Music Video Question

In CBR the main social aspects of the video are sexuality, gangs, violence and mental health. These key aspects are being represented by the various people that are highlighted within the music video. CBR is the light that helps people to rise up from this negative and social community and just enjoy life, rather than being afraid. She is comforting and is like a saviour which links to religious terms of Jesus being a saviour and helping people learn how to live properly and rise up from an oppressed society.

Everyone in the video is highlighted in their most stereotypical form in which CBR seems to be very opinionated about each individual person through the facial expressions in various shots. The same as in Titanium, the boy is being pressured by society because of his supernatural powers that have cursed him. He is very innocent and doesn’t want to hurt anyone, bust society is jumping to conclusions and are trying to force him out and isolate him. In both CBR and Titanium they both mainly focus on being oppressed by negative societies and how people need to rise up and stand for what they believe in and enjoy life.

In CBR, the whole video is set within a rundown estate/community in which the cultural aspects of the area represent the negative and oppressed opinions that are shared throughout. The representation of CBR in her music video Stop Where You Are associates her with the idea of transcending prejudice and inequality. In the video CBR is seen to transcend prejudice. This is achieved by placing her in an urban environment encountering young characters who are stereotypically on the edge of society. We see her interact with these characters at different points in the video. All of these actions show a balance in society when the chorus kicks in and the scenes become happier in the uplifting chorus.

However, in Titanium the boy is constantly under pressure and there is no uplifting moment for the boy. This is mainly due to the fact that society has pressured him and made him isolated and alone. This idea is represented by the DJ in various shots in which the world and certain places make the boy look small and insignificant. Such as the forest is an extreme long shot in which the boy looks really tiny, to show him becoming isolated and pushed out into the world by social impacts. It’s also shown when the boy runs into his empty house and the fact, he looks so much smaller than the house. This can show how out of place he has become and also the idea that he is not ready to live alone.