From the start the scene is set with a quick juxtapositions; the video starts with the relaxing view and sounds of Chinese stress balls, then quickly transitions to a Pitbull terrier, not only a violent breed but owned by a gang, this juxtapositions helps to show us how dangerous this area is going from relaxing to dangerous quickly. This is needed in order to set the scene of a dangerous city in which this women is in. Yet when we see the artist for the first time in. the establishing shot of her, she doesn't care about what is happening around her she is just focusing forward; therefore to me the fact that she is able to ignore this gang which is abnormal to me it shows a representation of the artist as being used to this kind of behaviour suggesting her locality to LA and particularly the street she is on.
The music video is filmed in one long continuous shot following the singer/actor in the video as she walks around the streets of LA, as with the example of the gang lots of other things happen around her which she is oblivious to. The reason why she is oblivious to it is because she is obviously heartbroken; the reason why I think this is firstly due to the music, its tone is sad and depressing as well as the lyrics displaying heartbreak and the ending of a relationship which this woman really cared about. secondly she is dressed in full black which is typically a colour worn when sad and depressed, this is the exact impression which it gave me that she is so lonely she wears black just attempting to display her mood through clothing.
Not only does the artist wish to represent this in the video they also want to bring a voice and start a conversation in the real world over issues happening in the background of the long continuous shot of this woman walking about; what I'm talking about is a few different stories being told in the background; one story is of a native American man on the street having to dress as his ancestors to raise money and awareness because as he stands there evil people are attempting to take his ancestral
The music video is filmed in one long continuous shot following the singer/actor in the video as she walks around the streets of LA, as with the example of the gang lots of other things happen around her which she is oblivious to. The reason why she is oblivious to it is because she is obviously heartbroken; the reason why I think this is firstly due to the music, its tone is sad and depressing as well as the lyrics displaying heartbreak and the ending of a relationship which this woman really cared about. secondly she is dressed in full black which is typically a colour worn when sad and depressed, this is the exact impression which it gave me that she is so lonely she wears black just attempting to display her mood through clothing.
Not only does the artist wish to represent this in the video they also want to bring a voice and start a conversation in the real world over issues happening in the background of the long continuous shot of this woman walking about; what I'm talking about is a few different stories being told in the background; one story is of a native American man on the street having to dress as his ancestors to raise money and awareness because as he stands there evil people are attempting to take his ancestral
homeland for corporate uses, the video is attempting to voice this, as well there is a man with no legs riding around on a skateboard it is assumed he is a veteran who does not even have support of the evil corrupt government and health system to even afford a wheelchair.
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