Planning: Artsist Image

Artist Image

Genre:

The genre of our music video is R&B and soul

The following traits of an artist in our music video will be according to our music video genre is the following:

• The artist is in their own world
• The artist is unpredictable
• Controversial
• Unique
• Oblivious

The moral values of our artist:

• The moral values of our artist is that the artist is distinctive
• The artist believes in his own fantasies the artist is a fantasist

Media perceptions:

• The artist is niche
• The artist is very socially active as he is on Facebook and twitter communicating with fans
•  He is also likeable and appeals to the audience
• The artist is controversial as the artist takes drugs which make him a bad influence to the audience
• The audience can relate to our artist as they to fantasies and the narrative of escapism would appeal to them

Relate to theories:

• Goodwin's theory- We will use star image theory by using close up shots, mid shots and extreme close up shots to enhance the star image in our music video
• Mulvey- Male gaze will be used in our music video to represent the female artist who stars in our music video as she will be seductive by silhouettes  being used and there will be shot of the female mouth wearing red lipstick which will be seductive.
• Popular Culture- Popular culture will be represented in our music video through dancing, partying and taking drugs.
• Dyer- Dyers star image
• Hebdige- Although there are no subcultures present in our music video the artist still has a niche appeal to the audience

Two similar ideas:

Vic Mensa

Vick mensa is similar to our artist as he is:

• Attractive and stylish which appeals to the audience
• His dress sense is street wear where he wears basketball caps denim etc
• He is also reckless and careless

What we like about the artist: 

• His style and appeal to the audience and his reckless and careless nature 

What qualities will we take from this artist:

• His appeal to the audience and his style and his reckless and careless nature

Tinashe

Tinashe is similar to our female artist in our music video for the following reason: 

• As she is attractive which appeals to the audience
• She has a very good physic for a women and she is seductive which will appeal to the audience

What we like about the artist:

• That she is attractive which would appeal to the audience and that she can be very seductive towards the audience which we want

What qualities will we take from this artist:

• We will like to have an attractive and seductive artist

Artist:

 Age: 20-21

Ethnicity: African American 

Physique: Medium build

Genre stereotype:

Costume: Urban street wear

Hair and make up:

Body language and facial expressions:

• Body language will be sloppy lazy, carefree and reckless
• Facial expressions intoxicated and emotionless 

Representation within videos:

• The artist will be represented in the video as the main star image as the music video is centered around the artist.

Interaction with others in the video:

• The artist has interaction with the female artist in the music video as the music video narrative is about the artist and his relationship with the female artist.