Representational issues surrounding "street life"

Corinne Bailey Rae- stop where you are (music video)


Bailey Rae was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a Kittitian father and an English mother, as the oldest of three daughters, including her siblings, Candice Bailey and actress Rhea Bailey, who is in Coronation Street. Bailey Rae began her musical career at school, where she studied classical violin before she turned her attention to singing: "I started off singing in church, I suppose, but people think it must have been a gospel church because of the whole, you know, black assumption," she said in reference to her multi-racial background.

• Narrative- telling a story, about how you should enjoy your life, and how you should make the most of what you are and what you have. 
• Characters- teenage girl on the stairs, who looks isolated.  Group of girls, who look like they are part of a gang, the song says "stop, make the most of who you are".    Homeless man who is asking for money, then a man who is in a suit comes down and sits next to him and starts talking to him.   Man and dog, the man looks vicious, but when he goes around the corner with his dog he shows the audience a different side to him. A teenage boy, who looks like he is about to jump of a building but then he stops. A man with dreadlocks.  (Elements of poverty and aggression) 
• The woman who is singing, wears a bright red dress to make her stand out. This shows that she is the person who is going to help the people with their problems.
• Setting- concrete/grey, unattractive place to live, city/urban, monochrome 

Massive Attack- unfinished sympathy


Shara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She worked with Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and as a solo artist garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles. Her 1993 debut album, What Silence Knows, was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

• tracking shot- one woman walking through (down) a street, it is just one shot through the whole song. 
• Setting- urban- America?

Emeli Sande- heaven 


Adele Emily Sande, MBE, known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish recording artist and songwriter. She first became prominent after she was featured on the track "Diamond Rings" by the rapper Chipmunk.

• Setting- urban city area (streets)-outside
• London-cut-sitting in a meadow/park
• Characters- one woman- residents from the setting
• close ups