Micro-Scholarship, What it is, How can it help me.pdf
Rat boy
1.
2. MISE EN SCENE
The characters in the video are represented as being lower class and this is
shown by them driving around like hooligans in a rubbish car wearing
lower class clothing
They are also in a lower class area which shows that they are poorer/lower
class people
3. CAMERA SHOTS
They use a lot of tracking shots following the car which put emphasis on
them being in the car and the car being important to them
They use a lot of mid shots which shows them to be wearing things such as
hoodies and joggers which can be associated which lower class/ poor
people or thugs
4. EDITING
They use a lot of sped up shots which could be interpreted as they are
wasting time and wasting their lives being on the dole and life is
passing them by quickly
They show money piling up and going down in the back ground which
could be seen as saying every little bit of money is worth a lot to them
5. SOUND
The lyrics in the song back up the point of them having no jobs and being
poor and lower class as they are singing about being on the dole