Don't call me up - Mabel - Pop :
- The video is mainly constructed of very quick and short shots mainly focusing on two or three main characters including Mabel herself. The editing techniques used are fairly basic with just cutting up longer shots and separating them and then placing shots from other settings so it makes the pace of the video quicker.
- The mise-en-scene of the music video consists of lots of bright contrasting colours like red and pink in comparison to blue and dark green. The transitions are quite flowing and natural which don't bring too much attention to them.
- Also, the mise-en-scene of the all-woman dance group behind Mabel possibly inferring that men are the bad guys in society as throughout the video Mabel is seen to be blocking the male figure out of her life with all of her girls backing her up with it.
- The settings for the video are as follows: a phone box, a garage with them surrounding a car, a bath, a staircase, a living room in a house.
Vossi Bop - Stormzy - Rap :
- The video focuses on the black community in London with Stormzy being the main focus throughout the music video. The editing techniques used are well executed with the transitions to other shots looking as if it has all been shot in one take with the camera just quickly rotating or flipping upside down, with no clear cuts in the shots.
- The mise-en-scene of the outfits worn by those seen in the video are mainly wearing Stormzy's own clothing brand, Merky which uses self promotion to his advantage. There is a large focus on dark colours in the video, especially the colour black, which he may have done to reinforce his views on racism, especially in the London area where he has been brought up in.
- The settings in the video are all around London, with the establishing shot being on London Bridge to then outside some government building in London too. The next two shots are seen to be of a large open area, looking very empty and useless which shows the side of London not everyone has seen.
Self Care - Mac Miller - Hip Hop :
- The video has quite a slow pace to it, with the audience watching it with a sense of anticipation, not knowing what's really going on, however that keeps us watching and listening to the music
- The mise-en-scene of the video is relatively basic, with there only being one outfit and person throughout the whole video, with the focus purely being on Mac and what he's doing, with him lighting a cigarette inside a coffin which places some comedic value on it.
- There are only two settings within the video, inside of a coffin and then a vast white setting with a large pile of dirt or ash in the middle, with him emerging from it.
Ideologies :
Vossi Bop - Stormzy :
- One representation portrayed in the music is of the black community, especially around the London area; the video almost uses black stereotypes to the point that They’re possibly actually how the stereotypes go, which could be linked to cultivation theory. The representation of black people is that they’re stereotypically quite threatening and are heavily linked with gang culture.
- another representation seen in the video could be that rappers have quite a high status in a location like London as they’ve managed to shut down a super busy road like on London Bridge, right outside the Houses of Parliament, which could form a binary opposition between real power through the government and then social power through being famous.
Don’t call me up - Mabel :
- one representation constructed through the music video is that men are always the ones in wrong in regards to relationships as the video makes it out that the woman, Mabel, was in control of this other guy who wanted to talk to her. Without any context it seems as if she is shutting him out which makes him seem as if he’s deserving it.
- another representation in the video can be seen in that the ‘norm’ for relationships is through a heterosexual nature, and that women can be independent in their lives and don’t need a man to keep them a happy, as Mabel throughout the video is backed up by her female back up dancers who look like her close friends.
Ideologies :
Vossi Bop - Stormzy :
- One representation portrayed in the music is of the black community, especially around the London area; the video almost uses black stereotypes to the point that They’re possibly actually how the stereotypes go, which could be linked to cultivation theory. The representation of black people is that they’re stereotypically quite threatening and are heavily linked with gang culture.
- another representation seen in the video could be that rappers have quite a high status in a location like London as they’ve managed to shut down a super busy road like on London Bridge, right outside the Houses of Parliament, which could form a binary opposition between real power through the government and then social power through being famous.
Don’t call me up - Mabel :
- one representation constructed through the music video is that men are always the ones in wrong in regards to relationships as the video makes it out that the woman, Mabel, was in control of this other guy who wanted to talk to her. Without any context it seems as if she is shutting him out which makes him seem as if he’s deserving it.
- another representation in the video can be seen in that the ‘norm’ for relationships is through a heterosexual nature, and that women can be independent in their lives and don’t need a man to keep them a happy, as Mabel throughout the video is backed up by her female back up dancers who look like her close friends.
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