In our first ever video analysis, we break down the 3005 music video (above).
Still in Oakland, the crew head to a hotel for the night and see a wedding happening in the lobby. The crew leaves, but The Boy stays to watch the wedding. While filming the couple dancing, an older Indian dude comes up to The Boy, a sort of “meeting with the mentor” in traditional literary structures on The Boy’s current “road of trials.”
Continue reading “Ep. 7 – 3005”In our very first analysis video, we dissect the meaning behind Childish Gambino’s iconic “3005” music video.
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“Rich people get to wear whatever they want.”
Glover on “Sweatpants” song title
Sweatpants, which scores two scenes in the script, will in part function as an examination of identity, context, and how and why we choose to present ourselves.
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“Telegraph Ave.” features a meta “song-within-a-song” structure and scores The Boy driving to Oakland. As “Oakland” by LLoyd transcends the car radio into the screenplay, we watch The Boy, now in the driver’s seat, symbolically taking agency over his life.
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