Thursday, 6 May 2010

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Thursday, 4 March 2010

Our Video

ARTIST-Jay Sean

The video we have planned is challenging the typical conventions of the R&B. Our song is a slow tempo song so the audience can hear the lyrics which link with the storyline. Unlike a stereotypical R&B video the main focus is not always on the star although the song is about the main star persona. This makes it easier to create a narrative and concept which is the main focus in our video. Our concept can be recognised as the visual image relate to the lyrics being sang, almost like the singer it narrating it. Instead of creating a desirable representation our video show the harsh reality of the real world. This is so audiences are not fooled and can relate to there own life which makes our video appealing in this way. The video show the how love will not always last.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Questionnaire for research






The questionnaire is designed for the group to see want the audience wants out of a music video This will help us to create our own video. This questionnaire was given to the age group we are tagetting which is teenagers up to 25 years.
1) How often do you watch a music video on average in a day?
0-2
3-5
6-8
Other(Please State)

2) What genre of music do you most prefer?
R&B
PoP
Hip Hop
Other (Please State)

3) In a video what to u prefer it being....a concept
video a performance
video narractive
video
Other (Please State)

4) What Do you look for in a music video?
Special effects
Storyline
Animation
Other (Please State)

5) Whate message do you want a music video to represent?
Desirable Life
Wealth
Reality
Other (Please State)






This questionnaire was made for us to see what the audience want from our music video this was to help us to create our music video. The questionnaire was given to people aged 13- 25.






Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Extension on RnB

RnB is perhaps at the moment very popular alongside other genres such as pop and dance, which aslo have many characteristics of RnB.

R&B which stands for rhythm and blues is a genre of popular African American music that originiated in the early 1040's.
R&B was used to replace the term 'race music' which originally came about from within the black community and was seen as ofensive in the postwar world.

R&B is now not only performed by black people but also Asian people (Jay Sean) and White people (JoJo).

So anybody can now perform R&B. A few examples of this are:
*Jay Sean- All Or Nothing
*JoJo- Baby it's you
*Whitney Houston- I will always love you etc...

Our Group has chosen to use R&B as it is very popular in modern society also we are aware that it is popular amongst our school society. Therefore our music video will hopefully get a good review from our peers, as we have planned and asked what teens want to see in a music video and what they expect from R&B.

Research music videos RnB

JoJo- Baby it's you

JoJo is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After competeing on the show'Americas most talented kids', the record producervincent Herbert and asked her to audition for Blackground Records.

Baby it's you was produced by 'The Underdogs' and was released as a second single from JoJo's self titled album 'JoJo' (2004). The song features Bow Wow.

The song refers to her telling a boy that he is all she wants, and she questions why people are doing what they see in the media and trying to live like a celebrity. she repeatedly says, 'It's you. It's you baby all I want is you'.

music research (reggea)

Bob Marley- Buffalo soilder

Bob Marley was born in 1945 on the 6th of February and died on May 11 1981 aged 36.
Marley remains the most widely known reggea artist and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.

Buffalo soilder is a song that was co- written by Bob Marley and Noel G. Williams 'King Sporty' .
The title and the lyrics make reference to the U.S Black cavalry regiments which was known as 'Buffalo Soilders' that fought in the Indian war after 1866. Marley Likenedd their fight to a fight for survival and recasts this as a symbol of Black resistence.