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heaven essay  The music video heaven by emeli sande was released in 2011 and contained a number of representations to promote the artist. Emili sande is depicted as an angelic woman, a symbol of God. Sande released Heaven in 2011, during this year numerous things happened in London, including the London riots, which transpired for several days causing an increasing amount of damage. Sande’s music video was released a week after the riots started. Even though the video was released after the riots she was able to show the social unrest in the country at the time. Sande used social realist representation of street life to represent her authenticity, she made use of non-actors in the video, this emphasises the emotional message the video puts across. Sande filmed the video in Bethel green east London, an area of London mainly associated with violence and poverty, she may have lifted aspects from her personal life and used them to portray the central theme of po