The video for Professor Green’s I Need You Tonight depicts a man’s obsession with a girl despite her not being interested in him. He does his best to get over her and move on but can’t, she calls him and he asks for a ‘time and a place’. In the end he does forget about her after meeting another girl.
The video opens with Green pacing around his phone, there is a shot-reverse-shot between the phone and a girl which suggests that she is the desired caller and the reason for his unsettledness. He ends up calling her but she says she’s busy, when dialling Green pulls down a screen which shows the number pad and then displays her in her room, this represents the distance that exists between the two of them. He does regular things around the house like checking the fridge whilst performing the song, close-ups are used for this as they allow you to see the emotion on his face as he raps about this girl, this shows how he can’t even do the simplest of tasks without thinking about her.
As with most music videos there is a performance section and a narrative section. The performance aspect is done in front of a quite dark wall, there are points in the video where the girl is dancing seductively around Green which may represent what he is thinking of. Similarly, he performs in front of a screen playing a video of her, he then proceeds to walk through the screen only for another displaying her to be revealed and this happens a few more times. This implies that no matter how hard he tries, he cannot escape her and get her out of his head.
Special effects and animation are used regularly in the video and are effective in creating interest, they help to create comedy in the video which really engages the audience. In one scene he puts his arm behind a screen which then shows his hand stretching, this continues on two more screens and shows his hand trying to reach the girl but she shuts her door on him, his hand then ‘springs’ back to normal.
The main narrative is set at a party, but instead of enjoying himself he is either just sat on the sofa or talking to people about the girl, this shows how even when presented with an opportunity to move on he still can’t. However, he does get over her at the end of the video when another girl sits next to him on the sofa, his blanket is ripped off and reveals him to be wearing a suit, this is another moment of comedy which keeps the viewer engaged right up to the end.
In conclusion, the video for I Need You Tonight uses a combination of special effects and comedy to create humorous and interesting situations that engage the viewer. The video also clearly represents the theme of the video where the man cannot forget about this girl who is not interested in him, this creates sympathy for him and therefore the ending satisfies the audience where he does get over her.
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