The narrative of Goldie – Inner-city Life is showing the lives of the different people living in a large seemingly poverty stricken estate. The music video shows these people’s lives and how they are oppressed within society. The Marxist perspective labels the lower class people as the proletariat and the higher class people, who have more power, are called the bourgeoisie. The proletariat are oppressed by the bourgeoisie and this music video shows the impact of this oppression on the proletariat from their point of view. The video maintains hegemonic control as it sees normal people who are living ‘dead end’ lives and are facing this oppression.
The large tower blocks ‘tower’ over the people and the low angle shots of these tower blocks make the people living their seem ‘small’ and this is also a symbol of their oppression as their poverty is looming over them and its bigger than them: they can’t do anything about it. This is also important as the bourgeoisie are also bigger than them, and they can’t do anything about the power that they hold over them.
The sepia tones that are seen throughout the video hold great importance as it gives the video a washed out effect as if to suggest that the lives of the people in the video are also washed out and drab. It gives the impression that being in an underclass you have no opportunities and your life is subdued.
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