Kendrick Lamar's "Swimming Pools"

Kendrick Lamar's "Swimming pools"

In this video, Kendrick Lamar focuses on the topic of drinking, and the effects and influences of it. Kendrick addresses the psychological connection between peer pressure and alcoholism. The song provides an introspective take on social pressure. The video is made in a thematic style.

 In the 1st 40 seconds of the video, iconography is already shown. The image of the bottle of alcohol smashing against the floor and then being reversed so it comes back into shape shows a very creative message. In the 1st verse of the song, Kendrick breaks down the reasons some people drink and how much of an effect it has on people. This relates to the general idea of peer pressure. The image of  Kendrick being slumped in a chat with bottles of half fill alcohol around him is symbolic as the lyrics talk about how he grew up around alcohol with his granddad and how some people like how it feels and want to kill their sorrows. This gives iconography of what message he is trying to spread and exemplify.

 In the 2nd verse, Kendrick talks in a different tone, and refers to himself pin the third person. This voice is meant to represent his conscience taking over his mind and body. It leads him into a false sense of caution as it merges with Kendrick's regular voice midway into the verse, signifying the alcohol taking effect. As soon as the vodka hits him, he beings to see others differently. He sees the love in another girls eyes, he sees the the felling catching up to him, yet his "friends" criticise him or "babysitting only 2 or 3 shots", pressuring him to get more drunk.

In the hook of the song, Kendrick's friends question his manhood and ability to drink. they tempt him show him "how to turn it up a notch". They then tell him to get a pool full of liquor and dive in. 2-3 shots isn't enough to make you a man so they use a metaphor to tell him to drink more than his body can handle.

Representation of age

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqqej9T2gqI- Link to trailer of Friday the 13th (1980)

List of age Stereotypes: Young people; Criminal, Naive, violent, Sex driven, Social Media, Status, Popularity, Sport, Lack of forward thinking, Instant Gratification, No interest in society, No respect for elders, Distracted

Older people; Fear of the young, Slow, Bitter, Racist, Wise, Conservative, No sex, isolated, Nostalgic, Relish in the past, Poor health, Senile, Unconcerned with appearance/fashion, Old fashioned.

Friday the 13th is a horror franchise that focuses on teens visiting camp crystal lake. In this blog i will be looking at the 1st instalment of the franchise and look into how it represents age in media. The franchise represents young people as rude, naive, sex driven and oblivious. They show this by the counsellors of the lake running upstairs to have sex while the kids they are meant to be looking after are unattended to. They also show a scene where 2 teens are having sex, the main reason they went to the lake for. This links to the stereotype that young people are only interested in sex are is their main drive at that age. This would make the audience feel as if the teens have no care and no ambitions, this thought would especially be placed in the minds of older people, the main demographic for this movie as younger people would not have been allowed to watch films or this graphic content at the time.

The franchise represents older people as bitter, relish in the past, fear of the young, cold hearted. They show this through the character of Pamela Voorhees. Pamela is an old lady who is very old and bitter and is the main killer of the film. She goes around and kills the teens and counsellors of camp crystal lake because of her relishing in the past. Her son, Jason, died by drowning when the counsellors were meant to be looking after him. Instead of doing the task they were set, they were having sex in another area.