Music video analysis Gone Gone Gone Phillip Phillips - Sophie

Music Analysis of Gone Gone Gone Phillip Phillips

"I wanted the video to feel generational, not just about the present, but the people before us that paved the way," says the director Joseph Toman, It has interspersed shots of Phillips singing with grainy home video footage spanning decades to tell the story of love and family and the human experience. "It's a celebration of life, and hopefully a piece that everyone can find something in to relate to.” Phillip Phillips 

At the start of the music video, there is an old video tape of photos of family’s in a black and white  edit with and old footage edit on it to show the past is as important as the present. Phillip believes that family, friends and love is the most important thing in this world. Throughout the music video there is lots of random shots of different people in their home at different times, showing that memories are important as they will stay with you forever. However there is one girl that the camera always flicks back too suggesting that Phillip will always love her no matter what. He is willing to do anything for his love as in the lyrics he says “when life leaves you high and dry”, “lie, cheat, beg, bribe” and even the last line of the song says “I love you long after you're gone gone gone” This shows his dedication to his love and he will do anything for her, therefore in the music video it always comes back to her. Also he has shots of different couples with different ages to show that he wants his love to be for eternity and be like all the couples he’s filmed.

 Throughout the performance we have Phillip by himself by the side of a lake while the sun is setting getting the haze look from the sun set behind him. He is lip sinking throughout showing the performance element of the music video, also when it comes to the chorus there is him sat in a room with a lot of chairs playing his guitar, showing the indie genre of the song. Also towards the end of the song there is a drum and it links to music visualisation as the lyrics say “Like a drum, baby, don't stop beating” there is a drum kit with someone playing it near the bonfire. However it shows his passion again towards his love as he doesn't stop loving her. When it comes to the chorus again the editing is very quick, having lots of different shots of people in love and kissing of different ages. We are able to tell that the editing is from the past as the detail of the shots are old. 

From the editing, we are able to tell that the director wanted it to be from the camera’s point of view, for example for the boy to filming the girl running, smiling or looking back at the camera