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He's got a Rolling Stones tee
But he only knows one song
They think they're from the sixty's
But they were born in 1991
There's a man standing in the corner
No one knows quite where he's from
There's a fight between Jill and Lorna
She's got a tattoo of a peace sign on her thumb
All that and the night has just begun
Stay out tonight and see through my eyes
Stay out this time, and we'll be home by five
Stay out, stay out, stay out
Stay out, stay out, stay out
Checkered shirts and chino trousers
Is this some kind of uniform?
It seems that they think they're gangsters
They barely started 6th form
She thinks she's in Barbados
But outside it's minus three
There's a guy outside I'm avoiding
I think that he shares a mystery
That time when he whispered to me
Stay out tonight and see through my eyes
Stay out this time, and we'll be home by five
Stay out, stay out, stay out
Stay out, stay out, stay out
Cause there's people falling in love around you
And there's people falling over their own shoes
All these boys and girls are people
Looking for someone to be
All these boys and girls are people
Waiting for their hearts to beat
All these boys and girls are people
Looking for someone to be
All these boys and girls are people
Waiting for their hearts to beat
Stay out tonight and see through my eyes
Stay out this time, and we'll be home by five
Stay out, stay out, stay out
Stay out, stay out, stay out
He's got a Rolling Stones tee
But he only knows one song
They think they're from the sixty's
But they were born in 1991
The combination of lyrics and mise en scene in this video easily establish to the audiance that this song is about an average night out. The mixture of Performance and Conceptual elements to the video add to the understanding of the video and establishing who the artist is.
Laura Mulveys theory of the male gaze can be easily established in this video, this is by the fact that all the women in the video are heavily made up, in modern and fashionable clothing. Again the combination of a song with a fast tempo and fast short shots is used when filming and editing this video, for example the "Pool" scene.
To push conventions at 1:54 the song stops and plays a 5 second shot of the artist being asked for ID, this is something that many young people can relate too. this is also a clever way of stopping online piracy towards her music video throughout means of converting youtube videos to mp3 files. Propps theory can also be included by stating that bouncers in general are villians; whilst they are on the screen theres no light hearted music and no bright lights.
Goodwin's theory can also be applied to this song, for example at 0:23 whilst the artist sings "There's a man standing in the corner, no one knows quite where he's from."a man can be stood briefly for a second in the left hand side of the shot, and another women can be found in the right hand corner. These two figures look older than the centered group of people possibly suggesting that clubbing is more of a young thing to do and no one knows why old people are there, reflecting an existing modern stereotype of age.
I would like to see more analysis of shots and framing - also where is Goodwin?
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