2. Summary Artist: Rihanna Track: Shut Up And Drive Length: 3minutes, 33seconds Released: June 12th, 2007 Labels: Def Jam Producers': Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers Writers: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock Type: Performance
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4. Screenshots of Mise-en-scene Highlights foreign location Acting as a mechanic in a provocative manner. Lyrics matching movement – Gangster lean Seen as a referee to start the race and reinforces the ‘Male Gaze’ Sense of rock is established Shows the makeshift junkyard and females dressed in revealing clothes.
5. Camera, Editing and Sound Camera:- The establishing shot show two big steel doors sliding apart showing the inside of what is seen as the makeshift junkyard. This shot shows the location.- A long shot shows Rihanna tucking a cloth into her vibrant jeans picking up tools. This reinforces that fact she is being represented as a mechanic. - Another establishing shot shows Rihanna walking to the next location. A mid-wide shot, shows the facial expression of Rihanna and the females behind her. They seem to be walking with attitude and their facial expression match their walk. They seem to think they have dominance as there are more females present then males. Only two men can be seen as ‘Boy racers’ who are in the car. - A high angle shot shows the area of where the race is about to start. - Close ups and medium close ups are used to show Rihanna’s neat facial features and expressions.- Close up of one of the ‘Boy racers’ face allows the listeners to see who the car is driven by Editing: - A quick fade is used to move from scenes. We see her walking to the car with tools, to dancing on a gold painted car.- Cross-cutting between Rihanna wearing a studded leather jacket and a red top, shows two different scenes.- Quick cuts at the end show the different main locations shown during the entire video. Sound:- It is evident, that Rihanna sings about cars in the video. However the actual representation of her words relates to ‘sex’.- She refers to herself as a car by singing:‘’ I'm a fine-tuned supersonic speed machineWith a sunroof top and a gangster lean ‘’ These vocals heard early in the song reinforce the representation of sex.- Sound is diegetic.
6. Screenshots of Camera and Editing Establishing shot of location. Long shot showing Rihanna tucking in cloth. Representation of mechanic. Process of fade. Establishing shot of next location. Showing facial expressions. Close-ups. High angle of race area. Fast motion at the end showing main locations.
