The music video takes place in central London, a wealthy area, as shown through shots of middle-class men in suits and iconic city buildings like the Gherkin. Office workers in suits mime the song throughout. Symbols like a toy Bentley car further suggest a middle-class setting and represent wealth in a cheaper way. Lyrics about "skrilla" are portrayed through a character pointing to a squirrel, indicating the middle-class is unfamiliar with slang terms. Overall the video subverts rap/grime genre expectations through its middle-class mise-en-scene and hybrid concept of an office setting narrative combined with dancing performance pieces.

1. At the beginning of the music video,
there is a close up of a middle-classed
male. His costume is very smart,
blazer and he is wearing sunglasses.
This gives the first impression of the
song and what may be the story
(narrative) of it. The background is of
a block of buildings in the central of
London. It is shown to be a rich area
Continuing the beginning of the
music video, there is also a close up
of an iconic symbol of London which
is called the “Gherkin”. It is in central
London, a very middle-classed busy
city. As the song is called “Cash in my
pocket” the building and its
representations suggest that the
performance of the video may be set
in a middle-classed area.

2. There is a point of view shot as the
person behind the camera is entering.
The mise-en-scene is of office-type
setting with 2 men on the door, most
probably security as they are opening the
door. There are envelopes within the
camera angle which shows that the
character behind the camera might be a
post man or someone of a higher rank as
security is opening the door for them
Mid shot of three men who are bankers,
miming the song and imitating the artist.
The mise-en-scene is in an office and the
costume the men are wearing are
middle classed, in suit and tie. It is a
continuous shot through out the whole
music video and change of actors. The
performance is mimed throughout the
whole video and the artist isn't shown

3. There is a close up of a Bentley toy car,
the actual car is expensive exclusive
and are usually owned by middle-
classed famous people. The fact that
they have included a toy Bentley in the
music video, again links to the song
and represents the middle-class. On
the other hand they have included a
toy car instead of the actual car which
shows that they are representing rich
people in a more cheaper way.
The character in the video is pointing
to a squirrel when one of the lyrics is
“skrilla in my wallet”. Skrilla is a slag
word used for money. This suggests
that the middle class are unfamiliar
with slang words and describe it as
another word that they are familiar
with. It also shows that slang is used
by the more working-class rather than
middle-class

4. Overall, the music video subvert to the
connotations of the musical genre. As I
analysed on the previous slides, the
mise-en-scene is very middle-classed and
rich which does relate to the song “cash
in my pocket” but on the other hand
subverts from the rap/grime music genre
that Wiley originally makes. This is
mainly because the performance is not
the usual stereotype of a rap video. The
video is a hybrid of concept, narrative
and performance. The concept of the
video is the theme of an office and
middle classed office surroundings. The
narrative is the story line of the song
which is about money and the
performance is all the workers dancing
with a bit of freestyle and
choreographed work. The use of hybrid
makes the song more appealing to a
variety of audiences