Yxng bane - Rihanna

In the process of recording we had a trial practice of copying the same action and scene of a song called Rihanna by Yxng Bane. This allowed us to understand the message of grime and the traits needed to make a successful video. We thought practicing this would help find ideas of camera angles, props, positions and environment. In the video there is a clear edit of colour which helped us practice using final cut pro. It was useful to understand this as we have to use this in our music vdeo to help commence our video. A lot of editing on final cut pro allowed us to use transitions and the blade to piece together to allow it to run at the same time of the music video.

From our trial run we a understand that Grime artists tend to use a a story when creating a music video. The part we recorded from Banes video focused on a lonely, young woman that has been heart broken by a possible ex boyfriend that is attempting to contact her. The woman shows uncertainty and a negative energy. From the clothing worn we understand she doesn't care how she looks and wishes to not make an effort in her appearance. This can signify the upset she is suffering as nobody else shows her care or compassion. Clothing can tell a lot about a persons characteristics so we tried to copy this by using the over-sized, off the shoulder t-shirt. The setting in her kitchen but contrasted by the dim lighting signifies it may be late evening but perhaps she has just woken up. The woman acts distracted as if her mind has a lot to deal with. We can see this as she just sits around not doing anything and the panning of her environment. The prop of Smoking can also abuse her body that shows signs of dismissal upon herself.

For props we used a shisha pen that was equivalent to the smoke she was smoking. This worked effectively as the smoke was thick and visible allowing the audience to see the replica.

The camera angles helped us portray different emotions. The close up reaveals their feelings/emotions. The panning shows that maybe its a feeling that had lasted a long time. It also helps having a overhead view to show she is the vulnerable one. We used zoom to focus on the narative of being lonely and mimicing the narrative.

For future reference we will improve our environment to give of a deprived background of the person. The mise-en-scene introduces an individuals life. For our actual music video we will focus on being able to Show this by taking away most or any expensive items to tell this story. It is important that the audience can relate and understand our message as it will allow our video to have more views and praise to the production. When we conduct our music video we could consider lighting as it creates an atmosphere of emotions. Preferably for our video we want a dream conveyed so the use of shadows and dim lighting can show the struggle of their goal. "left in the dark".