“Empire state of mind”
Cut very quickly looking at the building and streets, all the pictures are in black and white. The singer wants to introduce a listener to a ‘New York’ from his point of view. From those pictures we denote bad sides of his well-known town. (Drams playing very fast). The singer is telling the audience a story but he is not looking at the camera it nearly seems like he wants to escape, he doesn’t feel good in place he is right now and also ashamed of where the life took him. Everything takes place in very harsh environment, sound is changing and the musical bridge is stepping into the play. A clear sound of a girl playing and singing to a piano melody. Now she is trying to show very different side of the city in comparison to the version the pervious singer. The camera is placed from the top to the ground of a New York. Then again the rhythm is speeding up and the rapper is coming along with the pictures of poor people, but this time we seeing world how the poor people see it. The camera angle is showing as how small they are comparing them to the huge, powerful world and to general life in New York. All the rich people above them. Suddenly the blue sky is appearing and both of the singers sing the song on a red carpet which signify a fame and richness. The good days are above their heads now and everything has changed. In my opinion they were trying to say that even if you have a bad start you can still improve it in your life and there be a lot of opportunities to make your life better.
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