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Music Video Analysis - 1-800-273-8255 by Logic Ft. Alessia Cara , Khalid

-(Def Jam)

 To begin the name of the song is a number of  a suicide help line in the U.S ,the song's title already indicates this song is going to have correlations to mental health,suicide,self harm etc. creating a distinctive target audience who those who have these issues , Logic created this song to help them get through the tough battles in their head and around them and give them a form of subtle support.
  • The music video appears a narrative of the teens life from the start of his life , all his monumental steps in life right through to his teenage years struggling to come with is homosexuality , being disowned , rejected and pushed , attempting to end his life , to breaking free in his adult life and getting married and have a child in a homosexual marriage all with his parents supporting him in the end. the important message to take from this is to end with , the character was happy he got through his struggles and found strength and happiness by accepting who is was.
  • In the opening seconds of the video the mise-en-scene if of the character running late at night already setting the tone and atmosphere of the videos narrative.
  • after that , they is a quick transitional flash back to his early life with images of parents loving him and a childhood full of happiness before he of his family were aware of his sexuality.
  • one key thing to note is the sonic of his father humming as he was being fed in his arms , which matches the imagery at the end of the character feeding and holding his own child and the sound of humming as the music video fades out and ends. - this could be a message from Logic - the artists that love begins all and doesn't change no matter what.
  • There is reoccurring images of the character running , some where its connoted he's running from his problems and worries and others where he's running because he is free , evoking freedom
  • There is an evident shift of the music videos tone through the moment of solely an  orchestra instrument to the artist Alessia Cara's solo this is the moment in the narrative where the protagonist has hit the lowest and is struggling to cope.
  • during this stage there is mise-en-scene of him calling a number - the suicide helpline number as it seems , this is a fundamental part of the song and the videos message as after this is when his life has flips around , he's grown up and getting marriage with a happy life and family.

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