Song choice

Song choice option for Nicole & Rosette.

1.       Toni Braxton ft Trey Songz – Yesterday.  Years active: 1989-present.

Toni Braxton: American R&B singer; Sold over 66 million records worldwide. “Yesterday” served as the first single from her new album in 2009 named “pulse”. She has also starred in the 7^th season of the reality show dancing with the stars. Occupation: Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, musician, composer, philanthropist, television personality. Labels: LaFace, Arista, Background, Atlantic.

2.       Shaffer Chimere Smith aka Neyo- Together. Years Active: 2005-present.

Occupation: Singer–songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor.  Genres:  R&B, pop, hip hop, soul, dance. Grammy award winning American R&B recording artist. Neyo has starred in several films; has worked with many other artist e.g. Rihanna, Keri Hilson, Pitbull and the list goes on (literally).  Labels: Compound, Motown, Def Jam

3.       K-Ci & Jojo- All my life.  Years Active- 1996-present

 American R&B duo, they were also a part of the chart-topping r&b group jodeci. K-Ci & JoJo's first sign of independence came in 1994 when K-Ci covered Bobby Womack's hit "If You Think You're Lonely Now" for the movie Jason's Lyric. Labels:MCA, Formula Recordings, RPH Records/EMI Publishing.

4.       Aaliyah- I miss you. Years active: 1991–2001. Aaliyah and eight others were killed in an airplane crash in The Bahamas after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat". The pilot, Luis Morales III, was unlicensed at the time of the accident and had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system. She was an American recording artist, dancer, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Aaliyah is estimated to have sold 24 to 32 million albums worldwide. Labels: Blackground, Jive, Atlantic, Virgin. Aaliyah's music has continued to achieve commercial success with several posthumous releases

5.       Tynisha Keli- I wish you loved me. Years: active 2002–present. She is best known for the single "I Wish You Loved Me" which was written by Rico Love and produced by Tha Corna Boyz. Genres: Pop, R&B. Labels:  Warner Bros. Records (2006-2009). She is not currently signed to a label and still working on her third album, which will release sometime in 2013.

6.       Chris Brown- With you. Years active: 2005-present.  Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown is an American recording artist, dancer, and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he taught himself to sing and dance at a young age and was involved in his church choir and several local talent shows. Five albums.

7.       Trina ft. Kelly Rowland-Here we go.

8.       Big brovaz- Baby boy.

9.       Jamelia- Thank you

Music treatment

Rihanna- P.s I'm still not over you.

The scene commences with a female who is upset and is writing a letter which every sentence will be filmed, this letter will be about her explaining that she is not over her ex, there will be various previous ones scrunched up around her, she then finishes writing the letter but rips it up as she is in two minds about sending the letter.

The next scene then cuts to a flashback of when the female and her boyfriend would be around his little brother playing, this will be her reminiscing so to symbolise that this is something that happened in the past, a black and white effect will be used. Furthermore, the next scene will be split in four screens and one by one old video clips/pictures appear of memories of the couple

Several calendar pages flick counting down the months that she has not seen him.

Whilst looking through her phone at old pictures of them, she receives a missed call from her best friend is not very happy as she excitingly goes to look on her screen and realises it is not her ex.

She then runs upstairs rapidly locks herself in his room, picks up a jumper (the scene will then quickly cut to a mid-shot of the male, her ex wearing this jumper) and cuts back to the female in her room who is clenching tightly onto this jumper and begins to weep.

Clock slowly rewinds back the time to the first day they met, when they were young kids and she moved down to his neighbourhood and they commence to play with each other’s toys.

Feedback:

Deniece- WICKED!

Precious- It's good, it's in a lot of detail, the concept is very contemporary with young people and love which is a good thing. I just don't understand the beginning part of why she rips the letter.


Jessica- It's really good, it's described in  a lot of depth , whilst reading it you feel as if you yourself are in the music video. Criticisms- get straight to the point, too much waffling.

Key features of the music genre I'll be focusing on

The music genre I’ll be focusing on is pop and R&B as these are the two main music genres that Rihanna’s music falls into.
 

Pop music is a very popular genre of music and it has been for a very long time which developed from rock and roll in the 1950’s. Pop music is very diverse and can borrow elements from other styles of music. Pop is listened to all of the time and various worldwide artists are in the genre of pop music.

 

Musicologists often identify the following characteristics as typical of the pop music genre:

• an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology
• an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities
• an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, over live performance
• a tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments
• much pop music is intended to encourage dancing, or it uses dance-oriented beats or rhythms

R&B is also a very popular genre of music and is listened to by many people all over the world. The term R&B was traditionally from rhythm and blues music but today the term R&B music describes the style of African-American music originating after the decline of disco in the 1980’s.

Contemporary R&B has a polished record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel (mostly common in contemporary R&B songs prior to the year 1995), and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend, and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by vocalists such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey.

About Rihanna

QUESTIONS FOR MUSIC VIDEOS

How much of the video is narrative and how much is performance? is there a clear line between the two
The whole of the video is narrative

In what ways are these used in the video: clothes, locations and colours? (remember to comment on then denotation and connotation)
The video is filmed by the pool to create a relaxed environment which can go with the song.

What is overall style of the video?

What image is the band/artist trying to present ?
They are trying to narrate a love scene through song lyrics

What kind of audience do you think the video is trying to appeal to? (think about gender, age, race, etc.)
I think it would generally appeal to women as overall women like love songs, but it can also appeal to people whom are in love whether male or female. It will attract mainly young people but old people may consider listening to this song for old memories

How important do you think this video is in the marketing of the artist/band




How much of the video is narrative and how much is performance? is there a clear line between the two
This music video is fully narrative
In what ways are these used in the video: clothes, locations and colours? (remember to comment on then denotation and connotation)
The location in this music video is used to show the artists live a lonely life as it's just them in the video, this can reflect of the words of the lyrics.
What is overall style of the video?
The overall of the video is very modern and calm.
What image is the band/artist trying to present ?
The artists are trying to present the feeling of loneliness and being left by the one you love, overall love.

What kind of audience do you think the video is trying to appeal to? (think about gender, age, race, etc.)
I think this song will appeal to both males and females, any age and race as this song features two artists that are very different, ones a country side singer and ones a rapper/singer so this song will attract all sorts of audiences from differences fan bases.
How important do you think this video is in the marketing of the artist/band?

How much of the video is narrative and how much is performance? is there a clear line between the two
there is a clear line between narration and performance

In what ways are these used in the video: clothes, locations and colours? (remember to comment on then denotation and connotation)

What is overall style of the video?

What image is the band/artist trying to present ?

What kind of audience do you think the video is trying to appeal to? (think about gender, age, race, etc.)

How important do you think this video is in the marketing of the artist/band?




How much of the video is narrative and how much is performance? is there a clear line between the two
Most of this video is performance although Beyonce mouthed lines in some of it but there is a clear distinction between the performance and the narration

In what ways are these used in the video: clothes, locations and colours? (remember to comment on then denotation and connotation)
One of the outfits Beyonce wears is red and bold, this is used in the music video to represent dominance and royalty and colour and style of an outfit can portray a lot

What is overall style of the video?
One word I would use to describe this video would be 'ruling' reason being the mise en scene, there is a lion in the background which could represent Beyonce suggesting she's ruling, a queen and does not fear anything. Beyonce(the main person in this video) wears red and there are red flags in the background which can suggest she is dangerous or has a 'bad side'
What image is the band/artist trying to present ?

What kind of audience do you think the video is trying to appeal to? (think about gender, age, race, etc.)
I think the obvious gender this music video will appeal to is women because the song is based on girls running the world, It can appeal to all ages of women and any race.

How important do you think this video is in the marketing of the artist/band?



How much of the video is narrative and how much is performance? is there a clear line between the two
There is not a clear line between the narration and the performance
In what ways are these used in the video: clothes, locations and colours? (remember to comment on then denotation and connotation)

What is overall style of the video?
Fun and careless
What image is the band/artist trying to present ?
They are trying to show a dance move

What kind of audience do you think the video is trying to appeal to? (think about gender, age, race, etc.)
This music video will attract any type of people

How important do you think this video is in the marketing of the artist/band?

              

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