13th november 2017

Titanium

In a society where America schools have typically a high amount of bullying the music video is trying to represent that everyone is different. By showing that the boy has a supernatural ability suggests that he is different, representing the children in schools and how everyone is different.  a cultural reference is the use of guns in america. american people view this as a normal culture growing up with guns for defence, however the social reference of school shootings is suggested in this video as the scene is in a school and there looks like there was a lot of chaos. in the media it is suggested to us that the shootings in schools are carried out by the pupils, therefore the little boy (who the teacher appears to be afraid of) is sitting on his own as if he was apart/ the cause of the chaos.

In this long shot tracking back of the young boy we see the mise-en-scene looks like a broken surroundings and him sitting alone in the middle of a door way. His performance of him sitting in the middle of a door way suggests that he may have caused the damage, one can argue to represent his broken emotions. Also, it can suggest he is isolated, linking to the ideology of bulling happens in schools, as typically when you are being bullied you isolate yourself and feel alone. Furthermore, the colour palette in the scene is quite grey and dull, suggesting negative emotions in the scene. we typically associate dull colours with sadness and gloom, liking to the isolation of the boy in the scene. 

Furthermore, in the part where we see the boy throw his teddy bear away its shows the transition of him as a child to him a teenager. it shows he is capable and doesn't want to be perceived as a little vulnerable boy. However, it can also be seen as him throwing away his childhood because bulling can destroy a Childs childhood, so due to his differences he is bullied and the teddy is a symbol of his childhood which he wants to get rid of. also, the bedroom is cold and dull, suggesting no one is ever home and that he is alone, therefore he won't miss home now he has to grow up and run from who is chasing him.