SET TEXT 7 - DREAM - Representation Flashcards
PRODUCT CONTEXT:
What is Dizzee’s genre(s)?
Rap
Garage / Grime
PRODUCT CONTEXT:
How old was Dizzee when he self-produced his first single?
16.
PRODUCT CONTEXT:
What is the name of the album in which Dream is on?
Showtime
PRODUCT CONTEXT:
What year was dream released as a single?
2004.
MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS:
(required for basic knowledge).
What TYPE of music video is this?
Performance AND Narrative.
Performance : where you perform an act of entertainment.
Narrative : reflects a story.
MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS:
(required for basic knowledge).
Does the music video have a clear Narrative, what is it?
Yes, it shows Dizzee’s life. Beginning with a matriarchal white woman - ‘superior’ to dizzee.
Then the puppets show the narrative of dizzee’s life including crime and poverty, to where he is now and how he recognises and appreciates his success.
‘Rags to Riches’
MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS:
(required for basic knowledge).
How is the narrative constructed through Media Language?
There is endless things you could say.
Examples:
It’s visual codes such as the settings encode to us that he was in poverty, due to where it’s set and also the acts of crime that take place, including theft.
The language codes of the lyrics (you can choose any to analyse).
The iconography - he is a lot smaller than the white woman, racial hierarchies - bring in theory.
MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS:
(required for basic knowledge).
Are there any evident Binary Oppositions?
White vs. Black
Rich vs. Poor
Old vs. Young
MEDIA LANGUAGE ANALYSIS:
(required for basic knowledge).
Give specific examples of the relationship between lyrics and visuals.
‘Hanging outside the off license’ - he fist bumps his friend - shows unity.
‘Run around the streets reckless with no shame’ - shows the street and people there - links to the point in the lyrics.
These are just a few examples of how the lyrics show what happen in the video.
How is GENDER represented in the video?
The woman dresses like the 50’s. Stereotypical motherly role - she looks scared of dizzee and his friends. Old vs. Young
Baby fathers and Baby mothers in lyrics - shows poverty as they’re young parents - reckless teenage pregnancy.
All professions shown in the video are played by Male Puppets - Gauntlett’s.
All crime committed is by Male Puppets - Gauntlett’s.
The woman didn’t grow up like Dizzee did - Structuralism.
How is Age represented in the video?
Old vs. Young - Strauss.
Dizzee said when he was young he would steal - he became famous and didn’t need to anymore.
Young teenage pregnancy reflects the rise of teen pregnancy - context at the time.
Young kids singing the shows the age dizzee was at when he had a dream.
He was just 16 when he penned his first song - 20 when it came out.
How is Class represented in the video?
Young Black boys seem stealing- Alvarado - Dangerous.
The woman looks down on people - as if she’s better as she’s richer.
She’s larger than the puppets and dizzee, this is because she is of a higher social class.
She has a standard british expected accent and dizzee has a more rough accent - it shows the area he’s from which is a poverty ridden area.
How is Ethnicity represented in the video?
Police brutality - white police man to black boys.
Black boys seen stealing - Alvarado - Dangerous.
Whites are seen as more important as she is above him and larger than him. Dizzee and the puppets are under her ‘control’.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT:
Which decade is the Pianist from?
1950’s.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT:
How is the video interesting to consider in the context of Post - War Britain?
More Caribbean, Indian and Pakistani natives moved to Britain during this immigration period Post - War. Britain was more ethnically diverse.
