Dizzee Rascal - 'Dream' music video analysis Narrative The narrative of the song is about Dizzee Rascal telling this audience that he had a dream and managed to achieve it. The overall tone of this song is inspirational and Dizzee wants to get his message across that you need to work hard and be committed to achieve your dreams. The music video is set in a elderly woman's living room as she is playing a piano. The actual setting of the living room is fairly simple in colour by the wallpaper being a simple cream colour and the curtain by the window being a brown colour. The small snippet of the living room already shows that it is set in a stereo-typically ideal British woman's living room and from listeners expecting a darker tone and setting due to Dizzee Rascal being a grime rapper and there are dark undertones of the genre, however the music video and the beat is quite upbeat and colourful making this song by Dizzee an unexpected surprise. Camera and lighting The li...
Representation of Gender in 'The Man' and 'Riptide' Taylor Swift - ‘The Man’ Taylor Swift is a singer who is categorised in the 'pop' genre. In 2019, she released her album 'Lover' with one of her singles being 'The Man' which gathered a lot of attention due to its lyrics as well as the music video that went along with it. The music video itself was the most controversial of the single. Taylor Swift is typically known to have music videos that have deep meanings to them and 'The Man' follows the same principle. She directed the entire music video herself and manages to convey her thoughts about men who have toxic masculinity towards women and those who present themselves as more powerful than women, and through the music video she indirectly encourages women to fight back for their equality and stand up to men who are seen as selfish and cocky. The first shot of the music video is a wide shot of a man looking the opposite way of the cam...
Late Night Woman's Hour Overview The Late Night Woman's Hour is a programme on BBC Radio 4 which is broadcasted every Thursday and Friday at night around 11pm and is the late night edition of the main programme 'Woman's Hour'. The programme first ran in 2015 and is currently being broadcasted. The radio podcast was a success after its first episode where the hosts talked about dating which found many people interested. Format The radio programmes are broadcasted in a podcast format. They are streamed on the radio station and are available for download on the BBC Radio website. It may seem that they decided to go for a podcast format because it is the most suitable for the programme as it only involves the hosts talking to each other and therefore it is not necessary for there to be any visual and relies on the listeners to focus on the audio. These podcasts are available to download from the website and listen on any device that supports audio. Topics and target au...
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