Ed Sheeran - A Team
According to Andrew Goodwin's theory, this music video is a narrative video. This means that the video tells the viewer a story that fits in with the song. After doing research i can see that this video is about a homeless person called Angel, she is in desperate need of money and turns to things such as prostitution and drugs. This video is meant to give a brief insight into her life.
The opening shot is a lady with dirty clothes and quilts over her, we can also hear birds singing which shows us it is the morning and she had obviously slept there. The singing birds could also show repetition as birds always sing every morning, this could indicate that she sleeps on the streets every night. She then goes to a tree with no leafs on it, this could show that she is almost dead inside. The next line "burnt lungs sour taste" reaffirms this as we now know that she is killing her body with drugs. In the first chorus the video shows references to the word "Angel".
e.g. the station "Angel Station"
This is trying to show the viewer that this sort of thing is happening everywhere and is a very real problem. The viewer can see that she involves herself in prostitution as well as taking drugs. This gives the viewer the impression that things just keep on getting worse will lead up to a big finale. It does lead to a big finale as the the lady dies with the line "angel to die" This shows an irony because Angels are meant to be perfect and the manner that she dies is in no where near perfect.
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