Drake's Find Your Love is a performance but also a narrative. It tells the story of Drake finding a woman he is interested in only to find out he is being set up by her and she is owned by Movado - a dance hall singer who is a gang leader or a pimp. We see that Drake knows that she is owned but he still tries to get her and then faces the consequences when he is captured by Movado's men when walking into the town. The location of the video is Jamaica and is directed by Anthony Mandler (who's worked with Jay-Z, John Mayer and Mary J. Blige.
The genre of the track is R&B and the video has a twist when compared to the conventional R&B video. Although the video is not the same as conventional R&B video it has hints of scenes in the club, dancing women, scenes in a studio and Drake having a good times but it also subverts showing the narrative of the song, the use of the model Maliah Michel who plays Drake's lover as well as Movado's. The video also shows the beautiful sets within Jamaica and scenes of the beach and the streets then towards the middle of the video we see Drake walking through "Gully Town" which may signify a ghost town or a town run by gangs or pimps.
Drake represents the hero or the protagonist within the video as he tries to woo Maliah and saves her from Movado but doesn't realise what Movado can really do. We see Drake trying hard to get Maliah and he is successful. The Mise En Scene used on Drake just shows what he would normally wear and the use of the camera techniques show the use of body languages, facial expressions and the scenes within the video. Although Drake does perform in the video its not a long scene as the video is mostly narrative.
The video does start with the blank screen and the line "The worst thing about crossing a line" then the camera shoots past the elderly man's face which is blurred but shows Drake's face clearly, then the shot fades to a black screen and the line "is when you don't know you already have" then the shot fades into a scene where Drake is conversing with the elderly man on the beach and we see the scene is beautiful and the shot is a full body shot as well as an establishing shot. The director may have chosen to show the beautiful scene of the beach to juxtapose the heartbreaking narrative. Then once again the scene is faded into a black screen and a jump cut to a scene of homes and camera shot maybe have been filmed in a helicopter showing a high angle shot of the town and a jump cut straight onto Drake once again talking to the man, we then see the jump cuts of the location in Jamaica and shots of the "Gully Town" and finally a close up of Movado flipping a bullet between his hand and the camera moves into an extreme close up of Movado's face and then him smoking as we see the smoke coming out of his nose and then another jump cut to the "Gully Town" and people with masks on their face and a close of of someones hands in handcuffs which we believe might be Drake. Then another jump cut of the Drake and the old man talking about the girl, the mean tells Drake to go but he ignores the man and goes back to the girl and the narrative starts. During the conversations there are jump cuts of Maliah walking down the beach but still looking straight into the camera.
We then see jump cuts of Drake and Maliah getting intimate and showing steamy scenes of them two but then jumping to Movado and his gang talking about getting Drake. As the song progresses Maliah is standing in the club by herself waiting for Drake but is unaware that Movado's men are watching him as he tries to woo her. The director uses a lot of jump cuts trying to build suspicion or create tension. We see one of Movado's men going through "Gully Town" to aware him of Drake's intentions with Maliah and Movado informs his men to "Do It You Know" which shows the viewers that something bad is going to happen to Drake. The use of close ups, full body shots and mid shots allows the audience to see facial expressions, body language and once again build up tension. As we see Movado's men walking through the down the use of back lighting creating a suspension and danger shows the audience that the narrative is maybe coming to and end and Drake is in trouble. As we finally see Drake walking through the town we see close ups of his face, then close ups of the people watching him go through behind gates showing that Drake is clearly not welcome. The camera jump shots to "Gully Till Dead" on a gate painted in red to signify danger for those who enter and to show the links between that and the narrative.
The use of the steamy scenes with Maliah when compared to Drake walking through the town and then performing in the studio shows the quick pace of the song and the slow tempo towards the end of the video shows that something bad is going to happen. As Drake calls for Maliah over the gates to come and save her the camera jump cuts to Maliah just standing there looking disappointed or not bothered about what is going to happen to Drake next. Then we see a close up of men's feet walking towards Drake and the camera tilts up to see Movado's face and then a over the shoulder shot to see Drake's full body against the gate. As Drake looks behind him the camera swivels around in a 360 degree shot and we see the faces of the men that are going to attack Drake. Then the track slows down and we see once again jump cuts of him and Maliah getting intimate but then Drake realises he is being set up and looks disappointed as we see a close up of his facial expression. As the piano plays only we see that Maliah walks towards Movado in a new scene where they are in a room and Drake is handcuffed while sitting on a chair. Then we see quick jump cuts of Drake and Maliah while there is a voice over from Drake saying "I just gotta see her one more time" and then a black screen with "Find your love" is on the screen and the video ends.
Drake - Find Your Love
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