99 Problems- Jay Z.

This is one of the best videos ever made and I love the way it works. It is a perfect hood video, with an extremely interesting things in it. Jay Z is classic in this and has made it become one of the best videos and songs ever created!

Drake - Headlines.

I previously posted pictures of this video but i thought it would be better to get a better feel of some ideas of our music video. We like the way Drake leads the video and there are many scenes we want to copy. The lyrics link to the music video as well which will be what our music video will do.

Representations to music video!

As we are doing a Hip Hop song, most of representations will be Hip Hop artists. We inspire to people like Jay Z and Drake and watch their videos to get inspiration to as they represent our genre. The way they act, thier sense of dress and the mis-en-scene. We can imagine them making a video to the song we are using and that is why we like taking ideas from their music videos. Most Hip Hop artists create videos that we like and take inspiration from but its mainly them 2 artists who we are taking inspiration from. Additionally, Jay Z's 'rags to riches' story comes in handy with the video we are creating and the narrative behind it.

Videos like 99 Problems and Headlines are videos we will use to get ideas from. We are also analysing videos like 21 by Azelia Banks which are easy low budget movies to make and can work with our music video. The main thing that will be represented in our music video are money with fame and this can be seen in many music videos like Headlines by Drake. We will create scenes that represent a Hip Hop genre and this is where location and mis-en-scene are very important. We must look for the correct locations to show this link to the genre and this will be done by exploring around the city and using places we already know.
Representations are very important so the view gets the correct message and genre we are putting foward in our video. We must get it right so that it looks correct and if we get this wrong the video will not work and it won't be how we expected. Being professional is key in this video and we must try to use the best equipment and locations as we can.  

Location we will copy!

These snaps I have chosen are from the song DRAKE- HEADLINES. We like the way it is set out and can picture our music video working in the same way as Drake in his video.

Ideas for video!

We are using the song MY LIFE BE LIKE and the lyrics in the song are very deep in meaning so we have decided to do a narrative based on the lyrics but not show a complete story, however, to just use the actors facial expressions to show his feelings in life. 

One scene we are planning on doing is having the singer with a background of just a brick wall and lip singing the song. We will then edit this with our other ideas to make one creative and professional video. 

A song we can use for inspiration is 212 by Azelia Banks. 

Our song does have a good beat to it but is not as uplifting as this one so there won't be much smiling in comparison to this video. Also, the weird dancing done by the pair is quite disturbing to be honest so we will definately not use that. 
We just want to get across the setting of the video and show that we will use this idea in our music video. 

Track List!

1. Murder to Excellence
2. Jaam'
3. My Life Be Like
4. Sex in the Car featuring Political P
5. Swag Song ft Jusreign
6. Gimee the LOOT
7. Power
8. New Day
9. Homecoming featuring Chris Martin
10. Can't help it feat. Rocko
11. Ride Wit' Me
12. Good life
13. Notorious Thug
14. 25 To Life featuring Eminem
15. You Should Be Dead
16. Straight To The Bank

First Darft. (almost)

This is one of my first drafts for my Digipak, I am still unsure about the layout so I may change it yet but i thought i would share it to see if anyone has any comments or suggestions on this. I have also given it to people to look at to get their views and opinions; i am gettin good feedback on it and there are a few things i will have to change on this cover and the whole digipak.

Inspiration for Poster.

The reason why I like this poster is because it is very simple yet stands out well and tells the audience who the poster is about as it says it in the clock as well as relating to the the band. The colour scheme is very dark and plain but the red adds some flavour to it and makes the importants parts stand out way more. I will take some of the elements they used on this and add it to my own poster so it makes it look more professional.

Song for New Idea.

New Idea

NEW IDEA.

Me and my partner had a long hard discussion about some of the stuff and elements to do with our video which involves the song Harder than you think by Public Enemy. After working hard on the video which has the meaning of inspiration and perseverance in it, we started to get working on the video and finding locations, we looked at the video in a realistic point of view and learnt that it would be way to hard for us to film and we didn't think we would enjoy doing it either. It still contains the same genre as the previous video idea and our inspirations also remain the same. The moodboard and animoto of our idea would've been the same as what we are choosing to do now as they link with a not so different story as this new idea tells the audience, not to be inspired, but that money is not everything and happiness comes in many forms.
We spoke about it and confirmed with our teachers if we were able to think of a new and better idea which we have done:

The Song we are going to use is: GRITS- My Life Be Like.
The lyrics in the song tell the stories of a person who is finding life a bit hard and we want to use the meaning of the song to create our own narrative. This will include one person who is a successful artist but is not very happy with life. The moral behind the story will be MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING and we will portray this in our music video. After the viewers will have followed the life of our artist, it will show him returning to his old area/home where he was born and raised where he will fell happy again. Also, as he is from a rough background and he realises money isn't everything and this is where he starts to give his jewellary and gold to people on the street because he doesnt't care about that kind of stuff.

Best Inspiration for Digipak.

This album cover has a very good layout and although it is very simple, it stands out well and looks different from the usual album covers. The layout is done well in thirds so it makes it look better and the colour scheme also makes it stand out. I am trying to apply this to my Digipak. Also, the name of the artist has been done in a small font just under the name of the album and this I've acquired on to my digipak.

Magazine Adverts for music magazine.



Wretch 32 is a English rapper and this is an poster for a one of his concerts. He uses the same colour scheme for many of his media and although it is not a dark colour scheme which most rappers use, the generic conventions still work. The bottom right hand corner of the poster has other adverts on it for different music stores which i could use to make it more realistic.     



This poster is of Gwen stefani and although it not Hip Hop, it shows the kind of colours that would not suit my genre of but really brings out the colour scheme that she would use and this is how i want my poster to look also so the audience gets a real feel of the colours i would use. You can also tell straigh away that she is the main artist as she stands out well. Finally, she camouflages well into the colours on her poster which is something different and makes it more interesting.

Although my artist is not a rock/indi band like Kings of Leon but I still like this poster because of the way it merges all the artists faces together and creates an eagle which is their sort of symbol. But the features of the poster are good as the date their album is released is hightlighted a different colour to everything else which makes it stand out. It also gives the reader information about what songs there will be on the album which is another key feature. The colour scheme on this is dark which is the same for hip hop posters so i could use this as inspiration for my poster.  

This poster is a typical poster for rock/indi music. What is different on this is that it does not contain any pictures of the artist but just uses pretty much cartoon elements. It has a good colour scheme which makes it stand out well and the signifcance of the fist pump also attracts attention as it is centered and everything forms around it. It has the same layout as most other posters with the release date and contact details on the bottom of the page, it is what is always used so i may make the detail a bit different.

Public enemy are a Hip Hop duo and we are using their song in our music video so it would be good to look at their poster. The clock represents the long clock chains that are always worn by Flava Flav which has the band name written inside it which is a very good contrast. It's a simple poster but very eye catching and its different to other posters with the information being in the top right hand corner rather than at the bottom. The colour scheme on it is also interesting as it only uses 3 colours yet looks so good as the colours contrast with each other very well as one is dark and the other is bright. This would be the most inspriational poster for me and the one I would take most of my ideas from.  

 





Colour Palette DIGIPAK.

When I researched album covers of big Hip Hop artists, they all had pretty much the same colours but there where some that where different so I want to experiment with different colours.

These are potential colours i may use on my Digipak. As the colours on a typical Hip Hop are dark, i want to keep the digipak the same genre and so will use these types of colours. 

Hip Hop AlbumCovers.

As we are doing a Hip Hop video, the digipak will need to follow the same genre and so we will have to analyse digipak's that are from the same genre as our video.

This Album cover consists of two big artists and i like the way they have been merged together into one person. First, I could not see who was who but then i covered one side of it and seen how well it had been created. I like the colour scheme to it and am thinking of using a dark colour scheme as it links to the Hip Hop genre. The name of the album also links to the picture which emphasises the album cover more and makes it different and outstanding. 

This album cover by ice cube has a good yet evil side to it.  People who will buy this album will obviously like Ice Cube yet the cover suggests that he may have killed Uncle Sam who's name is stereotyped to be a very kind, loving person and by having Ice Cube in the back makes him seem like a bad person. I like the idea of this album cover and how it plays with readers mind. He may also be paying respect to him which shows although he a Hip Hop artist, which are stereotyped to be people that may not really care about people. 

This is my favourite cover out of all the ones I have chosen and is very different and unusual from standard Hip Hop covers. He has a very positive attitude with the lighting and the nice smile, which goes against the genre of Hip Hop. Usual covers are normally dark coloured with very serious people on it and this is the total opposite yet it is still Hip Hop and stands out so well. 

This is a typical Hip Hop album cover you would usually expect as Hip Hop is a very serious genre and consists of dark colours and this is typically what you would see on a Hip Hop album cover. The darkness and angry look of the artist also links to the genre. One of the best parts of it is the yellow title which sticks out well and suits the cover.   

Nas is a Hip Hop artist who talks a lot about life and is also a preacher so talks about how people and things should be. This child on his front cover emphasises his songs and what he talks about. You can still tell it's a Hip Hop album due to the PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS because this is on most Hip Hop album covers. The boy fading through the building is also a nice technique used by Nas and it is something different to the typical album covers. 

This is one of the most unusual Hip Hop album covers anyone has ever seen as the person on the cover seems to be a innocent boy who happens to be white and this is not what Hip Hop consists off but is the total opposite. Many people do not like this album cover yet everyone remembers it. The logo in the bottom right corner allows the viewer to know that it is a Hip Hop album but it is just very unusual. 

This is another typical Hip Hop album cover as he is showing off his power and uses props like the fancy rich car with the curtain on the side to show his wealth. Also the glasses and the gold bracelet emphasise his wealth. The colour of the font goes with the colour scheme of the album cover and as the S has been changed into a $ you know he wants to show of his money.  

Simple yet so bold. This is another favourite of mine as it stands out so well and the only 2 colours used on it (black and white) make it look more bolder. There is not much to say on this as the album cover just describes itself.

This is kind of the same as Rick Ross' TRILLA album cover as he is showing wealth with the gold rims and the chain. He is also showing of his body to make him look powerful and strong and staring straight into the camera to show the same attitude typical Hip Hop album covers have.