Music Video Representation

Childish Gambino - This is America

• Relates to real life situations - this music video brings awareness to how we only care about mass shooting in the moment but when the latest viral dance or video comes out, we get distracted and stop caring
•  Establishing shot - wide shot of guitar on the chair
• He is topless and in grey trousers to show that he is vulnerable because he is black
• The whole music video reflects the behaviour of real life
• The music videos scenes were mostly taken in one shot with limited editing unless to change location
• There are more than one gender in this music video which shows representation. 
• This music video has lot of male masculinity which could perhaps show that
• There is a scene where Childish Gambino shots the guy with his head covered in cloth; the song begins straight after this scene "This is America, Don't catch you slipping' up"
• Gambino is dancing with school children amid violence
• At the end he is seen running from a mob of people. This is seen as a reference to the movie get out
• Man in black on a white horse ( death) is escorted by the police.

Representation

• More than one gender
• Predominantly black people but in the background people of other races can be seen
• Different ages
• Represents the issues that black people go through
• Gender
• Age
• Represents police brutality and is standing up against it
• Both look at the stereotypes of black people