Research and Planning - Content analysis. Lily allen - LDN

Lyrics

Riding through the city on my bike all day,
'Coz the filth took away my license.
It doesn't get me down and I feel OK,
As the sights that I'm seeing are priceless
Everything seems to look as it should,
But, I wonder what goes on behind doors.
A fella looking dapper - and he's sitting with a slapper,
Then I see it's a p**p and his crack whore

You might laugh - you might frown,
Walking round London town
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
When you look with your eyes,
Everything seems nice...
But, if you look twice,You can see it's all lies


There was a little old lady,
Who was walkin down the road,
She was struggling with bags from the tesco.
There were people from the city having lunch in the park,
I believe that is called 'al fresco'.
When a child came along to offer a hand,
But before she had time to accept it,

Hits her over the head - doesn't care if she dead,
'Cause he's got all her jewellery and wallet

You might laugh - you might frown,

Walkin round London town.

Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?

When you look with your eyes,
Everything seems nice...
But, if you look twice,
You can see it's all lies
Life, yeah that's city life
Yeah that's city life
Yeah that's city life

Life, yeah that's city life
Yeah that's city life
Yeah that's city life

Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?

Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?
Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why
Would I wanna be anywhere else?

Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why

Would I wanna be anywhere else?
When you look with your eyes,
Everything seems nice...
But, if you look twice,
You can see it's all lies
When you look with your eyes,
Everything seems nice...
But, if you look twice,
You can see it's all lies

The video starts and we get an establishing shot of what looks like an old run down shop which looks very old and gloomy. We then see the star and she is dressed up, a lot of make up and typical 'chav' like bling. The background music as long as all the old style records proves that it is quit an old shop. She then starts speaking to the shop workers which we don't usually find in music videos as they usually start off with the music. She speaks in quite a common quite voice using phrases such as "kinda like' and 'Do you know what i mean'. The way the man simply blinks back in slight confusion but mainly just staring through her she seems to have a 'whatever' reaction of her face as if she isn't bothered and goes to walk out, she receives a phone call and stands still while on the phone as if she doesn't care the shop people can hear her phone call, as she walks out you notice the shop workers grin at each other as if they are laughing at her yet her carefree attitude wouldn't care and the music starts. The fact that she is wearing trainers with her dress makes her look like a typical common person. We get another gloomy view of the front of the shop and what look like teenage thugs are running passed followed by a policeman, typical crime that would happen these days which negativity matches the look of the shop. Once she opens the door to leave the shop, we notice it immediately light up with colour, everything's bright flowers are out and rubbish is cleared, a complete contrast from before. She starts strolling/ skipping along while singing and we notice how while she is walking behind following her is the murkiness that was before yet in front of her is the bright lively shops as if her imagination is making the things in front of her look great when what's behind her (the past) shows the real colour. "everything seems to go as it should but i wonder what happens behind doors" matches the fact that she is blinded on what the streets really look like. We see a cute couple then notice the darkness go over and notice the girl is now in revealing clothes and the man is trying to harm her. The bumptious beat sounds as if it is what she can hear in her head as she skips along. As she Glides along we notice this bubble of what look like a rainbow around her as if it sheilds her from the bad and all this good is flowing out of her. We then see a scene of a old woman struggling with her bags then as the darkness comes over she is robbed by a little boy. This relates to the crime rise that has happened with the younger generation over the years and why older people seem to fear any teenagers as she did sing "But before she has time to accept it" as if the woman would try and resist this little boy helping her. We continue to see many good things being turned into bad and it is as if the star would rather the good things are in front of her so she doesn't see all the negative things behind her. She then skips along with behind her nice bright wall changing to typical gang like posters which reflects on what kind of music is encouraging this crime with teenagers. Then we see a man provoke a policeman that is smaller then him making him more vulnerable yet it also shows how policeman are losing respect. She reaches some sort of beach as we notice the sand with a smile on her face twirling around like she is her her own fantasy world. Suddenly she receives a call where someone cancels on her and her mood changes, once she hangs up the whole atmosphere changes into the whole darkness and she looks disappointed and gutted. It as if the whole video was based on her imagination and then the truth of the negativity and reality on the going ons in the world. The diagetic sounds of the driller reminds us of a bad sound as when we hear this in thew streets ourselves is tends to annoy us with its noise. The police sirens suggest that the crime is going on a lot of the time. She slumps off then kicks a bin bag showing her anger and disappointment as if she has given up on looking up and has the attitude of everyone else in the gloomy parts of the video had.