
day after laughing and joking.