Assignment 14 representation
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Sam Smith's music videos consistently portray a middle or upper class lifestyle through his clothing, settings, and body language. This is seen through his wearing of suits, expensive brands, and locations in exotic areas. While this high class representation could make some fans feel excluded or jealous if unable to afford similar attire, it is uncommon for pop artists to always depict wealth across multiple music videos as Sam Smith does.
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Assignment 14 representation
- 2. Sam smith Class In all of Sam Smith’s MV his class is represented positively to be high or middle class. This representation is created from his costume and settings in his MV’s. From the screen shots he wears, suits, tuxedos, expensive brand clothing and shirts. Secondly his body language/posture in his MV creates this representation. Most of his settings are locations are exotic such as the location in ‘Writing is on the Wall’.
- 3. Sam smith class Some people could fine this offensive because not everyone can afford clothing like he does, people could get jealous and annoyed. It could create the impression that to be a Sam Smith fan you need to be middle or high class. Its not stereotypically for an artist in the pop genre is always have a representation of a high class or middle class. Some pop artist vary in between their MV’s depending on the video. But Sam Smith always creates the representation of a high/middle class due to his costume and setting.