Deconstruction of The Wanted Glad You Came

The Wanted

Glad You Came
Boy Band/Pop

3:16

The establishing shot is of the band sitting on a rock watching the sunset. This matches the lyrics "The sun goes down, he stars come out, and all that counts is here and now." The location is on a cliff above a beach, this is a popular location for many pop bands. This is an element of intertextuality as it looks similar to One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful, a favourite of this target audience. The target audience is mainly aimed at females aged between 14-19 as they are a young boy band.

This MS shows the band walking through a street. This is another favourite of boy bands. The lighting is very low, only coming from streetlights around the band making the shot seem in nighttime.

This MS of one of the band members dancing with a girl at  a party is a shot used quite a bit with bands. It looks to be a house party which links with bands as that is the kind of music they would play. The lighting comes from strobe lights illuminating the room at different times in different colours.

This LS of a pool party links to bands in many possible ways. It is always a place where they will hang out. And it is another place where their music would be played. As apposed to a heavy metal band; They wouldn't be walking through a town or swimming. The clothes that everybody is wearing are simple party clothes which link with the clothes the band would wear - jeans and t-shirts.

The shot in the bathroom is a MS of a band member and a girl. The video is telling the story of the lyrics. "Lets go somewhere no one else can see, you and me." The lighting in the bathroom is very low key coming from overhead in a lightbulb. A bathroom links to boy bands because they like hanging out in them especially if they get drunk.