Research on the lyrics and artist

Drag myself from my bed around 20 past 6
Get my kids up make breakfast 1 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix

And as I sit down I look up
And your standing in the doorway sun at your back
in my old brown dressing gown
Well no one can love you more than I love you now
but I

Gotta go running for the bus
Coat flying and i try not to miss it this time
But the drivers waiting and that's strange
Kids on the top deck quiet for a change
And theres no rain and no roadworks in the
Bus lane and all my hurts run away
And im smiling as I'm punching in

Chorus
The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
everything will be alright
The day I died was the best day of my life


Secretaries they got a smile for me
and the in tray on my desks almost empty
I get a memo from executive joe
saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out
for embezzling funds from the company account
and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't chuffed
cos i always hated rob
and now they'll probably offer me robs old job

And in the park at lunch
Theres no whinos on my favorite bench
none of that drunk chatter none of that greasy stench
and the scrawney little pigeons with the gammy leg
decide to dive bomb someone elses sandwich instead
and there's something about the city today
like all the colours conspire to overwhelm the grey
and this close to the fire I can feel no cold
but a rainbow halo around my soul


Chorus
The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
everything will be alright
The day I died was the best day of my life

So I leave work get to the high street and i miss my bus
Should I wait for another no I can't be arsed
I begin to walk and rush hour crowd seem to part
Like the red sea, and im stopping at the offy
20 cigerettes and a 6 pack to relax me
And as I cross back over the street
I guess i never saw that taxi 

 Chorus
The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
everything will be alright
The day I died was the best day of my life 


Although we have put in the planning what footage we are doing on every line, I thought it would be important if we researched into the lyrics to expand on further ideas. The lyrics convey a man whom is doing his daily routine when getting ready for work. However, due to his death, this completely changes his routine and it is grounded to a halt. Therefore, I felt that in our video, it should have a climatic point at his death.


I spoke to my partner as I didn't understand how the man was jumping in and out of death through-out the song when the chorus was on. We both came to the conclusion that he was having flashbacks. This is something I think we could develop by dipping the footage to white when editing. This makes it realistic and a clever way of using techniques I have been learnt to convey something (dipping to white, conveying flashbacks).


Just Jack

Jack Christopher Allsopp was born May 18th May 1975 in Camden Town, London. He first came to prominence with his chart single "Starz in their eyes" back in 2007. The song reached number two in the UK singles chart. He has brought out three albums, one being RGR label and the other two Mercury. He completed a degree in Furniture Design at Kingston University and then went onto writing and singing music.