Tupac ft Elton John - Ghetto Gospel

• Always narrative - wants us to focus on the narrative
• We are never shown the artists performing
• Natural light adds a sense of realism
• Establishing shots are used
• Flashbacks
• Cutting on the beat - rhythmic editing
• Helicopter, crime and police coding for a crime scene
• All non-diegetic sound
• Rain pathetic fallacy - weather matches the scene / mood
• 10:04 PM suggests a day in the life of
• Point of view shot code for audience amongst the action
• Establishing shot shows they are in the ghetto
• Ground level (Low angle shot)- same level as the body, panning adds to the realism of the narrative
• Ghetto Gospel - juxtaposition, ghetto being rundown where a gospel is holy, church
• Oxymoronic - ghetto and gospel do not match as words, do not belong together
• Tupac and Elton John do not belong together - oxymoronic
• Defocusing adds to the realism like tears from a point of view shot
• Lyrics match precisely with the images we are being shown, 'red sun' for example shows us an image of the sun
• Series of establishing shots creating an urban landscape (urbanisation)
• Educated people wanting to improve their lives
• Portrait of the "last supper" religious connatation, eating his last meal before he is sacrificed linked with the main character - presage
• Close-up of the woman (mum) smiling at her son (main character) showing her love for him through her facial expression
• Hollywood like - cinematic
• Hoodies (costume), body language suggests they are gangsters
• Close-ups on drugs suggesting involvement
• Playing with his mates suggests popularity and youth
• Juxtaposition - doing / dealing drugs outside a church
• Main character is a loving family member
• Codes all suggest / build upan image of the kind of person he (main character) is  
• Close-up on holding hands representing their love
• Lyrics matching images - old woman living out of bags
• Aspiring to get out of his position, out of the ghetto
• Sun on him, arms out, very Jesus like as if he is being sacrificed
• Establishing shot of a deprived rundown area, claustrophobic image suggests he is trapped isolated amongst caged fences
• Bars in the restaurant suggests he is trapped
• Editing suggests the gunmen and the man are linked through a series of quick edits
• Cup represents him dropping to the floor and the water spilling cding for his life, lost
• Ghosts suggests resurrection to help/save others