Blog reflection questions week 2

The impact our planning has had on the music video, has played a huge part onto the final development  of our music video. Planning our music video, means that every member of our group needs to implement some ideas. Getting everyones opinion helps us understand as a group what we need to improve on and what else we could include to make the music video even better. overall, i would say that our planning has helped us understand briefly just how much work we still have to do so the impact had has been limited.
Furthermore, our technical skills would have to come under the research heading. The amount of research carried out about the artist has enabled us to have contextual information about the artist. This may not seem significant, but it helps us understand whether his lyrics are actually based on facts. His harsh background compliments his lyrics and at the same time makes it relatable to us as the audience because we may have been through difficult moments like he has.

Blog reflection questions week 1

-My initial ideas for my portfolio, is to do something out of my comfort zone. My reason for this, is due to the fact i would like to explore another type of music genre that i can conform to based on contextual information. I particularly want to have a nuanced understanding regarding the codes and conventions needed to create a successful music video. Ideally, i have decided to do a grime/rap video, as it compliments the environment i am situated in as well as broadening my knowledge on other music genres.
Furthermore, i feel that working with Johnson and Cherly encourage the ideology on doing a grime music video, based on the fact that they are reliable, determined and hard working students who will help to bring the best of me. Working with them also helps me to take on constructive criticism as a ploy to develop and improve the final production. The implementation of these two other members promotes ideas that i may not have thought of which again, only helps to develop the music video positively.
My main hope, is to pull of a really successful music video that helps to encourage students that would be in my position in years to come. As well as encouraging them, i also hope to inspire them to create more music videos. Ideally, i would like to create the music video to get a high grade, but also to show that with limited resources a group of teenage media students can create something really good and relatable to those of the same age group.
However, there will always be fears and one major one is originality. I fear, that there is such little space in the market for something new and i fear that my media group may not be willing to put in the amount of research in order to create something really original. Furthermore, if we do manage to do something that hasn't been done before, we may have to deal with the problem of discontent all together from the audience. That is the major issue with originality, as it has the potential to work really well but at the same time to not work in general.
At the end of the music video, i hope to reflect on the work i have done with my partners finding both the positives and negatives within the chosen song. Of course, as a group we would still need to determine and understand what song we will be using within our groups. The decision would be made, through close analysis of all the songs that we had individually chosen. Through the analysis of the songs, we would be able to infer what one suits our groups the best. Particularly based on whether the genres differ from one another. Fortunately, we have two similar songs in our group, with the same genre meaning we could easily find positive and negative correlations between both of them.

Music video Title: Wavey.

Song name: Wavey.

Ah you, Ah you ah......
ah you ah you ah you hell...
see you should come and ride me,
i got cro, see you should come and smoke the weed,
you already know, see baby you look fine tonight,
you already know see we whine and dine tonight,
just gimme blows, see you should come and ride with me,
i got jokes...
cruising round with the q when the dank come kneesh,
you already know,
see baby you look fine tonight, lets hit the road,
and we could whine and dine tonight, just gimme blows,
i know one girl that loves to role my spliffs, i prefer to roll my own,
and i really prefer when we're in my zone, i prefer when i'm home alone,
sinking till 9 but we're down for the bone,
doggy style she won't pick her phone,
got a man at abay ready to go,
oh my gosh she were giving me blows,
tell her come ride about it,
make it clear to her don't be late,
yh i swear to Danny trashing the place
ay girl watch what you say,
ayy pay and let's get waved,
see you stunting on them in, chennel,
let's get waved,
keep it true everyday, i got soul as AJ,
keep it true all the way,
matching roley's yh one day,
roley poley yh p.a,
got her bouncing got her sucking,
ooo..., see you should come and ride with me,
i got cro, you could come and smoke the weed,
you already know, see baby you look fine,
lets whine and dine tonight and lets hit the road,
see could come and whine and dine tonight,
lets hit the road, just gimme blows,
you should come and ride with me,
i got draws, see baby you look fine tonight,
you already know, lets hit the road, and we could whine and dine tonight,
just gimme blows,
crusing with these london streets,
its really cold, rolling round HOP,
you know the cold, i just text that we just,
shot the show, i'm coming home,
took her to sams to write the lyrics and i'm good to go,
just need a couple of biscuits man,
thats how i role,
you know that i do it so standard,
quick verse but you its still grand day,
quick verse but you know i been landin,
so, so , riding round with my team,
amma still fuck with this bitch,
she still calling me,
everyday we do it so cold,
with the potant flow
bitch...
see you should come and ride with me,
i got cro,
you could come and ride with me tonight,
just gimme blows,
see you should come and ride with me,
i got draws, see baby you look fine tonight,
and we could whine and dine tonight just gimme blows
ah you you....
ah you you ah you you ...

Beachcombing

This music by Trey Songz has exactly what i would want in my music video. Firstly, the music video is an example of how an original artist such as Trey Songz sets himself apart from everybody else. Through the expensive cars we are able to connote that the artist has a lot of money. Unfortunately this is somebody i would be unable to have in my music video as i wouldn't have the necessary funds to pull this off. Furthermore, the music video also demonstrates a nuanced understanding on exactly what the audience are looking for. The identification of very attractive females connotes that the music video is preferably for male characters as they are more incline to enjoy a music video with a number of attractive females from all over the world. Notwithstanding, through the luxurious looking house at the start of the music video, we can denote that the artist is a wealthy one. Furthermore, the fact that the artist feels comfortable enough to be in his video and at the same time show his body, means that he is very comfortable with his image. Then implementation of a dominant male character in my music video will help to target a particular audience that would be willing to consistently listen to music videos.

One of Rihhana's first and most undoubtedly famous songs is Umbrella. I am very envious of this video, as it has a mixture of rap and and actual soul, a trend that has gone on to dominate for the last 5-10 years. The reason i am drawn to this particular video, is because it has very good and organised choreography something i would need to implement if my music video is to be successful. Notwithstanding, Rihanna and Jay z are well re-known artists who have gone on to dominate the music industry in their particular Genre. They have both sold records worldwide and as a result have an audience that become consistently attracted to their music. More crucially, they are able to adapt to new trends and although this music video was a few years ago, its something that people would still listen as it has a modern and catchy feel to it.

 This Katy perry music video, is different to the first two, as there are less materialistic items, to show that she is a worldwide superstar. The inclusion of animations, as a replacement makes it cheaper for her but at the same time very relatable to us as the audience. Ideally, this sort of music video normally attracts a teenage and an older aged audience, but in this scenario it is very different based on the fact that all age groups particularly those under 10 or above the age of 10 can watch the video. Ultimately, the implementation of animations shows and astute mindset who targets not merely one type of audience, but a whole range. As media students, it also enables encouragement to what we aim for as our nuance improves based on the fact that we don't necessarily have to have huge amount of funds to pull of a successful and attractive music video.

This music video is another example of how to create a successful song put across without huge amounts of money used. Firstly, the cartoon characters who have a large audience presumably, are used in the video as a tool to attract more individuals to watch the music video. This allows people to watch the video based on their enjoyment of a previous television programme. Secondly, the music video also portrays a chronological storyline that keeps the audience tuned in. However, this may be slightly harder for us to do based on the fact that my particular song choice doesn't necessarily have a storyline. Finally, the location of the video is nothing extravagant or sophisticated which suggests the simplicity of the music video, but at the same time it remains effective.

This particular music video is exemplar to what i am aiming for. Again, it may not be the most attractable music video, but the passion and realism makes it similar to the approach i am aiming for. Furthermore, the Genre of the music video, also compliments my chosen unsigned song as it's grime. The music video is also very simple based on the narrative and location, a well known American rap artist relates his lyrics back to where he had initially grown up which suggests that his roots will always remain in his heart, something i aim to implement significantly within my music video. To conclude, its very intriguing that Meek starts off the song with a glamorous house before moving it to where he grew up. This is a way to represent the difference in his life since his childhood.