Cornnie Bailey Rae- Stop Where You Are

11/01/18 L/O: To research selected case studies for use of Media Language & Representation

Corinne Bailey Rae - Stop Where You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmFMwGycBd0

Name of artist: Corinne Bailey Rae

Name of song: Stop Where You Are

Release date: 13 May 2016 on the album 'The Hear Speaks in Whispers'

Song meaning: She said "I was just trying to write a song about being optimistic, really, about grabbing opportunity where it falls."

Representation: using social realist representations of 'street life' to represent the authenticity and cultural currency of the artist.
-Shows the celebration of the transcendence of poverty and inequality aiming to transfer that value of transcendence to the artist. It's okay if you were born into a different background it's okay and you van rise above it. This is shown in the video. 

Context

In the news

• Theresa May was campaigning to become Priminister
• Tump was running to be President
• Many celebrities died such as Prince, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan and George Michel.
• There was the attack on Brussels 
• The queen tuned 90.
•  The zika outbreak hit 75 countries.

Her context

What happens in the music video: 

Shot Number	What’s happening	Angle	Shot type	Lighting	Editing
1	Her face	Eye level	Close up	Low key
2	He feet walking	High	Close up
3	Her singing	Low	Close up	Spotlight
4	Series of walls	Worms eye	Establishing
5	Her walking up he stairs	High	Long shot
6	Her face singing	High	Close up
7	Stair case	P.O.V low angle	Medium	Low key
8	Person in blue jumper facing away	Eye level	Long shot	High key
9	Cut in to girl	Eye level	Medium
10	Her singing	Low	Medium	High key
11	Person with tattoos running fingers through hair	Eye level	Close up
12	Her walking up stairs	High angle	Long shot
13	Stair case with girl in blue jumper sat at top	Low angle	Long shot
14	Her now dressed in black	Eye level	Close up
15	Hands rubbing together	Eye level	Close up
16	Her walking upstairs in red again	High angle	Medium	Low key
17	She comes and sits down next to girl in blue jumper	Low	Medium
18	Girl in blue	Low	Close up
19	Her singing	Low	Close up
20	Building	Low	Establishing
21	Group of girls one grabs the other violently	Low	Medium
22	Her dancing/ walking along	Eye level	Long shot
23	Girl pushing the other up against the wall	Low	Close up
24	Her dancing/ walking along	Eye level	Long
25	Her singing	High	Medium
26	Her dancing/ walking along	Eye level	Long
27	Girl pushes the other away	Low	Close up
28	Her signing with smoke	High	Medium
29	Girls all running angry	Low	Long
30	She pushes the air and all the girls slow down	Low	Long
31	Her singing	Low	Medium
32	Girls running	Low	Close up
33	Slow motion of them slowing down	Low	Long
34	Her singing	Low	Close up
35	Buildings	Low	Establishing
36	Homeless man shouting angrily at business person walking by	High	Medium	Low key
37	Her singing	Low	Close up
38	Business person giving the homeless person a drink	Low	Long
39	The two chatting	Low	Close up
40	Her walking towards the camera	Eye level	Medium
41	Man walking out of doorway with bull dog	Eye level	Long
42	Man walks by her they look at each other	Low	Close up
43	Man hugging his dog	Eye level	Close up
44	Her singing	Low	Close up
45	Building with person standing at top looking like he would jump off	Low	Establishing		Pan up
46	Looking down from the buildings	High	Establishing
47	Her walking along	Eye level	Medium
48	Man opens his arms as if about to jump	Low angle	Medium
49	He is just dancing	High	Long
50	Her walking away	Low	Medium	Low key lighting
51	The dancer and her meet	Eye level	Close up
52	Her singing	Low	Medium
53	He looks like he is following her	High	Over the shoulder medium
54	Really, he is just dancing	Eye level	Long		Tracking, slow motion
55	Two of them dancing	Eye level	Medium
56	Her stoking the dog	Low	Close up
57	Boy with ginger afro	Low	Close up	Spotlight
58	Girl that was being pushed around	Eye level	Close up	Spotlight
59	Two girls that were arguing hugging	Eye level	Close up
60,61,62,63,64…	Quick shots of previous characters having fun
70	Her singing	Low	Medium	High key	Pan up
71	Her in black	High	Close up

25/01/18 L/O: To explore the cultural context and overall effect of music videos.

Representation of class

Different types of class are shown though out the video such as lower class of the homeless may and higher class of the business man. The classes are never really represented as being bad but from our knowledge and what we have picked up from stereotypes we interpret the classes differently; for example when the street dancer dresses in 'chavy' clothing is dancing on top of the building it looks as if he is about to jump off, we then see he is actually just happily dancing on top. 

We also see one business man walk by a homeless man. We assume we would do the same as he does look slightly threatening and is begging. How ever he returns with a drink and sits with him which is unexpected. I think Cornnie Bailey Rae has done this to show to the audience to be more caring and loving and to help others as if we were in the situation we could want them to do the same.

Representation of ethnicity

In the video ethnicity is show not in the usual ways that we would expect. The ethnic group are wide such as a group of British looking girls who look very angry and are violent towards each other. This kind of social group is one we would be scared of if we walk past. The video doesn't prove them to be kind but is showing we need to let go of all the hate and live in the present as we don't know when our lives will end. 

Representation of age

The representation of age could been seen as similar to the representation of ethnicity. The large group of teenage girls look very stereotypically angry, moody and hormonal. Which the video proves is correct as they push each other around and run angrily. Another interpretation of this could be that when the Cornnie Bailey Rae appears the girls have a change of thought and are now angry at themselves for acting in such a horrible. They then run away from who they used to be. 

 

Representation of Cornnie Bailey Rae

Corinne has been represented as an omniscience character that it there to help solve the issues of the people that are experiencing bad things. They don't seem to be aware of her presence till their issues have been solved. it's as if she has some sort of power over them. All of the other people in the video are wearing stereotypical rough clothing, she is the complete opposite and is wearing a red flowing dress. I think she is being represented as some one who once was in the same position as the others in the video but has come our from the other side and now wants to help others. I think this because of the red dress that stands out very obviously throughout the video. Red can be seen and has connotations of sin, guilt, passion, blood and anger which could symbolise what she has already been though but not it may have a different meaning to her, such as love. I think the dress could also be seen as a warning as red is often seen as being a colour of warning. She appears just as someone is about to do something bad. She gives the impression that she is warning them that it would be a mistake to do so. 

Representation of the lyrics

Tender is the light that shines on you
Gentle is the morning made anew
Delicate, the grace we've come into
My love
Wonder why you wish your life away
Waiting for the perfect boat to take
Waiting for the perfect wind to sail away

Life's shining around you
Don't miss a day
If you're caught up in the chase
You hold your happiness away from you

Stop where you are
Under fading stars
This is the world we've made
There is no better place, it's true
Light a fire where you are

Underneath a blanket of the cold
Lying in the dark, your seed will grow
Miracles just like a winter rose will be
Give up all the things you can't control
Still yourself and watch them come and go
Wherever you are, you'll find you're home at last

Everything glitters around you
Don't miss a day
The moon on the lake
The smell in the air when it rains
The people you can share with
The feeling you get when you're almost there

Stop where you are
Under fading stars
This is the world we've made
There is no better place, it's true
Light a fire where you are

You can't stop the wild wind roaring
But you can stop my poor heart from calling out
Light a fire where you are

Stop where you are
Under fading stars
This is the world we've made
There is no better place, it's true
Light a fire where you are