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TRANSCRIPT
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Ed Sheeran. The A-Team.Theres an extreme long
shot over a girls body. She seems dead by the way
her eyes are very wide open in the shot.
There is then a shot to the morning before in which
she is on a bench sleeping in the middle of a park.
Showing she is obviously homeless and very
troubled. She gets up and sets off walking.
She however seems quite happy. She is then sat on
the street outside shops selling magazines
(probably the big issue) in order to obviously make
her-self some money.
We see Ed Sheeran himself in this shot sit down
next to her after buying one of these magazines. We
think she is doing this in order to be able to pay
her rent so she doesnt have to sleep rough on parkbenches.
We then see a shot of the time passing by and she
is sat outside the shop and she is crying, showing
how she is obviously very fed up of this life.
We then see an over shoulder shot of her in the
mirror in which she is putting her hair up and then
putting on make up and cleaning herself up.
Next she is on the street corner and she is now
trying to make her money by prostitution. We feel
very sorry for her and for the fact she has had toresort to this extremity.
The car pulls up and she gets in. she then
goes back obviously to his house and we see her
take the money out his pocket, Then after this she
is led in his bed and we see her get up and leave.
We see her walking towards a door in what seems
to be some very run down flats. We see a shot of
the money in her hand and then someone taking it
and handing her a bag of cocaine.
We then see her taking the drugs and we still
feel sorry for her and how her life is spiraling
even more downwards than it already seemed!!
We then see the first extreme long shot we saw
in the beginning on the line an angel to die.
This shows how she was innocent and has now died
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due to taking the drugs. The last shot we see
however is her face projected in the sky which is
clear with the sun shining and she is laughing and
happy. Probably showing some hope and that she is
probably happier and in a better place.
Theories:
Barthes:
Enigma
Is she dead or alive?
-Will she get in the mans car?-Why is she homeless?-Why is she there?
However none get answered apart from her getting
into the mans car.
Propp:
Not all of the 8 characters are portrayed in this
video. Therefore, this is not a typical narrative
system.
However.
The Hero: The Girl, her quest is surviving.
The Villain: Drugs, shes fighting against them asthey are what eventually kills her.
The Helper, Dispatcher and Donor: The man who gives
her drugs, he is the one that helps her on her way,
as the money should help her to survive.
Todrov:
The basic equilibrium theory is followed in this
music video.
Equilibrium: Sleeping rough, being homeless and
earning money through busking.Disruption: Sleeping with the man to get money and
get drugs.
Re-equilibrium: She dies. Therefore, no more debt,
homelessness or suffering. This is an alternative
re equilibrium. As the character usually survives,
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but the last picture of the sky, provides and image
of hope and peace.
Levi-Strauss:
Drugs vs girl
Life vs Death
Money vs the girl
fragile vs strong: This is shown in the metaphor of
comparing the girl to a snowflake, as snowflakes
connote fragileness.
Summary: This isnt a typical music video, even
though it follows the typical narrative theories,
it contains a lot of hard-hitting issues, such as:
drugs, homelessness, prostitution and death. Unlikemost typical pop videos, which contain happy scenes
that have happy endings. This may be due to the
genre of music, this is an indie video. Where as,
the happy ones are usually pop.