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analysing music vids

childish gambino music vid analysis

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  1. ANALYSING MUSIC VIDEOS

  2. Childish Gambino in background facing away from camera – use of foreground and background shows that in America some people or just in the background and are not important • Shows that the message is more important than him

  3. Topless makes him seem venerable • Could be a references to slaves in the US who didn’t wear shirts • Clearly showing off his skin colour – pride • Trousers are in the style of US confederate uniforms – adds to theme of racism • His dance style – influences from African dances – links to apartheid in south Africa • Jim Crow – references in body language highlights issues of racial segregation – intertextual references

  4. The audience and Gambino don’t see the bag being put on his head – dehumanises man • Don’t care who their killing • Being shot from behind is dishonerable

  5. Young black boy maybe playing a slave type role • Quick change of tone and pace after killing may signify the way society moves on quickly • Removal of gun and body quickly suggest people try to cover up violence • Gun carefully carried off on silk suggest the weapons are looked after more than people

  6. Lots of movement in background and dancing in the foreground – shallow focus makes background hard to see might suggest that we are distracted from reality by entertainment • Suggest we ignore violence • Children are in school uniform and dancing suggests that children are encouraged to ignore it - could also reference school shootings - kids add to shock value • Dances are based on GwaruGwaru viral dances - reflecting popularity of African culture in terms of entertainment value

  7. Happy facial expressions and body language – positive • Links to religion – church – make a point about the link between religion and violence

  8. Reference real violence in churches – Charleston church shooting • Shows venerable people get hurt • Makes it more shocking as churches are supposed to me safe • Immediately walks away • Gun taken care of again • Camera tracks and reveals police car not doing anything – police are not supportive

  9. Someone commits suicide in the background • People still dancing and distracting suggests that suicides go unnoticed

  10. White horse – bible verse about death arriving on a white horse • Police car again showing police doing nothing

  11. Long take - silence – makes it uncomfortable • Long silence also makes audience think about the messages

  12. Dancing on top of a car references Michael Jackson’s ‘Black and White’ music video • Car doors are open which is a reference to how black people are often pulled over and told to step out of the car

  13. Gambino running away from white police men reflects the issues in America with police violence • He is on his own running away suggests that black people feel alone when police are attacking them

  14. Gambino running references how slaves had to run away to save their lives • Running towards light could connote death

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