An Analysis Of 'Oblivion' By Bastille

For the movement composition, I partnered up with Keziah Bernanadas and Fabiola Salazar. Us three are good friends, so it was a foregone conclusion that we all work together. After much contemplation and consideration, we decided to use the song “Oblivion” by Bastille with a choreographed dance that shows the story of how three friends age and mature over time only to tragically split apart. At first, we chose “Mia and Sebastian’s Theme” from the movie “La La Land” to execute this same storyline. The storyline was adopted as I heard this particular theme and pictured people growing up. However, we encountered two major obstacles: the song was too short and the extended versions did not meet to the original’s quality and that the climax in which the death scene was to occur was too short and abruptly cut off,

As stated before, we began by breaking apart the stages of life and assigning each individual solos depending on the individual’s preference. Then, due to our time constraints, we opted to create our solos on our own time and to work on the movements that all of us must do together, together. The primary strategy of creating our movements and choreography for the dance was to correspond our movements to the meaning behind the lyrics being sung and the stage of life currently occurring. For example, before my solo as the three of us are playing together as children, the lyrics being sung were, “Are you going to age with grace? Are you going to age without mistakes…?” Because the lyrics were talking about the mistakes and blundering made as one matures, I took begin my solo, angrily kicked down the Jenga tower to show my frustration at my own personal faults. The kick both exhibits my balance as I kick and move my leg into an uncomfortable position and fits into the storyline and music shown, producing a stronger effect on the viewer. This is just one notable example of the many that displayed our