N dubz - Ouch Analysis

Ouch is a song which is performed, written and produced by the hip-hop trio N-Dubz, which start for North West. The track was released on September 29th 2008 on the cd format and for digital download. N dubz consists on 3 people - dappy, tulisa and fazer who produce their own songs under the label - 'All around the World'. Its peak position in the chart was 22nd. The narritive in teh story is a woman who find out her boyfriend has being seeing someone else and they argue about it through the lyrics.

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In this shot we see that the screen is split up into 3 sections - 1 is dappy standing. The second is tulissa who is laying is a bed and the 3rd is an unknown woman who we can see from behind.

At this point in teh song there are no lyrics just music.

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This is a 3-shot of the group members all standing - the performance is them dancing and lip syncing to the song, they are wearing hip hop, fashionable clothing which shows the young, cool image they are trying to portray.

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This is a long shot in which we can see the female leaving in her car, this shows how angry she is and stress's the narrative in this video. During this scene the chorus of the song has just begun.

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This is a shot of fazer with a black background and white lights. This scene is abstract and separated from the main story of the music video.

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This is a midshot showing dappy, he is standing on a roof in an urban environment which may be to show where he is from as he sings about being from the 'slum.