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Chase and Status - Time Ft. Delilah: Analysis
Chase and Status - Time Ft. Delilah: Analysis
I cant think of a single drum n bass song where the use of high tempo/paced cuts are used in the music videos for drum n bass songs to work with the fast backbeats in these songs.
The lyrics if you can find the time, to give your love to me and I dont have the time, and I dont have the patience, what do you take me for sum up the narrative of the song as the man beats his wife it is only a matter of time because his daughter calls the police which is what happens.
The cuts get quicker/closer together when the tempo of the backbeat increases and slow down/get father apart as the tempo of the backbeat decreases.
The demands of the record label demand lots of close-ups of the artist Goodwin
We dont see any close-ups of Chase and Status however we do see close-ups of the featuring artist Delilah through the windows of a car on a rainy day.
The artist has a motif or iconography that reoccurs across their work Goodwin
Unlike in most videos there is no iconography that features in the music video. This is because the narrative of this music video is used to raise awareness for the charity refuge which is for women and children against domestic violence.
There is a frequent reference to the notion of looking and partially voyeuristic treatment of the female body Goodwin
This is not the case in this video as the only treatment of the female body that we see is abusive. There is no reference to the notion of looking in the sense that Goodwin has intended in his theory although the music video is a real eye opener.
Music videos will cut between a narrative and a performance of the song Steve Archer
You could argue that in this music video that this is could or couldnt be the case. You could argue that it could be the case because we see Delilah singing in the car. You could argue that it couldnt be the case because you could say that the oldest daughter is Delilah and she has grown up is on her way to visit her mum at home or her dad in jail.