Fat Boy Slim- Representations of the artist. Yo Mama

FatBoy Slim is a Dj with a very specific style of music video; His style is complete randomness, every single music video for each of Fatboy Slims songs is diferent with no similarities other than being completely different, in different locations, with different actors with lots of random scene changes and camera shots which make the videos opposites. However one similarity which is shown in each video is the fact that there is someone dancing; the reason for this is to show the dancing style which Fatboy slim is known for, that all his music is specifically for dancing and dance music therefore a small similarity between each video is the fact that his music makes you want to dance.

At the start of the music video Yo Mama there is a calm atmosphere  created through the men who we assume are hilbillys, who are painting and watching cartoons and in general just relaxing. Through mise en scene of the characters I could tell that they are hilbillys through stereotypes of that type of people; the stereotype is shown by them wearing scrappy clothes as well as the look of their teeth and how they do not take care of themselves, also the way that the house is set up in the music video implies hilbilly behaviours of not having too much money sleeping is ramshackle abodes as opposed to usual houses.

From behind the scenes footage we know that the actors playing hilbillies are in fact just that; as well the fact they are on a tropical island, these together do in fact show a representation of Fatboy Slim and this presentation being the complete randomness which he creates, his life is a party and all sorts of crazy mental things have happened around him, I believe that these crazy mental things follow in his music and furthermore the music videos, such as the hillbillies do not make sense being on this island yet it is so due to the power of his music, as if the complete crazy music brings about the chain of events which happens within the video having turned everything on its head and just completely switched everyone to being weird, or at least weird when seen by normal people.

There is a large comedic element which the director has attempted to capture in the video; this comedic element is the thrashing fits which people apart of the video have when listening to the Yo Mama, these fits a funny because they are completely random and are an attempt by the director to show a comedic representation of Fatboy Slim. The way that the actors go into thrashing fits of dancing is not only funny but intended to represent the raves which this type of music would typically be played in and the dancing which would happen in them, where it is not really dancing but as I said thrashing fits.