Ed Sheeran The A-Team
All these shots are here to represent the state of
homelessness that the girl in the video is at. The shots show the girl sleeping
on a bench and walking round carrying her belongings. All the shots used are
typical shots you could expect to see when representing homelessness. Stereotypically
relates to homelessness would be sleeping on the streets, which is shown ion
the video. Also a common thing is begging. In the video we can see the girl
sleeping the big issue, which is well known for being sold on the streets.
Thins then directly relates to the girl trying to make money and begging. 
This shot shows the camera angle
looking up at her, which would most obviously give her power and authority, but
actually the reality of the story is she relies on others to give her money and
she is not in power. The shots show her looking up at the sky which could
indicate she is looking up at heaven, or freedom, which is something she does
not have.
The video then goes on to show the girl has turned to
prostitution to make money and survive. These are the reason for the analysis
of the video I am doing, as this is similar to the story line of our film that
we will make the trailer for.
Some of the shots they have used in the video are simple but
effective; they have make sure to show the girl before with minimal or no makeup
on, and then are showing her putting make up on which immediately shows the
audience that this is different. The girl is then seen putting on a lot of makeup
and wearing minimal clothing which represent to the audience a sexual theme. 
The video then goes to the girl standing in a car park or
street corner which is stereotypical of a prostitute to stand and wait for
clients. A car then arrive from the back of the frame, mainly showing
headlights of the car, the girl then approaches the car and leans in to negotiate
and gets in the car of the man. 
These shots used clearly tell the reader what is happening
and get across the message of prostitution without using any sexual scenes
which could make our trailer inappropriate for TV viewing. 
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