Looking At previous stanmore A2 videos

Individually i have looked at a stanmore music video where we could use example of the casting which will show who is responsible for directing, camerawork, editing and production.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbEXkCpo4Y

Lyrics to the song

I am spilling when am spitting cause am over the top with it I will not stop killing riddims till I die with the fire that I write spat one verse and it feels like I went in twice oh I really do surprise my self and compromise my health with that sick shit am spitting but this is just the beginning get ready for the rest actually fuck that get ready for the best like CHORUS Let me flow....

 

Am back like I didn't do enough damage in the first verse but I did am just addicted to killing this beat cause I love it and I fuming does this but some people have yet to recognise but they will do soon it's a must no if or a but I got my mind on my grind cause failure ain't on the cards bah no way cause I know am better that two letters am great, and if you ain't clocked that yet your 6 o'clock news at 8 so late I got get cause dreams don't come through relaxing they come through with actions and a ain't nobody stopping mine something like ain't nobody stopping time so get with it or get gone cause that's it's goodbye am off. CHORUS Let me Flow...

They say no rest for the blessed or the wicked for me there's no rest cause am tryna be the sickest am tryna get mine so am putting in work when I rhyme that's why I kill it when am spitting, I swear am in this but I ain't web got to do that the promo is proof oh no it's loose as in the beast aka me aka it's getting kinda peak when am rhyming And I ain't even tiring my hunger still grows as I go on you man are kinda pissed while am shouting this is so fun! Wait let me say it again I does this so it's over on my say so END!..... Am only joking bring the chorus in. CHORUS Let me Flow...

Research on Music interview Questions in finding out about the artist

1. What is your music background?
2. Why do you want to record and release your own music?
3. Who inspired you to take the path in music and what are your songs about?
4. Where can we find you when we want to consume your products/listen to your music?
5. What image do you think your music conveys in other words, what does your music illustrate?
6. What are your immediate music career goals?
7. Are you looking for an independent label deal or a major label deal?
8. Have you recorded any previous CD's or posted any audio files on the Internet.
9. How did you sell your CD's [live sales, iTunes
10. Who are you targeting your music to in the music industry.

These are set questions from our artist for my music video so that I can see what he has got into career wise. The reponses to these questions will be discussed in the upcoming blogs.

My links for the music video

www.myspace.com/concept121
www.youtube.com/user/conceptvids
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=525670563
These are the artist's links where tunes can be heard or downloaded.

Similarity of codes and conventions of our indicative music video- J Cole [simba music video]

I have explored different music videos and have compared them with the type of video that our group is going to produce. From my research I have found a music video by J Cole called Simba which plays a part with the codes and conventions of a US music video where it is a UK music video. This music video, Simbar by J Cole is going to be our indicative music video research as this is how we would like our video to look like. I have looked at film language such as mise en scene, camera movement, editing and sound. We will attempt to use different type of edits in our music video such as straight cut where one image will join to another image, jump cuts, dissolve and fade outs. We will use some effective camera shots and angles from the music video Simbar by Joe Cole such as high and low angles shots. High angle shots will make the object look vulnerable and we will be looking down on the subject but there will be quite a lot of low angle shots used in our music video to make the subject detail look more powerful, dominant and in charge.   

Finding the right artist

As a group, we explored the main genres we wanted to look at which was mostly rap and grime.We decided that we wanted to go with rap as we did initial research and found out that rap music has the highest selling advantage point in the music industry as rap is global and an effective type of genre that music artists get into. By finding the right artist, we looked into his music by analysing and listening to what type of tracks he has made as we as a group want to explore a UK based music video with the codes and conventions of a US music video where this type of music brings a lot of money to the industry e.g the song by Drake and Lil Wayne Miss me follows this guideline/category. Our artist goes into rap in many different ways where it can be about ambitions, dreams and everday life issues as our music video wants to show a representation of what is happening in the world today, that people in/not in the music industry can achieve their lifelong dream and to explain to spectators about how rap is represented in the UK with the use of US codes and conventions. My partner and I have looked at many different types of lyricists that our US rappers but are known also in the UK such as Snoop Dogg, Nipsey Hussle, Red Cafe, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Drake, Gudda Gudda and mainly J Cole. These lyricists are global and they all express rap in a different way such as in the way they grew up and there livelihood.