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Reptide Music Video Analysis

https://youtu.be/uJ_1HMAGb4k Genre and Audience - Vance Joy is an Australian singer-songwriter that identifies his music genre as indie rock and indie folk, which is a genre that stems of rock music that originated from the United Kingdom in the 1970's. The name Indie comes from the idea of being an independent artist belonging to an independent record label the term was used to associate alternative rock. The music audience to indie music are small groups as indie music isn't suited for mainstream audiences due to the themes of the lyrics. The target audience consists of 16-24 year olds mainly 66% of fans are males and 34% are females.  Narrative and Iconography- The opening shot is of a pan shot of the sky then the opening line of the song is " I was scared of dentist and the dark" in that shot there is literal as there's a woman who has a dental brace in her mouth then it switches to a lightbulb swaying.   

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton is a drama/crime biography that tells the story of the 1980's HipHop group, N.W.A,

I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake was written by Paul Laverty, who is a screenwriter and lawyer , the film was released in 2016 which is a historical year as Donald Trump was elected president of the United States and the Brexit Referendum begun. The release of this movie, whilst all of these historic events were taken place, would've been the right time as it is appropriate for the narrative. The drama film was directed by Ken Loach, who is an english director known for highlighting his socialist views in his work such as poverty, he has also directed other drama movies such as: Homelessness, Labour Rights and Poor Cow.  The film stars English actress and playwright Hayley Squires - who plays the protagonist, Katie, the destitute single mother of two who is struggling to take care of her two children. This character reflects the British single mums who are on benefits as her character taps into the different types of struggles they face daily such as: not eating so that her children can, relyin...