Dream - Dizzee Rascal

Question 1

what are the different representations in the music video?

Answer 1

• gender
• ethnicity
• age
• class

Question 2

what album is Dream from?

Answer 2

Showtime - Dizzee’s second album

Question 3

when was Dream released?

Answer 3

8th September 2004

Question 4

what does the music video reference?

Answer 4

Muffin The Mule

a 1960’s children’s TV show

Question 5

describe the female character

Answer 5

• narrator
• white character
• most power
• largest in the frame
• sometimes looks uncomfortable and not comfortable with Dizzee’s lifestyle

Question 6

what is the binary opposition between the man and the woman?

Answer 6

mis-en-scene: 
she's middle / upper class and has a received pronunciation accent 
he's working class as they're outside an off license and are graffitiing

Question 7

what do the puppets signify?

Answer 7

signify that young black people lack freedom and independence

Question 8

what theorists can you link this to?

Answer 8

• Barthes

- Hall

Question 9

Barthes

Answer 9

symbolic codes - hoodies symbolise rebels and crime. shows the character is portraying crime from his younger days

Question 10

Hall

Answer 10

stereotypes - black people commit crimes etc.