Textual Analysis- George Ezra: Blame it on me


At the start of the video the camera is tilted upwards to show the sky and the birds, a building is also shown in the frame. This establishes the setting that the video is located ,which is in a suburban area maybe around a factory. This is also high key lighting as the video is set in the daytime and is a clear day. As this happens we also get a diegetic sound of the birds in the sky singing as well as the sound of a oncoming vehicle. We then see the camera tilt downwards to show a car driving towards and then past the camera with the diegetic sound of the car increasing in volume. This is a more realistic sound of a car driving past you and gives more realism to the shot.


The camera pans to show a long shot of George standing opposite a man. This shows us who he is talking to and his location in the area. A jump cut is then used to a close up of the mans face which shows us his age and his race. The man then says "Are you sure you want to follow the yellow brick road?" This is said in the language that he speaks, which could suggest the location they are in whether it is a certain country or a multicultural society. The word he says are in subtitles which are written in yellow. This is mise en scene as the man talks of the "yellow brick road". The yellow brick road is a fictional road from "The Wizard of Oz" and has connotations of being a straight road that leads directly to the wizard who will grant whatever your heart desires. This could show that George wants something and believes that someone in a position of power could give it to him if he follows the road. This could also have a secondary meaning of George wanting fame as he is carrying his guitar around with him.

The camera then zooms out into a long shot of the man walking away from George, and then George walking in the opposite direction which could mean that they disagree with what the other one is doing. The camera then tracks George walking from behind him and then pans round to his front to show him walking again. A jump cut is then used to show two women that George is looking at from his point of view. An eye line match is then shown of the two women glaring at George which could show that people feel negatively towards George on his path to fame. The blonde girl's costume is mise en scene because she is wearing a meet the stars t shirt and the way she glares at George represents the fact that his talents were not recognised yet and that no one paid attention to him before he was famous.  A birds eye shot is then used to show us the top of his head and zooms in quickly to represent the bird poo as it falls and as it hits him the camera goes down to his shoulder to show where it landed. Mise en scene is used when the bird poos on him because it represents that to become famous you have to start at the bottom of the hierarchy and pay your dues to those who are above you. The way George just rubs it in his fingers and does not look disgusted by it could show that he knows that he has to pay his dues to people who are more known than him.