SIMILAR ARTISTS

ASHANTI Ashanti – Scars www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvJok97qSo

Tyler Noel’s ‘If you wanna leave’ and Ashanti ‘scars’ share many similarities. With most R&B songs about pain having a slow tempo, both of these songs have a fast tempo while keeping the emotion in the song there. Furthermore, they both talk about their man leaving and them reminiscing on the times they have with the man. Both of these women are strong characters with them both overcoming the pain that they went through with the man.

Artist ProfileBirth name: Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas Born: 13th October 1980Origin: Roslyn, New York, U.S.Genres: Hip hop, Hip hop soul, R&B, PopOccupations: Singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress

MARY J BLIGE Mary J blige – Be without you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNaPX6MKlU

Artist ProfileBirth name: Mary Jane Blige Born: January 11, 1971 Origin: Yonkers, New York, U.SGenres: R&B, Soul, hip hop soul, neo soul

This is similar to Tyler Noel once again talking about the pain due to a relationship. In this music video the Mary J blige is involved in the narrative of the song itself. This could be to help her audience connect with the emotions of the song more as it shows the artist going through the pain and struggle supporting them as the star image of the song.

ALICIA KEYSAlicia Keys – Try sleeping with a broken heart This follows the convention of an R&B which generally one of

pain. Unlike like Tyler noel’s song this is a slow tempo song. However, Just like Mary J blige’s song there is many similarities in the shots used in the music videos seen with the close ups and narrative. Tyler Noel could be seen as the stronger character out of the two due to her getting over the pain whereas Alicia keys is sleeping with a broken heart which is her carrying her pain with her.

Artist ProfileBirth name: Alicia Augello CookBorn: January 25, 1981Origin: Manhattan, New York, USOccupations: Actress, Pianist, record producer, singer,songwriter

CONCLUSIONOVERALL, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE MANY FEATURES FROM THE SIMILAR ARTISTS THAT WE CAN USE TO BENEFIT OUR MUSIC VIDEO. FURTHERMORE, AS THERE

ARE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR MOST OF THESE SONGS THIS ALLOWS US TO GET SHOTS THAT CAN INSPIRE OUR OWN MUSIC VIDEO.

FEATURES LEARNT FROM THE SIMILAR ARTISTS:

• THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTIST – TO DEMONSTRATE THE EMOTION THEY ARE FEELING

• CLOSE UP SHOTS - SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE THE REAL EMOTION OF THE ARTIST

• THE USE OF NARRATIVE – SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC

SHOTS THAT INSPIRED USIn both of these

music videos the director gets the artist to sing to the mirror, and this can be seen around 30 seconds into both videos. The rest of time before that is used for setting the beginning of the narrative.This shot can be replicated as it shows the artist looking in the mirror thinking about the pain they have been through which relates to our song. Furthermore they both take into consideration the rule of third in which the mirror image of the artist is the main focus on the right centre line.

SHOTS THAT INSPIRED US

Close ups are very common in R&B videos due to their lyric content which is mainly about pain and suffering. This means you have to show a lot more emotion due to the pain they are usually going through in the song. In these two songs the close ups show this as Mary J Blige looks stressed denoted by the hands by her head, her eyes closed and the black and white colour and Mariah Carey by looking away and her eyes looking quite watery as like she was about to cry.