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Ronson is a British producer and composer well-known for his work with Amy Winehouse, and Mars is a Grammy award winning solo artist. Both have a love of soul and funk music from the 70s and 80s.  \n• By incorporating musical influences from Rick James, Prince and James Brown, Mars and Ronson were able to target a market beyond youthful pop fans.  \n• As of March 2019, the video has 3.5 billion views, making it the 5th most viewed YouTube video of all time. The single was the top-selling of 2015 and was number one for 14 weeks in the USA.  \n• Similarities to The Gap Band’s 70s hit ‘Oops Outside Your Head’ led to a copyright court case; asa result, the three members of the Gap Band are now credited as co-writers.  \nPart 1: Starting points-Media language  \n• The setting for the video is an American urban environment familiar from 80s movies like The Warriors and Do the Right Thing. Though shot in a number of cities, the majority was filmed on the 20th Century Fox ‘NYC’ backlot in Los Angeles. For this reason, the location is reminiscent of a stereotypical ‘ghetto’ often associated with American Black and Latino culture.  \n• ‘Uptown Funk’ conforms to the music video convention of focusing on performance: - a fun group dance routine and singalong on the street, followed by a ‘live’performance with full instrumentation in a nightclub. There is very little narrative or concept compared to other contemporary music videos, and this potentially adds to its ‘authentic’ appeal.  \n• Most of the shots are medium or long shots of Mars and members of The Hooligans (Mars’ band), dancing and having a fun time. There is some synchronicity to the dance routine, but individuals regularly break into their own style, whilst staying in rhythm. This ‘unpolished’ choreography again makes Mars and his friends seem ‘identifiable’.  \nMusic / Bruno Mars 1  \nBruno Mars,‘Uptown Funk’ -Factsheet   \n• Because there is little narrative to engage the viewer, the video functions mainly to accentuate the beat of the music, the fun atmosphere and, later, an exciting live performance. In the first verse, Mars and his friends dance towards us as the camera dollies back. This makes us feel as if we are dancing with them.  \n• The fast and funky rhythm is also accentuated by the performers’ handclaps and finger clicks.  \n• The artist is framed at the centre of the shot, but his camaraderie with the others is shown by them regularly leaning into shot to deliver a line along with Mars. This links to the collaborative writing of the song: along with Mark Ronson, eleven other writers are credited.  \n• There are many conventionally ‘urban’ elements to the video, familiar from the ‘Blaxploitation’film genre: brownstone houses, men playing dominos on the sidewalk, fast food diners, fire hydrants etc. The costume of the performers-shades, suit jacket over t-shirt, single chains and hats-are also familiar from urban crime dramas from the 80s such as Miami Vice, reflecting an element of intertextuality.  \n• In the second part of the video, the performers dance and sing around a stretch limo, a symbol of ‘conspicuous wealth’. Limos are often hired by groups of male friends for events like stag parties, so this also fits in with the atmosphere of ‘feel good’ male friendship.  \n• The final part of the video moves into a nightclub, where the viewer is positioned in the audience by low-angle shots, silhouettes of other crowd members dancing and occasional cuts to on-stage shots ofthe performers playing the instruments that have been audible throughout. 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