Eleanor N - A level Media blog

  Mini Knowledge quiz: What is written on the glass? "Fear your only god" What does the mother feed her baby? milk What is the most frequent camera shot in the video? Close up 'Will you try to leave me.. Or give me one more try again What colour is the lighter handed over? Red/orange Multiple meanings: Does the background of a cathederal showing: Religion is a saviour- she presents religion in this shot to be beautiful with the long shot, clear blue skies. This could be telling us that religion may have helped Sande get out of a rough time in her life. Religion is marginalised in society? That music is the new religion? Emeli sande is a critic/messanger of society This close up of a young girl in her car may be optimistic and positive because the way the lighting shines on her face is like heaven or god is reaching out to her in order to help her. She looks likes she is engaging for help and is curious as to what this light is. The jewellery she is wearing contrasts again...

Mise en scene The video is set in an urban setting, with an emphasis on street life. This shows a focus on people, specifically in deprived areas. This reflects the life of ordinary people during their day to day lives, in locations such as busy streets, parks, shops, homes and housing estates. The notion of it being a more deprived area is particularly honed in on. The artist herself is at times depicted looking out of a window, sitting in a field of flowers and in the streets themselves. This signifies that she is the same as everyone else. The artist’s costume is particularly symbolic, as throughout the video she is represented as somewhat angelic , however she is dressed in all black. This juxtaposes her angelic representation, and perhaps could suggest she is a ‘fallen angel’. Also, the shoulder pads within her top could represent stubs where an angels wings could have been ripped off, whihc may represent her past where she had negative influences around her. She also h...

Sande states that 'Heaven' is about what it means to be good for the current generation when social and cultural life is so fast that there are many negative influences to try and overcome Theme of heaven and religion is apparant throughout- we first see the imagery of angel wings by graffiti- this makes actors in the video appear to have angel wings Emeli sande used the theme of angels to suggest that many people need to become better. She used realist representation of street life to represent her authnicity and cultural links(filmed in london where there is a lot of ethnic groups etc) Made use on non-actors to add cutting edge to her as an artist she celebrates the transcendence of poverty and inequality to transfer that view of transcendence to the artist included a number of representations of her fan base to attract a wider audience. The video represents diversity and urban life, particularly ‘street life’ and issues of poverty, class and race/ethnicity. This i...

Heaven was released on 14th August 2011 by Virgin Records. The song is written about the younger generation growing up too fast and being influenced by friends, family, the media and education. This can be a good thing, because they are pushing you for a challenge, however, others follow influencers that lead them to do bad things. 'Heaven' has connotations of christianity and church. This suggests t h at many try to do good things in life to get on God's 'good side' and eventually go to heaven when they die. Heaven is a song about people trying to good in their lives, even though many may make bad decisions, people are just trying to live their lives to the fullest and not hurt anyone or follow any bad influences. The music video features Emeli herself singing the lyrics, but also shows scenes of the homeless, elderly, and children living in bad homes. We also see the sky and church to reflect the connotations of 'heaven'.