These logos and recognisable brand labels are from already developed and popular artists, Eminem and Example. I can use these to help build my logo and brandname in order for my star to gain recognition and popularity. Therefore I looked into producing a logo and brand label on Photoshop so that I could include it in my Poster and Digipack as a standout icon for the audiences to recognise the star by.
Here are some examples of British rap artists below.
JamieT - Sticks and Stones
In this video we see a stereotypical British rap artist, he is white and wearing cheap looking clothes. From this the audience can assume that the character is not very well off and maybe a bit of a chav, given the typical stereotype of a youth on the streets. Some of the locations used reinforce audiences stereotypes of the character as they suggest he is a typical youth of today with nothing better to do than cause trouble on the streets. some of the locations used are listed below.
Artist at a train station.
Front door step of a rough looking house, typical of a low/working class British man
Out in public places, this shot strongly shows the aggressive nature of youths as it is from the viewpoint of the glass window that they have been damaging by throwing objects at it. The audience can therefore see these cracks in the window, as the signifier, and relate them to the signified meaning of 'the cracks' in society and how damaged it has become. This plays on the typical stereotype of a youth up to no good on the streets.
The artist singing down an alley way, a typical destination to find youths hiding away up to no good.
Plan B - Playing with fire Ft. Labrinth
In this video we see Plan B the star as a traditional British rapper, he has the stereotypical look of a British rapper, white, short hair, hoodies. The location also suggests a little bit about the characters background, there is council estate housing suggesting that he hasn't maybe had the best of upbringings. The lyrics also aid the visuals as they talk about fighting and there is scenes of gangs fighting and ganging up on an individual, this is a typical stereotype of angry aggressive youths. For my video I will use an actor that fits the stereotype of a white British rapper.
Here is an example of one of the shots in the video showing the aggressive nature of youths. the location, a park is also a typical location that we would expect to find teenagers messing around.
After my first time of filming the couch scene I found that the shot was not lit very well and so i had to re-do this, the new footage I got was far better as the character could be seen far easier and this helps to show off the star.
When filming my A2 project it took us a long time to get the lip sync correct. This video highlights the amount of time spent on producing my product, there was multiple locations used and scenes that i had to cut and re-do. Here is a video put together of bloopers and without the backing track to show my character actually singing/lip syncing.
For my project I have decided to use iMovie for my editing. This is an application I became familiar with last year during my AS project and I grew in confidence as I was using it. It is a good application to use when putting together my footage as it is easy to trim and edit clips so that they fit in with the song. I have found so far that it has been difficult to get the clips at the right time so that the lip sync fits in with the backing track. I hope to further better my ability to use iMovie throughout the duration of my A2 project also. So far I have got about two thirds of the footage I need to complete my project however I will need to adjust some scenes.
An example of a scene I will need to change is below, the scene was badly lit and the actions of the character don't fit well with the song. I have tried to use editing techniques on the clip for example, changing the brightness in order to improve the lighting, but I still feel that the scene still needs to be re-done.
Further up the blog you will be able to see my new footage with much better lighting.
Lives on his own and is a lonely guy, having just recently got out of a long term relationship with Natalie and is full of emotion that are counter hegemonic to the dominant male hegemony. He is sad and upset instead of the typical angry aggressive young male.
Natalie Smith
Played by - Siobhan Gormley
Age - 20
Address - 34 Link Lane, SM6 7TY
Occupation - Student
Lives with flatmates and just recently broke up with Ricky.
Here is an image of the two characters together. I will also use this image in my film as a memory for Ricky to look back on.
