P.Diddy and Nicole Scherzinger – ‘Come to
me’ music video
The start of the
music video ‘Come to me’ by P.Diddy and Nicole Scherzinger starts off with an
establishing shot of New York City, which is an expensive place to live in,
suggesting the main characters have a lot of money. It is full of lights
suggesting it is a busy place. We then see a steady shot of a car pulling up,
it is surrounded by mist, this is mysterious as we want to know who is getting
out of the car and they must be important. The video then has a close up of a
clock with ‘4:30’ on it, it is the early hours of the morning and the clock is
significant as we later see that he is going to a club were he meets Nicole.
Tracking is then shown to P.Diddy’s bed where a woman is draped over him, it
then pans across the room to a half naked woman answering the phone. A close up
of her hand is shown and she is wearing an expensive ring, showing that the
people in the video have a lot of money. Having two women in the room with him
suggests that women are interested in P.Diddy. The framing in this part of the video shows
the woman on the left hand side of the shot, then it jumps to P.Diddy waking up
and him being in the very centre of the shot, this suggests he is much more
important than her. We then see cross cutting of P.Diddy in his house getting
ready and Nicole at the club, this shows he is laid back as he isn’t ready yet
whereas everyone else is at the club, maybe suggesting he wants to make a big
entrance.
We then see a medium
shot of Nicole’s legs, she is wearing red Louboutin heels. Red is a strong,
powerful colour, suggesting she is a powerful character and she has a lot of
money also as they are expensive shoes. It also suggests that she has a
dangerous side to her as the colour red also symbolises danger. They have used
a medium shot here so the audience focus on her legs to show this. We then see
lots of close ups of Nicole’s face, she is pouting a lot suggesting she is a
seductive woman. We then see more cross cutting, this time from Nicole to the
lively club, she has separated herself from everybody else, maybe because she
can’t control her feelings towards P.Diddy and she’s excited to see him.
Tracking is then used of P.Diddy walking into the club, he is being escorted by
women, which shows women really like him and they want to protect him. He has
entered the club through the back entrance showing he is an important character
and he doesn’t want to mix with anybody else. P.Diddy then starts to sing and
fix his hair, to make himself look more presentable and attract Nicole’s
attention. A close up is then shown of P.Diddy putting his hand on the girl’s
waist, suggesting he’s a controlling character.
Once he is in
the club he has his hands on the girls legs once again showing he is
controlling as he is showing everybody else in the club that they are ‘his
property’. An eye line match is then used when P.Diddy looks over at Nicole, it
shows to the audience that both characters have finally seen each other. Nicole
is then seen sitting on a throne, the framing of the shot is that she is sat
right in the middle, showing she’s as important as P.Diddy as she is in the
centre of the frame like he was earlier on in the video. Once again cross
cutting is used from P.Diddy to Nicole, he is dancing to try and seduce her. A
close up of P.Diddy singing in to Nicole’s ear shows that he only wants her and
he is making this clear to her by doing this. Hand-held movement is then used
to show that this is were things start to get more serious between the two
characters and uncontrollable, they can’t control their emotions towards each
other. Nicole then follows P.Diddy up
the stairs in the club suggesting he’s captured her heart. Once they are
upstairs we see framing through Nicole’s legs and P.Diddy is at the end of the
corridor, this suggests things get more sexual between the characters and their
feelings are more uncontrollable. Nicole
is then shown with pink lights behind her, this is very feminine and could also
suggest she’s became more vulnerable under his company. Nicole then follows
P.Diddy out of the corridor suggesting that he is a seductive man. We then see
an aerial shot of a maze, they are both walking through the maze from separate
sides, Nicole looks scared because she is slowly walking through and has her
hands on the walls, showing she’s vulnerable, however P.Diddy is strongly
walking through the maze, and it’s like he has planned it. The both meet in the
middle of the maze, and the maze explodes suggesting there is no more sexual
tension. The maze then turns a neon
colour suggesting things are hotting up between the pair and they are together.
We then see a 2 shot of them both dancing with each other, after a while Nicole
seems to of had enough and walks away from P.Diddy, however they break the180 degree
rule as it follows Nicole who then is suddenly stopped by P.Diddy, showing he’s
everywhere and no one can escape him.
Non diegetic
sound is used as it is a music video and the lyrics tell us the story of the
characters as Nicole says ‘you’re the only one I wanna talk to’ this shows that
she doesn’t care about any body else who is at the club she just wants P.Diddy
to herself. She also says ‘When will you make a move’ this suggests she’s been
waiting a long time and she can’t contain her feelings towards him anymore and
she wants him to make it clear that he likes her. However P.Diddy says
‘anywhere I appear they all stop and stare’ showing he likes all the attention
he gets, and thinks everybody loves him which shows he is big headed. He also
sings ‘I make miracles like I walked on water’ this suggests he thinks highly
of himself, and thinks he is unstoppable and can do what ever he wants, this is
the opposite to Nicole as he never says how much he wants her, like she wants
him, suggesting he is a player. Throughout the whole video there are no other
men characters shown, it is all girls, this shows he is a womaniser and maybe
the best man in New York and that’s why he’s the only one in the club.
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