Radiohead Street Spirit

In our lesson we listened to 'Street Spirit' by Radiohead. We discussed as a class what the textual analysis means in the video. As soon as the video starts you see the singer standing against a black background. This could symbolize how isolated the singer feels as the black makes us feel that there is nothing around him. It then cuts to showing him falling from a caravan in slow motion. This immediately causes an enigma code as we are unaware as to why he is falling. The use of the slow motion creates a tedious wait to see him hit the floor whilst the use of the setting of the caravan makes us think that he comes from a poor background, maybe being the reason for him falling from his troubles. Later on in the video we see a mixture of fast and slow motion shots in the same shot. This creates a sense of confusion as one eye see's fast pace whilst the other eye see's slow pace. It also symbolizes how life goes, sometimes life seems to go fast when you'e enjoying it however when you're failing to enjoy it, it goes in slow motion.