Love Story - (Parody Cover) Davedays

This video has been made by an amateur called Dave who has made many parody videos for mainstream artists. His cover of Love Story is different because it's sung from the male's point of view. I'm hoping to include my own cover version of love story sung by my male protagonist in my short film, so the alterations to the lyrics such as : "I'll be the prince and you be the princess" rather than the original "You be the prince and I'll be the princess" are easier for my male to learn.
Because this video is another person's point of view for the song, I've decided to analyse this also and see if I can use any of the techniques in my short film.

Sound:
The track - Love Story, pre-recorded and sung by the male in the video

Cinematography:
Medium Close Up Shot, Pan up/down, Medium Shot, Close Up Shot, Point of View Shot, Handheld, Over the Shoulder Shot, Upward Tilt, Zoom In, Long Shot, Tracking Shot, Extreme Long Shot,

Editing:
Fade, Cut, Eyeline Match, Ripple Transition (memory), Distortion of Colour / Blur, Fade to Black, Shallow Depth of Field,

Mise-En-Scene:
American-Based - the beach is clean, the sky is always blue and nice weather, the park is very green and neat, and the biggest clue to it being set in America are the small packages known as 'kisses' that the male gives to the female.
Girl - wears dresses / skirts most of the time to emphasise her feminimity. Her hair is long and always down.
Father - has a moustache to suggest age (older) and he wears smart clothes, as if he's home from work.
Male - casual clothes, is clearly in love with the girl because he's constantly filming her on his camcorder and is always smiling.
When the male is playing the guitar he is in darkness with a red and blue light on him. The red light could signify the love or the danger the male feels from the girls father, whilst the blue could suggest the mood about the situation in that the male feels down because he can't see the girl.

Techniques that I could use:
Ripple transition - this shows that the following clips are memories from the point of view of the male.
Extreme Long Shot -> Long Shot -> Medium Shot -> Close-Up - all of these shots fade in to the other to represent a passing of time which I think is a good technique to use.