Video Analysis

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours from Quitoop on Vimeo.


The video starts off with a close-up of a shadow figure, which we automatically believe is Jason Mraz. There are many cuts and as the song starts we see Jason sitting in front of a fish tank, then touching it as if he had just been inspired. For those who know that this is a love song, we begin to understand that these actions mean that he had just realised; “there are plenty of fish in the sea.”

Following from this, we see Jason ready to leave with a rucksack, throwing his house keys at the kitchen table. From this we realise that he does not intend to come back or go back to the past. We are then exposed to the beautiful countryside where Jason gets on the back of a truck singing “Nothings’ gonna stop me but divine interventions” meaning there will be no interference in his freedom but divine involvement.

I believe that the video is about having freedom. The reason for this is because as Jason sings on the back of the truck, there is a establishing shot showing the beautiful greenery of the country side, then a close onto Jason’s face to show his relaxing mood and finally a shot of his lower body showing he has no shoes on and blissfully moving his toes to the beats. All these show that he is now free to do what he wants. While we watch this, Jason sings “I won’t hesitate no more…”

After arriving at another location, Jason is surrounded by a group of young men and young attractive women. They then go in to the river by the waterfall where Jason swims and messes around with the young women in there with him. This automatically makes us go back to the phrase “plenty of fish in the sea,” the fish being the women.

In conclusion I believe the video is about finding freedom and having hope. It does seem that the lyrics are related to most of the actions. I particularly like the way the video cut from one place and straight in to the other for example, there was a time where we were shown a close of the digital clock in a car “13:30” then Jason getting on the back of a truck. The idea of having cuts to show specific items that have meanings is very interesting. The people watching the video straight away tend to think and ask them self why it was there to come up with a meaning.