Blue lights by Jorja Smith music video analysis
Blue lights
By Jorja Smith
Music video analysis
This music video is protesting against police violence. The video contains gripping visuals that humanize the black lives that are wrongly perceived as threats by the police.
The music video has the intent to show the viewers the impact that stereotypes have and how they are forced upon black people.
Jorja Smith said 'I wanted to capture men/boys of Walsall and Birmingham from all different walks of life doing everyday activities to show that the stereotypes we are bombarded with are misleading and, ultimately, harmful'.
This music video is a narrative music video as there are no performative elements such as lip synching, they have used actors instead of using the artist which is one of the key elements to a narrative music video.
The actors in the music video are staring at the camera in order to intimidate the viewer and draw more attention to the lyrics and make them think about the message that the video is sending. The lyrics are drawing attention to the fact that black people are automatically accused as they are usually
associated with crime. Lyrics such as 'If you've done nothing wrong blue lights should just pass you by' and 'You got blood on your hands but you don't know where it's from' these lines are accusing the police of accusing black people that haven't done anything wrong and that they don't feel save because of it, this is shown in the line 'blue lights should just pass you by' which is being intentionally sarcastic in order to criticize society and the practices of the police.
Mise-en-scene
The use of children and babies such as the baby crying at the end of the video and the children standing on the swings, this is used to try to create sympathy for them as they will grow up with all these fears and disadvantages.
Jorja Smith used Walsall as the setting for her video because it was where she was from and where she drew her inspiration from when writing the song.
By Jorja Smith
Music video analysis
This music video is protesting against police violence. The video contains gripping visuals that humanize the black lives that are wrongly perceived as threats by the police.
The music video has the intent to show the viewers the impact that stereotypes have and how they are forced upon black people.
Jorja Smith said 'I wanted to capture men/boys of Walsall and Birmingham from all different walks of life doing everyday activities to show that the stereotypes we are bombarded with are misleading and, ultimately, harmful'.
This music video is a narrative music video as there are no performative elements such as lip synching, they have used actors instead of using the artist which is one of the key elements to a narrative music video.
The actors in the music video are staring at the camera in order to intimidate the viewer and draw more attention to the lyrics and make them think about the message that the video is sending. The lyrics are drawing attention to the fact that black people are automatically accused as they are usually
associated with crime. Lyrics such as 'If you've done nothing wrong blue lights should just pass you by' and 'You got blood on your hands but you don't know where it's from' these lines are accusing the police of accusing black people that haven't done anything wrong and that they don't feel save because of it, this is shown in the line 'blue lights should just pass you by' which is being intentionally sarcastic in order to criticize society and the practices of the police.
Mise-en-scene
The video is shot in black and white this has been done in order to remove the racial element, this presents to the viewer that black lives matter and expressing how they shouldn't be treated any different as we are all the same.
The use of handcuffs as a dance prop is suggesting that police use their work to enforce their personal prejudices.The use of children and babies such as the baby crying at the end of the video and the children standing on the swings, this is used to try to create sympathy for them as they will grow up with all these fears and disadvantages.
Jorja Smith used Walsall as the setting for her video because it was where she was from and where she drew her inspiration from when writing the song.
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