Analysis of a Top40 Pop Video - Roll Deep 'Good Times'

Mise-en-Scéne	Cinematography	Editing	Performance	Representation
CLUB: tinsel, balloons, drinks, girls in low cut clothes, boys in hoodies etc., fashionable – connotes youth TAXI: travelling through London to club, building up to the ‘good time’. Girl wearing big glasses and playing up to camera	- Hand held camera, voyeur – the audience is at the club with the artists. - talking straight to the camera, talking to the audience - interesting angles, low angles of women dancing from the PoV of the men?	Fast editing: - flash forward in taxi, visually exciting – can’t wait to get to get to the club - flashes, match the strobe lighting in the club - cutaways and split screens to show all the young people in the club having a ‘good time’	- Girls playing up to the camera, trying to get attention - matches lyrics (eg, ‘Champaign popping’ – someone opens some Champaign) - young people having a good time	- Rapper on the couch surrounded by women, stereotype of the ‘pimp’ figure in rap music - girls in short clothes, stereotype of young women going out clubbing. Playing up to the camera, attention seeking? - taxi in London, audience makes the connection. The video relies heavily on stereotypes to create representations of the ultimate good time in a club.