Massive Attack
Massive attack- Unfinished sympathy
1) The establishing shot of the video is an extreme close up of Chinese stress balls in what it looks like to be a gang members hands, this is ironic because normally gang members are related to violence and guns. The Unfinished Sympathy video has a strong narrative throughout the video and implies an important message. The story revolves around the singer who is walking down the street in LA, the strange thing about the video is that nothing out of the ordinary. the video starts off with an extreme close up of a man holding 2 metal Chinese stress balls and then zoom out onto a dog wearing sun glasses behind him a gang with another dog. 10 seconds into the video we already see gang culture. as the video goes on there is a man with no legs riding a skateboard, a policeman riding a motorbike, a native american and a homeless lady carrying a shopping cart. however all of these are in the medium shot because Shara Nelson is the main focus of the video. After this we get presented a child holding a toy gun pretending to pull the trigger and shoot. this is very powerful and represents how children in america are growing into violence and gang culture. A gun has connotations of violence and anger, however the use of a toy gun presents the child's innocence. the director of this video was Baillie Walsh, (he also directed unfinished sympathy's 'daydreaming'). he decided to hide important messages in the mise en scene to present what a normal day was like in LA. The use of editing or good camerawork allows Shara nelson to be the main viewpoint for the whole of the music video. Even though Shara is the main viewpoint the director still wants you to notice the people in the background. In parts of the song there are no vocals and just Shara walking along to the beat, and it works perfectly.
2) In the video, all the African American people involved are seen to be living in rougher areas in America. this could've been done to show that all lives matter. even though the black people are presented to live in an un wealthy poor areas, they still present themselves well by wearing smart clothes. this is where they have used Mise-en-scene very well because the clothes they are wearing could tell their story. another group that is addressed in the video is Hispanic gang members, they are wearing stereotypical gang member clothes, this where the directors have used Mise-en-scene again because they have thought about what people would've wore in that time period.
3) In the video the main character is an African American women. in the 1980s sexist and racist views were at an all time high. this could show that even though people had negative views, black African American women still mattered another thing would be that she is the main focus throughout the whole video.
1) The establishing shot of the video is an extreme close up of Chinese stress balls in what it looks like to be a gang members hands, this is ironic because normally gang members are related to violence and guns. The Unfinished Sympathy video has a strong narrative throughout the video and implies an important message. The story revolves around the singer who is walking down the street in LA, the strange thing about the video is that nothing out of the ordinary. the video starts off with an extreme close up of a man holding 2 metal Chinese stress balls and then zoom out onto a dog wearing sun glasses behind him a gang with another dog. 10 seconds into the video we already see gang culture. as the video goes on there is a man with no legs riding a skateboard, a policeman riding a motorbike, a native american and a homeless lady carrying a shopping cart. however all of these are in the medium shot because Shara Nelson is the main focus of the video. After this we get presented a child holding a toy gun pretending to pull the trigger and shoot. this is very powerful and represents how children in america are growing into violence and gang culture. A gun has connotations of violence and anger, however the use of a toy gun presents the child's innocence. the director of this video was Baillie Walsh, (he also directed unfinished sympathy's 'daydreaming'). he decided to hide important messages in the mise en scene to present what a normal day was like in LA. The use of editing or good camerawork allows Shara nelson to be the main viewpoint for the whole of the music video. Even though Shara is the main viewpoint the director still wants you to notice the people in the background. In parts of the song there are no vocals and just Shara walking along to the beat, and it works perfectly.
2) In the video, all the African American people involved are seen to be living in rougher areas in America. this could've been done to show that all lives matter. even though the black people are presented to live in an un wealthy poor areas, they still present themselves well by wearing smart clothes. this is where they have used Mise-en-scene very well because the clothes they are wearing could tell their story. another group that is addressed in the video is Hispanic gang members, they are wearing stereotypical gang member clothes, this where the directors have used Mise-en-scene again because they have thought about what people would've wore in that time period.
3) In the video the main character is an African American women. in the 1980s sexist and racist views were at an all time high. this could show that even though people had negative views, black African American women still mattered another thing would be that she is the main focus throughout the whole video.
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