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| A snippet of my lyrics analysis |
Blue lights is a very powerful song with lyrics that explore the difficult relationship between youths and the police. We interpreted the line "I wanna turn those blue lights into strobe lights" as the narrator of the song wishing to turn the emergency situation that they have found themselves in, which is suggested by 'blue lights', into a party/rave (strobe lights) as she would rather be enjoying herself than in danger. To visualise this idea we will be using a lot of strobe lighting which is very striking and will help emphasise the difference between the studio shots and the exterior narrative. The use of these lights may be interpreted in two ways as the could suggest the party vibe aforementioned, however, they also resemble police siren lights, blurring the lines between these two ideas and effectively combining the separate meanings of the song.
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| Our actor Andy |
The constant use of the personal pronoun 'You' gives an element of anonymity to the song and suggests that the character addressed within the song could be anyone. This emphasises the grand scale of distrust and fear towards the police. This is further emphasised by lines such as "There's no need to run... if you've done nothing wrong". The uneasy relationship between society and the police is especially prominent in the black community which we have chosen to reflect by using a black male actor to play the part of the 'unnamed boy'.
These lyrics were very hard hitting to us as they spoke of issues very relevant to our society today. The fact that they were written by an artist (Jorja Smith) that is a similar age to ourselves made this message even more potent as her youth gives a unique perspective and reflects a mindset that we felt able to relate to.
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