lyric analysis lily allen 'knock em out

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Introduction reveals girls getting ready in bedroom for a night, lots of makeup, trying on of clothes, doing hair, etc. Alright so this is a song about anyone, it could be anyone. You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue, They're like, "Alright" What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?" And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone." Cut to the pub on our last night out, Setting should for the majority be in a pub instigated by the lyrics. Shots will show different angles of pub and fillers such as shots or pints being lines up on the bar. Man at the bar cos it was his shout, Clocks this bird and she looks OK, Caught him looking and she walks his way, "Alright darling, you gonna buy us a drink then?" "Err no, but I was thinking of buying one for your friend..." She's got no taste hand on his waist, tries to pull away but her lips on his face, Knock Em Out – Lyric Setting outside of two main female characters talking to the camera as if chatting to one another. Against a brick wall to make the characters look like they hang around on the streets, this showing the Shot of girls entering pub. Clearly dresses up and wearing things typical teenagers would wear. Tight, Shot of actor at bar drinking a pint who turns and nods, checking our girls that have entered Girl walks into shot of guy at bar. The colloquial language suggests the sort Close up of guy’s reaction to girl. The lyrics Lead singer sings to camera over the bar while action takes place behind her. Exaggerated performances to show the

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Page 1: Lyric analysis lily allen 'knock em out

Introduction reveals girls getting ready in bedroom for a night, lots of makeup, trying on of clothes, doing hair, etc.

Alright so this is a song about anyone, it could be anyone. You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,They're like,"Alright"What ya saying,"Yeah can I take your digits?"And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."

Cut to the pub on our last night out,

Setting should for the majority be in a pub instigated by the lyrics. Shots will show different angles of pub and fillers such as shots or pints being lines up on

the bar.

Man at the bar cos it was his shout,Clocks this bird and she looks OK,

Caught him looking and she walks his way, "Alright darling, you gonna buy us a drink then?"

"Err no, but I was thinking of buying one for your friend..."

She's got no taste hand on his waist, tries to pull away but her lips on his face,

"If you insist I'll have a white wine spritzer"

Knock Em Out – Lyric Analysis

Setting outside of two main female characters talking to the camera as if chatting to one another. Against a brick wall to make the characters look like they hang around on the streets, this showing the artists down to earth approachable nature and means the artist can relate to her target audience which are teenagers.

Shot of girls entering pub. Clearly dresses up and wearing things typical teenagers would wear. Tight, fitted clothing, short skirts and heels.

Shot of actor at bar drinking a pint who turns and nods, checking our girls that have entered the pub, dressed like a typical ‘chav’ again to relate to the audience.

Girl walks into shot of guy at bar. The colloquial language suggests the sort of characters the actors are portraying.

Close up of guy’s reaction to girl. The lyrics clearly show he isn’t interested.

Lead singer sings to camera over the bar while action takes place behind her. Exaggerated performances to show the funny nature of the song, lyrics and video.

Other female character, clearly talking to male at bar. Close up reveals heavy make up which again exaggerates her character and appeals to the target audience.

Close up of ‘chavy’ guy at bar trying to get rid of the girl. The lyrics ‘Sorry love’ targeting the audience specifically as again the colloquial terms used represent how the target audience speak. This again makes the artist appear down to earth and normal in comparison with other artists on the charts.

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"Sorry love, but you ain't a pretty picture."

The song is almost spoken and to reflect this, in editing I will use some subheadings at certain points to reflect what the character is thinking, for

example a close up of a guys face, followed by a close up of the girls face with a sub heading of ‘no thanks!’

[Chorus]Can't knock em out,

Can’t walk away,

Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,

Just get out my face, just leave me alone,And no you can't have my number,"Why?"Because I've lost my phone.

Oh yeah, actually yeah I'm pregnant, having a baby in like 6 months so no, yeah, yeah...

The setting at this point on the song will change as the action decided by the lyrics takes place outside. The background will be a brick wall as this can

The chorus will include non linear, dream like sequences. For example to represent this line ther lead singer will be seen putting on a piar of boxing gloves to physically represent wanting to knock the guy out.

Again lines like this can show non linear, dream like sequences of the girl literally running away from the guy.

These will be made clear as fictional to the audience by close ups of the females facial reaction as she considers these ideas. These close ups may come instantly after or before the daydream shots to make it apparent that they are not real.

The sarcastic nature of the song will be shown through head shots of the female character which will be cut in between shots of a guy talking. The shots will include her yawning, looking at her watch, falling asleep and other typical sarcastic things you may do when bored.

Head shots of the girl in the actually conversation with the guy trying to politely find an excuse will be shown to contrast with the shots that show what she would like to do. This again adds humour and exaggerates the artist image of being young and down to earth, coming across someone fun to be around.

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represent the outside of a pub and also gives the impression of teenagers again hanging around on the streets which will appeal to the target audience. The harsh orange background of brick also looks really bold against the actors

costumes who are mainly wearing black.

"I recognize this guy's way of thinking..."As he comes over her face starts sinking,She's like,"Oh here we go.."It's a routine check that she already knows,she's thinking: "They're all the same."

"Yeah you alright baby? You look alright still, yeah what's your name?"

She looks in her bag, takes out a fag, tries to get away from the guy on a blag, can't find a light,"Here use mine""You see the thing is I just don't have the time."

[Chorus]

Go away now, let me go,Are you stupid? Or just a little slow?Go away now I've made myself clear,

Shots in this section will change between the female lead singer directly singing to camera to the action taking place. Costumes for the action taking place shall stay the same as the pub scene to suggest the same time, whereas costume for the girls singing directly to camera will be different to show that the characters are reflecting on a situation that has already taken place.

Close up of the guy talking shall exaggerate his geeky nature. He shall be wearing glasses to represent his character.

The girl will have a handbag and will be wearing a jacket to show she has gone outside. The guy follows the girl out of the pub which will later turn into another daydream, non linear sequence of the girl literally running away from the guy.

By the second and third chorus’s the dreamlike sequences will become more extreme. A boxing match will actually take place and the girl will win. The guy will literally chase the girl down the street and she will be wearing shorts and a hoodie and carry a water bottle as if she were running a race. Shots of the characters facial expressions actually in the real life scene taking place in the pub will link these shots and also shot a reality to the video, showing its still the girls imagination.

The middle eight is spoken which again will appeal to the artists target audience as it reflects a rap. Shots of the girl talking to the camera and her friend as if in a conversation will be shown as if they were talking about what happened the night before.

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Nah it's not gonna happen,Not in a a million years,

Nah I've gotta go cos my house is on fire,I've got herpes, err no I've got syphilis...AIDS, AIDS, I've got AIDS!

In the end section to the song the lyrics just run through different ways of getting rid of the guy and different excuses a girl could make which are all extreme and couldn’t be used in a real life situation. Shots will show the girl doing anything she can to get away from the guy and shots of the girls the day after laughing and joking.