The first song I have chosen to look at is ‘Emergency Room’ by Rihanna. A video has not yet been released for this song which will be good for me, as I will not have any previous influences from a video she has created.

Whoa whoa,

whooa

whoa

Ey

 

I was picking up your clothes in the closet (closet)

I was about to throw your jeans in the washer (washer)

‘Till I saw a piece of paper saying Tasha (Tasha)

I gotta say I found this a bit shockin (shockin)

It’s on receipts to tell you went shoppin (shoppin)

You bought some Nike shoes

But why you buying stockings?

 

After reading the opening of the song I picture Rihanna in a large house in casual clothes in an American house sluggishly moving around and picking up clothes and tidying up. The camera would then trail behind Rihanna as she makes her way down to the cellar with a basket full of clothes where she reaches into a jean pocket and sees the piece of paper saying ‘Tasha’. Her face seems confused and she then reaches into the back pocket of the jeans and discovers a receipt for stockings and places a hand over her mouth and puts the receipt in her own pocket.

 

Boy how could you lie to me

Thought you would die for me

I’m not acceptin another apology

 

After 3 years, Imma let it go

I ain’t standin around crying no more

Got your bags packed sitting by the door

Ima leave your heart broken on the floor

 

For this section of the song I can imagine Rihanna’s other half walking into a dark house and turning the light on to discover Rihanna sitting on a chair saying these song lyrics to the man. As she does so he tries to hold her hand and reassure her that he has not been up to anything but she is continously pushing him away and walks out the house firmly shutting the door behind her.

 

[Chorus] : Rihanna

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m standing by your bed

and so tempted to pull out your I.V

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m fighting with myself

I can’t hurt you even though you hurt me

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

Tryin to call a nurse but nobody can help you now

Let me see you try to live without me

Now where’s your heartbeat

Flat line on the EKG

 

I can then picture the man in a hospital bed in a critical condition with lots of wires and machines around him. Rihanna would be sat by his bed whilst he has his eyes shut in deep thought, the scene then changes to RIhanna imagining herself going to pull IV out with her boyfriend begging and pleading. After this RIhanna is then bought back to reality by a nurse who walks into the room and taps her on the shoulder.

 

I was home late at night watching TV

Got a call from my girl saying “RiRi

Saw your man in the club

i thought he was out of town doing business

said that he’d be back in three weeks?”

And now I’m mad

Sitting in the kitchen gettin sad

Looking at your pictures

 

For this paragraph Rihanna would be sat at home alone on the sofa watching television when the house phone begins to ring, as she picks up the screen splits into two and you have a close up of a woman’s mouth saying ‘RiRi’. After this shot we then see her boyfriend sat in a busy club flirting with and looking at various other girls. We then move onto Rihanna sat in the kitchen on the worktop holding a picture of her boyfriend, which she then rips in half, and throws into the kitchen sink.

 

Boy, How could you lie to me

Thought you would die for me

I’m not acceptin another apology

After 3 years, I’ma let it go

I ain’t standing around crying no more

Got your bags packed sitting by the door

Imma leave your heart broken on the floor

[Chorus] : Rihanna

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m standing by your bed

and so tempted to pull out your I.V

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m fighting with myself

I can’t hurt you even though you hurt me

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

Tryin to call a nurse but nobody can help you now

Let me see you try to live without me

Now where’s your heartbeat

Flatline on the EKG

 

This scene would be less serious and have Rihanna singing and dancing around to the lyrics of the song on a coloured background through out the entire chorus. She would be wearing a short black mini dress and be very playful and cheerful.

 

[Akon]

I did you wrong, girl

Had a bunch of numbers in my phone, girl (I did)

But we been in this relationship too long, girl

For you to be listenin to your silly home girls

Better go on, girl

Now baby think about it (think about it)

Everything we do they gonna read about it (read about it)

Put it on a radio and TV outlet

Do you want to see your picture in that paper

You know them haters

You hear that 808

The drum, that’s my heart beat

I’m going numb, I said Rihanna, I’m feeling stressed

I’m going under cardiac arrest

 

Akon’s verse would be set in the same scene but this time with a white background. Him and Rihanna would both be in this scene with Akon singing the lyrics to Rihanna, whilst at the same time she is dancing around and miming to particular words of his verse.

 

[Chorus] : Rihanna

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m standing by your bed

and so tempted to pull out your IV

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

I’m fighting with myself

I can’t hurt you even though you hurt me

You’re gonna be in the emergency room

Trying to call a nurse but nobody can help you now

Let me see you try to live without me

Now where’s your heart beat

Flat line on the EKG

 

The final scene will be of Rihanna sat back in the hospital like in the other scene for the chorus but this time as she goes to pull out her boyfriends IV Akon comes and taps her on the shoulder and they both walk out of the hospital together, Akon has his arm around Rihanna.